Publishing to the People

Minneapolis Community & Technical College Library

Saturday March 30th 2013 9am-3pm

A zine is a self-publication, motivated by a desire for self-expression, not for profit. -Jenna Freedman

MCTC Library will be exploring the desire for self-expression in DIY publishing.  How zines and other forms of DIY publishing fit into the curriculum, campus life and the community around us.  We also hope to reimagine the space around the zine collection as potential new maker space for publishing and other forms of creative DIY expression.  Bring your family and friends, join us and create something!

Zine Catapalooza 9am-12pm

Thanks to a generous donation from the Zine Apothecary and some technical difficulties with our database, the MCTC Library Zine Collection has a huge backlog of zines that need cataloging.  Help us make these zines available to the public!  It’s easy to learn and we’ll provide training and guidance. No experience necessary, all you have to do is show up.

DIY Zine Publishing and Button Making 10am-1pm 2pm-3pm

Don’t just consume, produce! Learn how to make different types of zines with zine collection intern, Linda Nguyen. There will be guidance on various formats and layouts, and we’ll have plenty of crafty supplies on hand to get creative with. Make your very own zine to take home, share with friends, and even donate back to the library to keep the collection growing! Come with an idea, we’ll help you realize it.  We will also have a button maker on hand to create extra DIY swag.

Publishing to the People: Libraries, Zines, Maker Spaces, and DIY Publishing

Panel Discussion 1pm-2pm

We’ve assembled a panel of experts to talk about the convergence of libraries, zines, maker spaces and DIY publishing.  They bring different experiences and knowledge to the table.  Hear them out and ask them questions!

Christina Chang

Minnesota Museum of American Art.

Recently put together the exhibit: D.I.Y. Printing: Presses Not Required.

Rebecca March
Librarian here at Minneapolis Community & Technical College Library

Researching and putting together a proposal to create a Maker Space in the library

Samantha Sather

Graphic Design faculty member here at Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Teaches print media and is actively seeking maker space for students at MCTC

Lacey Prpic Hedke

Local Zinester/ librarian of Science House at the Science Museum of Minnesota
Has put together the Twin Cities Zinefest for a few years, ran the Zine Apothecary out of her garage and was a collective member of the Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities.

Publishing to the People: Libraries, Zines, Maker Spaces, and DIY Publishing

Panel Reception 2pm-3pm

Meet and greet the panelists.   Finish making a zine.

For more information please contact the MCTC Zine Librarian:
Elissah Becknell
http://library.minneapolis.edu/pages/staff.htm 

Open Access Presentation

Nancy Sims to speak about open access publishing model

 

 

The University of St. Thomas libraries are pleased to host an event with Nancy Sims, who will speak about the issues and challenges of the open access publishing movement, which has the potential of increasing the visibility, access to and sharing of faculty scholarly research.

 

Nancy is the Copyright Program Librarian at the University  of Minnesota libraries with a JD from the University of Michigan Law School, and an MLIS from Rutgers University.   She says that her job is not to be the “copyright police” on her campus, but to help individuals and groups throughout the University community to understand issues surrounding copyright and scholarly communication.  Nancy says that she is fascinated by copyright law in all of its aspects, and in particular, how individuals construct understandings of copyright as it relates to their own scholarly, artistic, professional, personal, cultural, and communicative activities. 

 

She has published articles and presented at conferences about copyright issues, technology, and emerging forms of scholarship.

 

Nancy Sims’ presentation and question and answer period will be in McNeely Hall 100 from 3:00 – 4:30 on Thursday, December 13^th  This event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. 

 

You will find a map to McNeely Hall here.

 

If you have any questions please let me know.

Andrea Koeppe

St. Thomas

LIT Career & Advising Workshop

Tuesday, November 20th, MCTC Campus (L3400) from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Please join us for an evening focused on preparing for a career in library information technology.  Here is the schedule:

6:30-7: Social Reception & Open Advising w/ Laura Hanstad
7-7:30: MCTC Career Center Programming
7:30-8:15: LIT Alumni Panel
8:15-8:30: Q&A with program faculty & networking

Questions and/or to RSVP, please contact jennifer.sippel@minneapolis.edu

Minnesota Digital Library: 10th Annual Meeting

This would be of possible interest to anyone wishing to learn more about digital archiving projects/collections. Also a good networking opportunity. And at $25, a pretty good deal as well. 

