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Registration Opening: 2014 Library Tech Conference

Library Technology Conference 2014 registration will open on
Thursday, December 12, 2013, at noon, 12:00 PM CST.

Registration Link

Registration is limited to no more than 450 total participants. Once this level of participation is reached, registration will be CLOSED! Please register early in order to ensure your spot at the conference.

LibTech image retrieved online.
LibTech image retrieved online.

The 2014 conference will be held on March 19-20, 2014  at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.

This year’s Library Technology Conference is again intended to provide an opportunity for library professionals and the technologists who support them to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to provide a venue where participants can learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own libraries. The number of conference participants will be limited to no more than 450 in order to help ensure a quality conference experience and to help facilitate the interactive and hands-on nature of many of the sessions.

The two-day conference features two keynote speakers, Mita Williams and Barbara Fister, and will also include more than 60 conference sessions – traditional lecture-style sessions, hands-on/workshop sessions, interactive technology dialogue sessions, and poster sessions. From appification of information to tips for becoming a training video star, a wide range of library technology-related topics are covered during Lib Tech 2014 sessions.

We hope that you and other staff from your library will make plans to join us for this conference! For more information, visit the conference website.

Have additional questions or need more information? Please contact us at libtechconference@macalester.edu

Information in this posting was released by Minitex Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:23 PM

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Free Webinar: Graphics, The Musical

Image by Jess_Sanson. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons' licensing.
Image by Jess_Sanson. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons’ licensing.

Reference Outreach & Instruction at Minitex is offering a free webinar this month on graphic novels. Join Ramsey County Library’s Teen Librarians Marcus Lowry and Amy Boese. They will discuss the best superheroes, what’s hot in manga, as well as breakthrough indie voices for 2013.  This reader’s advisory for kids, teens, and adults will be held on Friday, December 13th from 1-2:00 PM (CT.)

Registration information can be found online with Minitex’s.

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23 Mobile Things Preview Webinar

23 Mobile Things Logo
23 Mobile Things Logo

Recently, we announced that CMLE, as the Central Minnesota component of  the statewide multitype library systems, will begin  the 23 Mobile Things program in mid-January. Start shining  up your mobile devices for a fun, online, self-paced program that is sprinkled with incentives, discoveries, and prizes too! Can we break our record of 300 CMLE participants from the 23 Things on a Stick program from five years ago? 

News Flash! Metronet is the Twin Cities multitype, and LeAnn Suchy will be offering a free  Apps in a Flash: 23 Mobile Things Preview  webinar on December 5th, as part of the Minitex Outreach & Instruction Guest Webinar Series. Tune in to learn about apps for photos, videos, notetaking, presentations, education and more!

Register now for the webinar! Peek into the future of the 23 Mobile Things Program!

Didn’t see our earlier post about the 23 Mobile Things Program?

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Webinar: History Day + Students = Success

Image by Anders Abrahamsson. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons' licensing.
Image by Anders Abrahamsson. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons’ licensing.

Minitex’s Reference Outreach & Instruction team will be hosting a series of free webinars over the next few months. The first will be, How-To ‘Baloo: What Does it Take to Host a History Day Hullabaloo & What is the Impact on Student Success?  Join Minitex and Presenter Jennifer Hootman next Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 12:00 PM–1:00 PM (Central Time.)

Who Should Attend?
Any library staff or educator interested in learning more about History Day and library Hullabaloos.

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Free Minitex Trials

This post was provided by Minitex, a cooperative purchasing and electronic resource service.

Minitext is offering a set of free trials for you to consider in your library now through October 31st.  Electronic resources are grouped by theme and include:

Image provided by Minitex.
Image provided by Minitex.

eBooks

  • eBook Business Collection Subscription

Nursing and Applied Science

  • EBSCO CINAHL Complete
  • EBSCO Applied Science & Technology Source

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • American Psychological Association PsycTESTS
  • American Psychological Association PsycTHERAPY
  • EBSCO Art Source
  • EBSCO Education Source
  • EBSCO Humanities Source
  • ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States

K-12 Resources

  • Rosen Publishing PowerKnowledge Science Suite
  • Rosen Publishing Core Concepts Periodic Table Database
  • Rosen Publishing Financial Literacy
  • Rosen Publishing Digital Literacy

For pricing and questions, please email cpers@minitex.umn.edu.