Digital Collections

Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Collections" (38):

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Call for proposals for MN+ Digital Collections Conference and MDL Annual Meeting

We are seeking proposals for the joint MN+ Digital Collections Conference and Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting on October 17-18, 2022. You can help make this a great conference! Consider sharing your experience and expertise by submitting a program proposal by August 5, 2022.
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Dates set for joint MN+ Digital Collections Conference and MDL Annual Meeting

The MN+ Digital Collections Conference and the Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting will be held jointly October 17-18, 2022. This year it will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event, with the in-person portion held in the Twin Cities.
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Last chance to register for August Standardized Rights Statements Implementation Training

The Minnesota Digital Library is offering Standardized Rights Statements Implementation Training on Tuesday, August 17th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
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Registration Closing Soon for MDL's Enhancing DEIA in Digital Collections Symposium

Registration closes August 4th for the Minnesota Digital Library's online symposium "Enhancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Digital Collections", which takes place Thursday, August 5th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
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Minitex course on preserving digital content offered

While many of the traditional resources found in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions--books, photographs, objects--can survive for years with no intervention, digital content is much more fragile. Managing it requires ongoing care and preservation activities to ensure continued access far into the future. Join Carol Kussmann (University of Minnesota Libraries) and Sara Ring (Minitex) as they present this two-part virtual course between April 27th - May 11th.
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Last chance to register for Standardized Rights Statements Implementation Training

Register by March 14th for the Minnesota Digital Library Standardized Rights Statements Implementation Training, taking place on Tuesday, March 16th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Documenting Minitex: New photographs added to Minitex MDL collection

For our 50th Anniversary, in addition to celebrating together, one of our goals is to make sure we also document our organizational history. To that end, we have enhanced our existing Minitex digital collection in the Minnesota Digital Library with photographs to help illustrate the programs, services, and stories mentioned in the oral history project recordings.
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Minnesota Digital Library staff contribute to new OCLC Research Report

Greta Bahnemann (Minitex) and Jason Roy (University of Minnesota Libraries) are two of the authors of the new OCLC Research report on the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project’s findings. The report outlines “the benefits of working in a linked data environment, the potential to develop a shared data model, and the challenges facing efforts to transform metadata into linked data.”