Date & Location

Monday, June 18, 2012
8:45 AM – 3:30 PM

Continuing Education & Conference Center
University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus
1890 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108

• Cost: $25.00
• Twitter hashtag: #mdl2012
• Registration deadline: Friday, June 8, 2012
• Register now!
• Driving directions to the Continuing Education & Conference Center

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Meeting Agenda

8:45 AM – 9:15 AMRegistration (continental breakfast)

9:15 AM – 9:30 AMWelcome

Presenter: Carla Dewey Urban, Minitex

9:30 AM – 10:30 AMKeynote Address

Keynote Speaker: Rachel Frick, Co-Chair, Content and Scope Workstream of the DPLA; Director, Digital Library Federation
Introduction: John Butler, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

A leader in the Digital Public Library of America, Rachel Frick will discuss the concepts, issues, and collaborations that are forming the vision of the DPLA, an initiative to make the cultural and scientific records being digitized across the country available to all. Frick, co-chair of the content and scope workstream of the DPLA, and director of the Digital Library Federation Program at the Council on Library and Information Resources, will share the early stories and recent developments of this initiative. She is interested in getting to know the people and groups that have come together to form the Minnesota Digital Library and to learn from their success.

10:30 AM – 10:45 AMBreak (refreshments)

10:45 AM – 12:00 PMMinnesota Digital Library Update

Presenters: Carla Dewey Urban, Minitex; Marian Rengel, MDL; John Butler, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Greta Bahnemann, MDL, Jason Roy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Jennifer Jones, Minnesota Historical Society; Sara Ring, Minitex
Moderator: Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University

Hear updates about ongoing and future projects of the Minnesota Digital Library from a variety of MDL representatives. Topics will include governance changes; new content in Minnesota Reflections and a content analysis study; Minnesota Reflections metadata in WorldCat; an MDL digital preservation update; and an update about the Minnesota Historical Society newspapers project. We have allowed extra time to hear your suggestions and have a discussion.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch (buffet)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
(3 concurrent sessions)The Potential for Regional Collaboration: North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin Projects

Presenters: Sharon Kilzer, Theodore Roosevelt Center Project Manager; Danielle Loftus and Dan Daily, The University of South Dakota and the Digital Library of South Dakota; Emily Pfotenhauer, Wisconsin Heritage Online
Moderator: Tom Steman, St. Cloud State University

Representatives from digital library projects in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin – Minnesota's neighbors! – will join us to share their projects, their visions, and their challenges in this regional session. Learn how the Theodore Roosevelt Center, the Digital Library of South Dakota, and Wisconsin Heritage Online are working towards the goal they share with the MDL of making valuable resources available to the people of their states and beyond. 

Minnesota Reflections Panel

Presenters: Greta Bahnemann, MDL; Janet Christensen, Minnesota Historical Society; Jennifer Claybourne-Torkelson, Digital Collections Unit, University of Minnesota; Marian Rengel, MDL
Moderator: Jason Roy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The team members responsible for the day-to-day work of developing Minnesota Reflections will answer your questions about digitization projects with the Minnesota Digital Library. From outreach and project development (Marian Rengel), to scanning processes (Jennifer Claybourne-Torkelson and Janet Christensen), to metadata (Greta Bahnemann), the team will share their insights, then turn the session over to you to ask your questions and hear your ideas. Jason Roy, moderator, will join the team, helping to answer broad vision, mission, and future initiative questions. 

Two Opportunities: Omeka and New Media Consortium's New Horizons Reports

Presenter: Scott Sayre, MDL Consultant, Sandbox Studios and New Media Consortium
Moderator: Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University

Scott Sayre, who has been involved with the Minnesota Digital Library since its beginnings, advises the MDL Management Team, and is a principle partner in Sandbox Studios and incoming chair of the board of the New Media Consortium, will share ideas for using the Omeka open-source authoring software to create online displays for museum collections and will share an update on the Horizon reports, including new ones for the K-12 and library communities. Join Scott as he brings new ideas to the forefront of the development of the MDL.

2:00 PM – 2:15 PMBreak (refreshments and snacks)

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
(3 concurrent sessions)Working with CONTENTdm: A Mini User Group

Presenters: Brooke Roegge, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development; Deborah Kloiber, St. Catherine University Library; and other presenters TBA
Moderators: Sara Ring, Minitex; Daardi Sizemore, Minnesota State University Mankato

Using the digital collection management software CONTENTdm can be rewarding and challenging at the same time. During this session we will hear from individuals who are currently working with CONTENTdm at their institutions and how they handle the good and the bad. This session is intended to be interactive, so following the moderator guided questions, there will be a chance for audience questions and response. This session is geared towards current CONTENTdm users, but is open to others who are considering using CONTENTdm. 

