Register for the Mid-Winter Library Unsymposium

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The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium was created to help library staff develop enhanced professional networks and promote resource sharing and communication between organizations. Join library staff and technologists from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota this January at the Mid-Winter Unsymposium.

• DATE:  Friday, January 10th, 1:00PM to 4:30PM
• COST:  Just your time!
• WHERE:  Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin Superior
• REGISTRATION: Click here to be one of only 60 participants!

Free Symposium on Advocacy, Awareness and Archives

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The second annual Minnesota Archives Symposium will be held on Friday, November 15th, Making Connections: Advocacy, Awareness and Archives. The symposium is sponsored by Hennepin County Library Special Collections and the Twin Cities Archives Round Table. This free event will be held in the Mary and David Doty Board Room (2nd floor) at Central Public Library in Minneapolis, MN from 1:00 – 5:00 PM.

Contact TCART at tcartmn@gmail.com or Elissah Becknell at elissah.becknell@minneapolis.edu for additional information.

Click here to register.

Upcoming Minnesota Events!

To help keep your calendar up to-date on Minnesota events spotlighting libraries, here is a quick reference for you!

• Data Tools for Visualization & Insight (SLA-MN) (St. Paul) – May 3
• MALL 2013 Spring Conference (St. Paul) – May 3
• MILE 2013: Everyone a Leader (Breezy Point, MN) – May 14-17
• 21st Enhancing Quality Staff Symposium (UMN, St. Paul) – May 21, 2013
• Lake Superior Libraries Symposium 2013: Libraries by Design (Superior, WI) – June 7
• Gifted & Talented Education Symposium (Austin) – June 10-13
• St. Cloud Children’s Literature Workshop (St. Cloud) – June 17-18
• Minnesota 1:1 Learning Summit (St. Paul) – June 21
• MN eLearning Summit (St. Paul) – July 29-30
• 2013 Branch Out Conference, “Empowering Library Staff with Technology and Customer Service Tools” (Rush Creek Golf Club, Maple Grove, MN) – July 31-August 1
• MEMO Leadership Development Conference (St. Paul) – August 16 (save the date)
• Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference (St. Cloud) – Oct 10-11
• MEMO Fall Conference (St. Cloud) – Oct 3-5 (save the date)

 

2013 Lake Superior Libraries Symposium

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by librarians from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. From an initial collaboration of academic and public libraries to educate their community on E-books, the idea for a regional professional network was born. Out of that collaboration the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium was created to help librarians develop enhanced professional networks and promote resource sharing and communication between organizations. Our continued operations are thanks to the in-kind and monetary contributions of our supporters.

Participate in the 2013 Lake Superior Libraries Symposium to be held on June 7th, 2013 at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Superior, WI. 

Who should attend? Library staff, patrons, administrators, trustees, and students from around Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula, and beyond are invited to attend!

• A Thursday night pre-conference Library Palooza featuring trivia, glitter, and library conversations at Dubh Linn Irish Pub
• Keynote presentation will be on libraries as community spaces for knowledge sharing and media production by Nate Hill, Assistant Director at the Chattanooga Public Library and Co-Chair of the Digital Public Library of America‘s Audience & Participation work-stream,
• In addition, this symposium will facilitate presentations (16) by librarians and administrators from public, academic, and school media organizations on designing space, skills, and services. Plus poster sessions and time to network.
• A Friday evening post-conference social event at the award-winning Thirsty Pagan Brewery

The cost to attend this year’s symposium is $49. Click here to register online.

Symposium: Enhancing Quality Staff

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The University of Minnesota is hosting the 21st Annual Enhancing Quality Staff Symposium on Tuesday, May 21st at the St. Paul Campus. This event is sponsored by Continuing Education and offers registrants the opportunity to customize their day. Session topics include;

• What makes an award winning children’s book?
• Difficult conversations: Are you prepared?
• Liberating eBooks from difficult publisher platforms.
• What you can learn from cookbooks.
• The role of libraries in the success of first year students, and much more.

Click here to find additional sessions and locate registration information. Early bird registration ends on Tuesday, April 30th!