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Minitex News articles tagged with "State Library Services" (24):
Ebooks Minnesota hosts statewide book club selection, "A Good Time For the Truth: Race in Minnesota"
In its second iteration, Minnesota's statewide bookclub, One Book | One Minnesota, invites Minnesotans to read "A Good Time For the Truth," edited by Sun Yung Shin. Each of the book's sixteen authors contributes a chapter to share their perspective on life as a person of color in Minnesota.
Resources for Reopening
The COVID 19 pandemic has tested our limits as people and as library organizations. The staff at State Library Services hopes that the following documents will be useful as you and your community start to talk about reopening. As always, your decisions are locally made, and we support you and your library as you work to balance health and safety with public service.
Libraries invite Minnesotans to read together in statewide book club
One Book | One Minnesota is a new statewide book club that will invite Minnesotans of all ages to read and come together virtually to enjoy, reflect, and discuss. The inaugural title for the program is Because of Winn-Dixie by Minnesota author Kate DiCamillo. Readers can check the book out from their library as circumstances allow, or access the book on Ebooks Minnesota.
Minnesota State Library Services seeks Program Specialist
State Library Services is hiring a Library Development and Services Specialist to serve as the State Library Programs Specialist. Join a small and mighty team that is dedicated to helping Minnesota’s libraries achieve equity and excellence for all Minnesotans.
Free Lexile workshops for educators and librarians coming this March
Here’s a note from our friends at MN Department of Education on a series of upcoming in-person Lexile workshops being held around the state. Lexile scores provide a quantitative measure of text complexity.
Help Hub website collects information about how to access and read ebooks
The Help Hub website, located at econtentleaders.com, collects information on how to access ebooks from the 3M Cloud Library and OverDrive. The site also features information about devices such as the iPad, Kindle Fire, and Google Nexus.
Online ebook collection launched for all Minnesotans
Ebooks Minnesota, an online ebook collection spearheaded by Minitex - a joint program of the University of Minnesota and the Office of Higher Education - and the Minnesota Department of Education, opens today to Minnesota readers.
Introducing Ebooks Minnesota!
The Minitex Video Team has published a video to introduce Ebooks Minnesota to library staff in Minnesota. The collection goes live on Leap Day, February 29, 2016. Ebooks Minnesota originated with the 2014 Explore eBooks MN Summit and from the contributions of librarians across the state.
