Registration is open for the 2009 Fall MnIUG Conference.

Date: October 20, 2009
Location: Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN

Registration Deadline: October 14th, 2009

*****Win a Kindle!*****
One lucky attendee will go home with a brand new Kindle!

To see the full day's schedule and to register, visit: http://sites.google.com/site/mniugconference/
There will be several concurrent afternoon sessions on a variety of topics (more details will be added soon):

Concurrent Session 1 (1 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.)

Tech Toys
A hands-on demo of some of the latest gadgets, like the Kindle, the iPod Touch, and more. Attendees are invited to bring their own gadgets to share with the group as well!
Presenter: John Larson (St. Paul Public Library)

National IUG Report
Attendees of the 2009 National IUG Conference will share what they learned while they were in Anaheim, California.

Teaching Discovery Layers
A short presentation demonstrating the use of a discovery layer in bibliographic instruction. The focus will be on Encore, but attendees will be encouraged to share their own experiences, ideas, and questions regarding their discovery layers.
Presenter: Jessica Nelson (Northwestern College)


Concurrent Session 2 (2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.)

Public Library Forum
An open discussion for Public Library III users. Come with questions, answers, and tips for your colleagues.

Circulation, Reserves and Booking Forum
An open discussion for Circulation, Reserves, and Bookings module users. Come with questions, answers, and tips for your colleagues

Acquisitions, Cataloging, and Serials Forum
An open discussion for Acquisitions, Cataloging, and Serials module users. Come with questions, answers, and tips for your colleagues

Concurrent Session 3 (3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.)

Kindles: Circulating E-Books at Your Library
Three libraries will share their experiences in deciding to circulate Kindles. Learn how they approached the process and made decisions regarding collection development, cataloging, and more!
Presenters: Verena Getahun (Bethel University), Linda Hulbert (University of St. Thomas), Angi Faiks (Macalester College)

Discovery Layer 101
Encore, AquaBrowser, WorldCat Local, oh my! Come hear about the ways that local libraries are trying to enhance the user's experience. You'll get an overview of the features of these products as well as learn about their respective implementation experiences.

E-Resource Management Systems (ERMs)
This panel will be sharing information about the implementation and maintenance of their ERM (and related products). ERM products to be covered include III, Serials Solutions, and a homegrown ERM (UW-LaCrosse). Learn about why these Libraries chose to implement an ERM; highlights of the products they are using; other tools that might be closely integrated with their ERM that assist with e-resource management; and tips for anyone considering implementing an ERM system.

You can find more information on the MnIUG site: http://www.macalester.edu/mniug/

You can also go directly to the conference website at: http://sites.google.com/site/mniugconference/

We look forward to seeing you there!

The MnIUG Steering Committee
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Katy Gabrio
Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
DeWitt Wallace Library
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
p 651.696.6703
f 651.696.6617
gabrio@macalester.edu

MHS, an MDL partner, is working closely with the Minnesota Digital Library on digitization projects, relying on MDL experience with digitizing to standards and with providing access to digital collections through Minnesota Reflections (http://reflections.mndigital.org), and with training and educating organizations. The MDL has agreed to assist applicants in preparing projects and in applying for MHS legacy grant funds.

To inform people across the state of this grant project, MHS scheduled a series of workshops. Please consider attending one in your area. Spread the word. In addition to MHS staff, Marian Rengel, MDL Outreach Coordinator, will be on hand to answer questions about digitization projects.

Registration is required for all workshops. Contact Melinda Hutchinson (mailto:melinda.hutchinson@mnhs.org) at MHS to register

Workshop dates and locations:

Oct. 8 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Clearwater County Historical Society, Shevlin, MN (Highway 2, 7 miles east of Bagley)

Oct. 9 – 2 to 6 p.m. – Brown County Historical Society, 2 N. Broadway, New Ulm, MN

Oct. 19 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Stevens County Historical Society, 116 West Sixth St., Morris, MN

Oct. 20 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Preston Historical Society, Preston, MN

Oct. 27 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Minnesota Discovery Center (formerly Iron Range Research Center) 801 SW Highway 169, Chisholm, MN

Note: MHS is planning a second workshop in the Twin Cities metro area for mid-October. Watch for announcement of this workshop. The Oct. 5 workshop at Hennepin Public Library – Central Branch is full.

MHS has also scheduled two Webinars at which they will discuss the Minnesota Legacy History Grant program.

Webinar dates
Registration information will be available soon.
Oct. 12 – 10 a.m. to noon.

Oct. 14 – 2 p.m. –

MHS expects to have applications materials available to the public in early October. Watch their Minnesota Legacy History Grants web site and the Minnesota Digital Library Web site (http://www.mndigital.org/) for more information.

Digitization is one of 13 project areas within the Minnesota Legacy History Grants program. MHS has agreed to strongly recommend that applicants for digitization projects work directly with the Minnesota Digital Library’s Outreach Coordinator Marian Rengel (mrrengel@stcloudstate.edu).

