Jenny McElroy, Metronet Board President, is in the 2016 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders. Jenny works as a reference librarian in the Gale Family Library at Minnesota Historical Society.
Be an Ambassador at Teen Lit Con on May 7. Adult volunteers needed to make this great day for teen readers a success. Details & sign-up here. Volunteer today!
Registration is open for Libraries Serving Youth Meetup, Apr 16, 10am-2pm at MDE in Roseville. For more information, contact Jen Verbrugge (651-582-8356).
Beginning later in March, MDE will be holding weekly topic area meetings with stakeholder groups to delve deeper into Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements and opportunities for Minnesota. Expect federal guidance to be released for public comment to be released toward the end of May; final regulations released in late October. Submission deadline not yet released, but likely to be in early 2017. Contact mde.essa@state.mn.us if interested in participating in topic area meetings.
Enter Minnesota Book Awards' MNShelfies contest to raise the visibility of finalists for the 28th Annual Minnesota Book Awards. Using the free resources & your own creativity, create a display showcasing this year's finalists! Submit a "shelfie" of your display and share it on social media and you'll be entered to win one of two prizes!
Choose Privacy Week 2016 https://chooseprivacyweek.org is May 1-7. Learn more at the ALA IFC Privacy Subcommittee & the Office for Intellectual Freedom free webinar on Mar 24. The session will offer solid guidance on developing privacy programming that will educate and engage your library users and provide an update on current privacy issues confronting libraries. Register.
Registration is open for the 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference. Lee Rainie of the Pew Research Center will deliver this year's keynote, "What's Next for Libraries." See the event listing on Minitex News to get all the details. The deadline to register is May 3.
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librarian in the Gale Family Library at Minnesota Historical Society. 
Times Higher Education, Feb 26. 