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Minitex News articles tagged with "Resource Sharing" (138):

"Creepy Cuisine" - Halloween treats that aren't candy

My older son has always loved Halloween, so my parents gave me "Creepy Cuisine" with him in mind. I liked sending the kids out trick or treating after a nutritious meal, too.

Ready to Ignite?

Agnes Lee shares her thoughts on presenting an Ignite session.

Resource Sharing staff attend NDLA and MLA conferences

If you attended a fall library conference, we hope you had a chance to talk to Minitex Resource Sharing staff or to stop by the Minitex booth. Several Resource Sharing staff members presented sessions at the North Dakota Library Association and the Minnesota Library Association conferences this year.

Banned in the U.S.S.R!

Nicole Masika uncovers a banned cookbook!

Minitex staff head to Dickinson, North Dakota for NDLA 2016

Anne Hatinen (Cooperative Purchasing), Carol Nelson (Resource Sharing), and Sara Ring (Digital Initatives & Metadata Education) will be presenting, attending, and staffing the Minitex booth this year at the North Dakota Library Association Annual Conference in Dickinson, North Dakota, September 21-23. We're looking forward to catching up with our North Dakota library colleagues!

Interlibrary Loan Titles of the Week, August 12-18, 2016

Our rock & roll icons can seem other-worldly, so I am not too surprised Griffin and Dev, the aliens in "Dating an Alien Popstar," would choose to pretend to be British pop musicians.

Interlibrary Loan Titles of the Week, August 5-11, 2016

Check out Nicole Masika's "Interlibrary Loan Titles of the Week, August 5-11, 2016."

Library Juice: Worth the squeeze?

Have you ever heard the phrase “You don’t know what you don’t know?” Sometimes we just need a little push, a bit of inspiration, and some concrete ideas to spark useful change. If you aren’t sure what you are looking for, or want to improve something specific, try enrolling with Library Juice Academy.

Knowledge is power

In light of our own inter-office work regarding primary source packets spearheaded by Jennifer Hootman and Greta Bahnemann, I thought it fitting to share the many ways in which librarians seek to tie historical instances and materials with very present and timely conversations. After the Philando Castile shooting, the librarians at Gale Family Library at the Minnesota Historical Society put together the following press briefing and shared it on Facebook.

Sending a book club request to Minitex?

According to the New York Times, 5 million Americans gather every few weeks for book club discussions. At Minitex, we have seen an increase in these type of requests and we attempt to fill as many as possible.