Users, Minnesota Reflections, and the Whole Puzzle of Spreading the Word

Presenters: Representatives of contributing organizations
Moderator: Marian Rengel, MDL Outreach Coordinator

Minnesota Reflections passed a hallmark in April 2012; it grew to more than 105,000 objects. At the same time, the MDL is working hard to help students and the general public learn about Minnesota Reflections. This session will be a round-table discussion that starts with a statistical analysis of user data by Marian Rengel, MDL Outreach Coordinator. Participating organizations who sign up for the session will be invited (in advance of the meeting) to highlight their collections and share information on how they work to get their digital collections into the hands of the people of Minnesota. 

Preserving State Government Digital Information: An MHS NDIIPP Project

Presenter: Carol Kussman, Minnesota Historical Society
Moderator: John Butler, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The Minnesota Historical Society was the lead partner in one of the four National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) state initiative grants from 2008-2011. In this session, Carol Kussman, MHS, who was also part of the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach & Education program, will define digital preservation, present some of the challenges of preserving digital content, and discuss how the MN NDIIPP project explored digital preservation, access to, and authentication of digital records.

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Register for ARLD Day 2012: Transliteracy: Constructing Knowledge and Networks

NOTE: Students can register for $30! 

ARLD Day 2012
Registration is now open!

Transliteracy:
Constructing Knowledge and Networks

presented by the Academic and Research Libraries Division, with support from the Public Libraries Division (PLD) of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) and Minnesota Educational Media Organization (MEMO)

Keynote speaker: Lane Wilkinson, assistant professor and reference and instruction librarian at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Last year, ARLD Day tackled the rise of mobile devices and their effects on libraries. Now we turn to transliteracy—the skills needed to “communicate meaning between media,” as defined by our keynote speaker. From the Beginner’s Guide to Transliteracy on the Libraries and Transliteracy blog comes another definition: “The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.”

Wilkinson is part of a unique group of academic, public and school librarians who blog, debate and advocate for this emerging concept and what it means in our libraries. Wilkinson asks: “Is [transliteracy] a bold new concept or the current enfant terrible of librarianship?”

Join us on April 27 at ARLD Day 2012 to engage, connect and learn. We will begin the day with a full breakfast and networking, so please join us at 8:30!

The day will include breakfast, lunch, breakout sessions, lightning round presentations, and door prizes.

Out of state? Unable to get to ARLD Day? You can still participate in part of ARLD Day through our virtual option for the keynote, Q&A, and Innovators Award presentation!

Get complete details and register »  http://mnlibraryassociation.org/event12_0427/

Questions? Contact Kate Peterson at katep@umn.edu.

Friday, April 27, 2012
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
(registration, breakfast, and networking:  8:30–9 a.m.)

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Dr.
Chaska, MN  55318

UW-Milwaukee Online Workshop on Metadata

Metadata for Digital Collections

Seven-week online workshop

Dates: June 13 - July 29, 2011

Enrollment deadline: May 31, 2011

Fees: $250.00 registration + $75 required text ($225 registration for students)

Instructor: Steven J. Miller

This seven-week online workshop provides a substantial introduction to creating and managing descriptive metadata for digital collections in libraries, archives, and museums. It includes hands-on exercises in creating metadata for digital images and other resources using Dublin Core and MODS, and to a lesser extent, VRA. Participants will be introduced to commonly-used controlled vocabularies for digital collections, as well as to XML, OAI, metadata harvesting, mapping, interoperability, and quality, and to metadata in the context of Linked Data and the Semantic Web. The workshop will also cover metadata standards selection, local metadata scheme design, and documentation in the form of application profiles.

For more information about the workshop and registration see: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/mll/www/MDC.html

Minitex RDA Workshops

Those of you who have taken LIBT/INFS 2200 Introduction to Cataloging in the past, you might want to sign up for one or more of these workshops. Note these are face-to-face workshops, not webinars.

The Minitex Bibliographic and Technical Services unit has scheduled the following workshops on RDA cataloging topics for February through May 2011. Due to demand, one additional workshop for print monographs and one for audiovisual works have been added. RDA training sessions on other formats will be announced soon.

Please note: The workshops listed below are being presented in person at Wilson Library (room S30C), Minneapolis Campus, University of Minnesota. For those outside the Twin Cities region, webinar sessions covering the same material will be posted for registration in the next few days.

New Sessions

RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Music Materials

This workshop introduces the experienced copy cataloger of music materials to Resource Description and Access (RDA). Descriptive cataloging of music scores and sound recordings will be our focus, along with its application in MARC bibliographic records. Hands-on exercises will also be offered.

