Digital Initiatives & Metadata Education (DIME)
Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Initiatives & Metadata Education (DIME)" (11):
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Last Call to Register for the Minitex Conversation: Metadata Practices for Diversity in Collection Management
Registration for the Minitex Conversation: Metadata Practices for Diversity in Collection Management, will be closing soon.
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Minitex exhibits and offers sessions at MLA
Minitex staff will be exhibiting and presenting several sessions at the Minnesota Library Association's Annual Conference at RiverCentre, in St. Paul, on October 4th and 5th.
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Meet the Technical Services Symposium keynote speakers
Meet Tricia MacKenzie and Kim Edwards, co-editors of "Telling the Technical Services Story." MacKenzie and Edwards will be our keynote speakers at the Minitex Technical Services Symposium in Saint Paul on October 30.
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My time with DIME
Abigail Raper was an intern with DIME this summer, working on creating Primary Source Sets for the Minnesota Digital Library.
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New year, new frequency
After testing the waters over the last few issues, we are officially changing the frequency of the Digital Initiatives & Metadata Review newsletter to a bi-monthly schedule. The schedule is subject to change, but we plan to send out newsletters for 2020 in February, April, June, August, October, and December.
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Minitex seeks new Contract Catalogers
Are you an experienced cataloger? Do you have a few hours here and there to fill? Then Minitex is looking for you! The DIME unit is in need of one or two Contract Catalogers, who will help to complete projects for our member organizations.You can read the full job description and apply at the University of Minnesota's employment center here.
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New staff, new name, new projects: Oh my!
Our unit, formerly known as Digitization, Cataloging, and Metadata Education, went from new staff to new name to new projects all in just over a year!
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Minnesota Digital Library Staff Curated Online Exhibits for Digital Public Library of America
Two new Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) curated exhibitions are now available on the Digital Public Library of America website.
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Come see Digital Initiatives and Metadata Education staff at the 2015 MLA Annual Conference in St. Paul
Staff from DIME (Digital Initiatives and Metadata Education) will be attending and presenting several sessions at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference in St. Paul. We'll also have a Minnesota Digtial Library (MDL) professional table in the exhibits area. If you're a current Minnesota Reflections Contributor or are thinking about starting a digital project with the MDL, stop by and visit with our MDL Outreach Coordinator Molly Huber and our MDL Metadata Coordinator Greta Bahnemann.