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Volume 6 No. 26
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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  • CLIC's 2015 User Service Award was given to Carmen paper snowflake with hearts Aslesen of Hamline University's Bush Library. The 2015 Group Effectiveness Award was given to the CLIC Cataloging Committee. Read more here: Catalogers Sweep the 2015 CLIC Awards. CLIC blog, Dec 11. 
  • Books to give this holiday season. Parts 1 & 2. U of MN Libraries.
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CE, Events, Resources, Opportunities
  • 3rd Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference is Jun 10, 2016 in Indianapolis, with a preconference on June 9. This conference is an opportunity for individuals working in resource sharing to share information & network with other colleagues. Program proposals accepted through Jan 15, 2016. paper snowflake
  • The 2016 MN eLearning Summit (Jul 27-28 at MCTC) has issued a Call for Proposals. Proposals for oral, panel, & poster presentations are invited. Submit a proposal online now. Proposals are due by Fri, Mar 11. For more information including submission requirements and topics, visit www.mnelearningsummit.org.
  • Save the date! Lee Rainie, Director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at Pew Research Center, will headline
    the 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference on Tue, May 10 at the Continuing Education & Conference Center on the Saint Paul Campus of the U of MN.
  • YALSA members can apply for one of 20 Teen Tech Week programming stipends worth $1,000 each. Application deadline Jan 1. YALSA invites library staff to encourage teens to "Create it at your library" for Teen Tech Week, Mar 6-12, 2016. TTW encourages libraries to tailor the theme to show their community exactly how libraries can connect in meaningful ways with teens in order to help them gain STEAM skills.
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Things We've Heard, Seen, or Read
paper snowflake ALA & the Book Industry Study Group have released the results of their first joint research initiative,  Digital Content in Public Libraries: What Do Patrons Think? 
 
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