I attended Public Library Division (PLD) Day as part of MLA’s Pre-Conference Workshop in Mankato the day before the MLA Conference. The workshop, “Get It Together: Reclaiming Our Purpose for the 21st Century,” was presented by Valerie Gross, President & CEO, Howard County Library System in
A session of particular interest to me at MLA this year included a panel consisting of Carla Pfahl (Minitex), Jill Smith (Anoka County Library), Karen Pundsack (Great River Regional Library - GRR), and Greg Argo (Concordia University). “Tips, Tools, and Tricks: Increasing Usage and Impro
The Twin Cities metro area is home to a larger Hmong population than any other metro area in the U.S. (although California claims more Hmong residents than Minnesota as a whole).
Mark K. Ehlert, Minitex/DCME
I attended the Wednesday afternoon session “Tech Services Time Travel” led by Lori Veldhuis (Dakota County Library) and Rebecca Ganzel (Augsburg College).
Logic models are not new, by the admission of consultant Cheryl Kessler and Marcela Sanchez of Hennepin County Library, but they can be useful for building and refining library programs and for evaluating outcomes.
Matt Enis reported on the statewide Massachusetts State Ebook Project in The Digital Shift recently and highlighted the planned ebook lending platform, staff training for the