Friday, April 8, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=326

Other Sessions

RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Print Monographs

This workshop introduces the experienced copy cataloger to Resource Description and Access (RDA). The descriptive cataloging of print monographs and its application in MARC bibliographic records will be highlighted through lecture and hands-on exercises.

Thursday, March 17, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=321

RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Audiovisual Materials

This workshop introduces the experienced copy cataloger of audiovisual materials to Resource Description and Access (RDA). The scope of this training session focuses on the descriptive cataloging of A/V materials and its application in MARC bibliographic records through lecture and hands-on exercises.

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 24, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Friday, March 11, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=322

RDA for Original Catalogers

This workshop provides further instruction on Resource Description and Access (RDA) for original catalogers, concentrating on the authority work and advanced aspects of descriptive cataloging that see changes with the new cataloging guidelines.

Friday, Feb. 11, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 29, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=323

All of these workshops are being held in Wilson Library on the Minneapolis campus (West Bank) of the University of Minnesota. Here is some helpful information on getting to the workshop:

• Floorplan to Wilson Library (PDF format): http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/floorplans.pdf (the workshop takes place in the sub-basement)
• A map of Wilson Library, the West Bank, and nearby parking: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/OMWL/
• Directions to the West Bank: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/directions-mpls.php
• Parking information: http://www1.umn.edu/pts/iama/visitor.html

MN Workshop on Social Networking Sites

Note that there's a significant discount for students and those who are not currently working who register for this workshop

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The MN Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invites you to attend:

Professional Development: Using Social Networking Sites for Research

Facebook, MySpace: fact or fiction? Can there really be a practical application of these sites for researchers? Join us for a fascinating presentation from Meg Smith, researcher from the Washington Post.

WHEN

Thursday, October 22^nd, 2009

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration & Networking

12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Presentation

Light refreshments will be provided.

WHERE

Donaldson Co.

1400 West 94^th Street

Bloomington, MN 55431

952.887.3131

Donaldson is located near the intersection of 35W and 94^th St. in Bloomington.

Map (PDF): http://www.donaldson.com/en/about/dciMap.pdf

Driving Directions (Google Maps): http://tiny.cc/nte0j

You may park in any “Visitor” parking spot, or any spot that’s unnumbered.

NOTE: Participants will need to check in at the front desk in the lobby and wait for an escort to take them to the event room.

COST

$40 Association members (SLA, MALL, SCIP, ASIST, MLA, etc.)

$25 Students, unemployed, and retired attendees

$50 Non-members

*Please note registration guidelines below.

REGISTRATION

Deadline: Oct. 15^th

1. Email name and contact information to MN Chapter SLA

2. Make payment through PayPal OR send check payable to MN Chapter SLA

Registration details are available on the MN SLA website at:

http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmn/programs/events/e102209.htm

Please note the following registration guidelines:

· If you register, we require you to pay, even if you are not able to attend.

· There will be a $5 charge for registrations made after the registration deadline.

· Registrations made after the deadline are not guaranteed seating.

CONTACTS

Julie Eskritt – julie.eskritt@donaldson.com – 952.887.3019

Karen Mackey – karen.mackey@donaldson.com – 952.887.3018

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Meg Smith will share stories of how the Washington Post has used social networking sites in investigative reporting. She’ll show us how to connect a social networking profile to the real-world person behind it, how to spot fake profiles, and how to expertly search social networking sites in order to find individuals who may be hiding, or whose names you might not know. (We’ll even get tips on how to search social networking web sites that haven't been invented yet!)

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions during the presentation, but Meg will be happy to take comments in advance so she can tailor this presentation to our audience. Please send questions to Julie or Karen at the email addresses above.

Also, if you haven’t already, this would be a great time to explore Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.

Presenter Bio

Meg Smith is the Washington Post's local researcher. She was the lead researcher for the paper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2008 and was a landmark for how the newspaper used social networking sites to report the news. For the Post's "Forced Out" series, which won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2009, Meg backsearched hundreds of land transactions on new condominiums, and used public records to find the owners of dozens of shadowy limited-liability companies that were shielding landlords who exploited loopholes in the city's housing laws.

Meg has also researched several other in-depth series and investigations including the paper's relentless pursuit of the perpetrators of the District's Office of Tax and Revenue fraud scheme, one of the largest municipal frauds in history, and the groundbreaking and data-rich multimedia series, "Being a Black Man," in 2006. Meg has a Bachelors in Journalism and an MLS from the University of Maryland, and has been at the Post since 2000. She has been a member of the Washington DC chapter of SLA since 2003.