In addition, the Minnesota Digital Library is preparing to solicit information from vendors and organizations across the state with the capacity and the experience to digitize historical collections. The MDL will gather information on a vendor or organization’s capacity to digitize to MDL standards, the range of the services, the costs for those services and their experience in digitizing rare objects. The MDL will then provide information on qualified digitization providers when organizations request that information.

For more information, contact Marian Rengel at mrrengel@stcloudstate.edu or by calling 320-308-5625.

Marian Rengel
Outreach Coordinator
Minnesota Digital Library Coalition
Learning Resources & Technology Services
Miller Center B41-9
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Office (320) 308-5625
Fax (320) 308-4778 (shared)

Visit the Minnesota Digital Library’s collection site at http://reflections.mndigital.org/ and our home at http://www.mndigital.org/

A Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future, is being offered this fall by the Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative, prior to the annual Blandin Foundation Broadband Conference.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 8:00-9:30AM
A Futurist's View of Rural Minnesota
Presenter: Delore Zimmerman of Praxis Strategy Group, Grand Forks, ND
If you are interested in rural community and economic development trends, this webinar is for you. Delore Zimmerman will provide guidance for rural community leaders about development trends and the steps communities must take to increase their investment attractiveness.

The role that technology plays in increasing economic vitality will be presented both in theory and practice, and Delore will include information about successful regional economic development strategies.

Delore is a strategy consultant with twenty-five years of domestic and international experience working with local and regional economic development groups, companies and universities. He co-developed the High-Performance Community Initiative while a Senior Fellow at the Denver-based Center for the New West and has spearheaded its development and deployment for 10 years.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future
Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative
For more information and to register, click here.
http://broadband.blandinfoundation.o...ResourceID=991


Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 8:00-9:30AM
Broadband Best Practices in Greater Minnesota
Presenter: Bill Coleman of Community Technology Advisors, Mahtomedi, MN
Broadband is an essential asset for community and economic development. Greater Minnesota faces many challenges in keeping up with larger metro areas in Minnesota, across the country and around the world.

Community leaders are faced with navigating a whirlwind of dynamic technologies, policy discussions at the federal and state level, and funding through the ARRA stimulus programs as they wrestle with the the challenge of ensuring world-class broadband infrastructure and services and motivating the adoption of new technologies by businesses, institutions and citizens. This session will provide an overview of community best practices for network deployment and broadband-based economic development.

Bill Coleman has been helping communities make the connection between broadband and economic development. He specializes in helping communities accurately assess their situation, devise improvement strategies and implement projects. He brings equal attention to infrastructure and end-user technology adoption that leads to economic vitality.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future
Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative
For more information and to register, click here.
http://broadband.blandinfoundation.o...ResourceID=991


Tuesday, November 3, 8:00-9:30AM
Telling a Story with Social Media
Presenter: Ann Treacy, Treacy Information Services

Everyone has a story to tell, whether you’re recruiting people or businesses to your region, selling a product or preparing a presentation on future of broadband in rural areas. Social media tools such as YouTube and podcasts can help you establish your story, social networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn help you spread the word and ongoing blogs or Twitter can help maintain the story. We’ll talk about how to tell your story with social media.

Ann Treacy is a former librarian with 13 years of experience working with businesses and other organizations to get their message to prospective clients on the Internet. She works with resorts, realtors, manufacturers, nonprofits and others throughout Minnesota to develop Internet and social media strategies to meet business goals.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future
Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative
For more information and to register, click here.
http://broadband.blandinfoundation.o...ResourceID=991


Wednesday, November 18 - Thursday, November 19, 2009
Blandin Foundation’s 2009 Broadband Conference
The webinar series is being offered in advance of the annual Blandin Foundation Broadband Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is: Realizing Our Broadband Future: Getting from Here to There. It will focus on the future of Minnesota communities, providing community leaders with the information and tools they need to position their communities in the future.

Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Duluth MN
Cost: $105
For more information and to register, click here.
http://broadband.blandinfoundation.o...ResourceID=988

Minitex Reference Training Webinar

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time)

Minitex has recently announced our joint participation in licensing new databases and database packages recommended by the Minitex Electronic Information Resources (MEIR) Task Force as a result of the Request for Proposal (RFP) that was issued in 2008-2009. Join Minitex Reference Services staff as they introduce you to the thirty-one new resources added to ELM on July 1, 2009. Yes, we said thirty-one new resources that include health, science, and education information, additional resources for kids and teens, and reference materials including Britannica! Please note that this session does not go into specific detail about the databases. What it does is offer an introduction and some basic information about the new databases in ELM.

Who should attend?: Those interested in learning about the new resources in the Electronic Library for Minnesota.

http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/tr...binars.asp#231