Register Today for the 2018 Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference

Here is the registration page, with all the info you need!

REGISTER NOW. The deadline is April 20.

WHEN
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., April 25, 2018

WHERE
Continuing Education & Conference Center
University of Minnesota, Saint Paul Campus
1890 Buford Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108

WHY
Our keynote speaker this year is Amanda Moran, Senior Market Analyst at Outsell. Amanda’s presentation, “Navigating the Future: Exceeding Stakeholder Demands,” will identify the key marketplace trends driving today’s changing library service paradigms. Katie Birch of OCLC will provide her always-popular “OCLC Resource Sharing Update,” and the afternoon will feature four breakouts, including a session led by Ray Lockman of Hennepin County Library titled “An Introduction to Microaggressions and Microactivism.” Minitex Director Valerie Horton will close the day with her plenary presentation, “Going Together: Working in Teams.”

Please contact Becky Ringwelski at e-ring@umn.edu or Zach Miller at zmiller@umn.edu with your questions or comments.

Here is the schedule:

8:30–9:00 Registration & refreshments
9:00–9:15 Welcome & opening remarks
9:15–10:15 Keynote Presentation—Navigating the Future: Exceeding Stakeholder Demands—Amanda Moran
10:15–10:30 Break
10:30–11:30 OCLC Resource Sharing Update—Katie Birch
11:30–12:45 Lunch
12:45–1:45 Break-out sessions

  • Microagression and microactivism
  • PALS Alma update
  • MNLINK
  • Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project
1:45–2:00 Break
2:00–2:45 Going Together: Working in Teams—Valerie Horton
2:45–3:00 Wrap-up