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Volume 6 No. 15
2015
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Metronet is the multicounty multitype library system serving Twin City libraries.
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MELSA is a federation of the seven metropolitan Twin Cities county public library systems plus the city of Saint Paul Public Library. 
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  • Minitex announces the launch of Minitex News, a new Minitex logo one-stop-shop for library news and updates, including conferences and events, from all of Minitex's units and services. You will continue to receive the same high-quality announcements and newsletters you've come to expect from Minitex, and now they'll be accessible on one easy-to-navigate, and mobile-friendly, site. 

We welcome news about library staff--promotions, awards, conference presentations, & other accomplishments--and news of Twin Cities libraries of all types. Send news to ann@metronet.lib.mn.us.        

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  • The Minnesota Association of Library Friends (MALF) will partner with libraries & Friends of the Library groups to bring a free workshop, Beyond The Book Sale: The Future of Library Fundraising, to three Minnesota communities this September. Metro event is at Edina Community Library on Sep 11. More info & registration.
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Things We've Heard, Seen, or Read

Tin Robot Not fade away... how robots are preserving our old newspapers. The Gurardian, Jul 5.  

 

Is it stealing if you empty a Little Free Library? onmilwaukee.co, Jun 30.  

 

Detective duos in fiction - quiz. The Guardian, Jul 2.  

 

Where are the books? Libraries under fire as they shift from print to digital. Washington Post, Jul 7.

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