MN Internship: Minnesota Historical Society

SPRING 2010 INTERSHIP OPENING

Title: Library Newspaper Intern

Department: Collections Management Department

Hours: 120-160

Status: Unpaid Internship

Application deadline: December 2010

Description:

The Minnesota Historical Society holds one of the most complete collections of Minnesota newspapers in the world. The collection dates from 1849 to the present day, and includes not only daily and weekly newspapers from all over the state but also current and historic newspapers published by schools, churches, prisons, ethnic, immigrant, and other special-interest organizations. Much of the collection is preserved on microfilm and is heavily used by genealogists and historians. The Minnesota Historical Society is beginning its third year of an ongoing project to migrate our newspaper holdings from a legacy database to our library catalog. The Minnesota Historical Society currently seeks an intern to continue the work on the project by creating and editing item and holdings records in the online library catalog using ALEPH, the library’s ILS software. The intern will also be responsible for compiling statistics and documenting procedures.

Primary responsibilities:

· Use the ALEPH software to create item-level records for newspaper microfilm titles and to edit bibliographic and holdings records, as necessary.

· Replace worn boxes and re-label as necessary.

· Work with library processing staff to resolve any problems.

· Compile statistics and lists of missing microfilm reels.

· Document procedures and workflows.

Minimal qualifications:

· General knowledge of MARC coding and tagging sufficient to create and edit item level records. The intern should also understand the structure and relationships of MARC bibliographic and holdings records, so that the correct information is added to the correct record.

· Keyboarding skills sufficient to input records accurately.

· Ability to use word processing and spreadsheet software for creation of reports and compilation of statistics.

· Attention to detail

Training and Orientation:

The Library Processing Manager and the Serials Processing Assistant will provide training and orientation to using the ALEPH software and the MnPALS library catalog.

Shared Value:

This position will make an important contribution towards making the library’s newspaper collection discoverable in MnPALS, the library catalog. It will also provide the intern with an opportunity for direct experience in using cataloging software to create and edit item and holdings records.

Hours and availability:

10-15 hours a week for 12-15 weeks. Scheduling is flexible between the hours of 8-5, Monday-Friday. The internship is unpaid. All interns must pass a background check.

Location:

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

Those interested in this internship should send a resume and a cover letter to:

Sarah Quimby

Library Processing Manager

Minnesota Historical Society

345 Kellogg Boulevard West

St. Paul, MN 55102-1906

sarah.quimby@mnhs.org

Inaugural LIT Program Get-Together!

We have a date for a fall get-together of LIT program students and faculty, so mark your calendars!

Thursday, November 19 from 6:30ish to 9:30ish

We're still finalizing a location; look for a post here and/or an evite in your mail. Graduates are welcome too!

"Read Dating"

This looks like fun, if I were single...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct 1, 2009

If you’d like more information about this topic, please contact the MLA office at 651-999-5343 (toll-free 877-867-0982) or office@mnlibraryassociation.org.

Minnesota Library Association announces

An Evening of “Read Dating”

Are you reading so much that dating has fallen by the wayside? Then come join us for an evening of Read Dating!

Looking for good times as well as good books? Maybe you should try “Read Dating!” It’s like speed-dating, only we’ll use books to help break the ice with other like-minded dateable bibliophiles.

The first round is a mixer. Participants will draw a question such as “What was your favorite book as a teen?” and mingle around the room asking their question of other participants. The second round will be timed dating, when daters will discuss their favorite books (no more than three) in a one-to-one setting for a few minutes before moving to a new literary partner. At the end of the night, if like literary minds want to match up… well, that would be up to them.

The event is suitable for single men and women. Please bring a book you love, hate, have recently read, or just want to talk about.

Event Details:

Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 6:00–8:30 PM,

Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55415

$15 MLA members, $30 reading public, additional $10 for late or walk-in registrations

Visit www.mnlalibraryassociation.org to register. Registration is required and closes on Friday, October 23, 2009.

Co-sponsored by Reader’s Advisory Round Table of the Minnesota Library Association and Spill the Wine

The term “Read Dating” was borrowed with cheerful permission from the University Book Store, Seattle, WA.

Social Hour at Minnesota Library Association Conference

Note the invitation is extended to "anyone else interested..."
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Social Hour @ MLA
Sponsored by the St. Catherine University MLIS Student Governance
Organization
Thursday, Oct. 15th, 6-7pm @ Radisson Hotel's Grille Bar

The SCU MLIS Student Governance Organization welcomes MLIS students,
recent graduates and anyone else interested, to join us in this fun,
relaxed networking opportunity. Share stories about making a career
change, job hunting, your best/worst classes and anything else!

See you there!

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Tanya Cothran
831-227-1169
tmcothran@stkate.edu
MLIS Student, St Catherine University
MLIS Student Governance Organization, Executive Committee

Webinar Series and Conference From Blandin Foundation

A Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future, is being offered this fall by the Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative, prior to the annual Blandin Foundation Broadband Conference.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 8:00-9:30AM

A Futurist's View of Rural Minnesota

Presenter: Delore Zimmerman of Praxis Strategy Group, Grand Forks, ND

If you are interested in rural community and economic development trends, this webinar is for you. Delore Zimmerman will provide guidance for rural community leaders about development trends and the steps communities must take to increase their investment attractiveness.

The role that technology plays in increasing economic vitality will be presented both in theory and practice, and Delore will include information about successful regional economic development strategies.

Delore is a strategy consultant with twenty-five years of domestic and international experience working with local and regional economic development groups, companies and universities. He co-developed the High-Performance Community Initiative while a Senior Fellow at the Denver-based Center for the New West and has spearheaded its development and deployment for 10 years.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future

Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative

For more information and to register, click here.

http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org/events/events-detail.php?intResourceID=991

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 8:00-9:30AM

Broadband Best Practices in Greater Minnesota

Presenter: Bill Coleman of Community Technology Advisors, Mahtomedi, MN

Broadband is an essential asset for community and economic development. Greater Minnesota faces many challenges in keeping up with larger metro areas in Minnesota, across the country and around the world.

Community leaders are faced with navigating a whirlwind of dynamic technologies, policy discussions at the federal and state level, and funding through the ARRA stimulus programs as they wrestle with the the challenge of ensuring world-class broadband infrastructure and services and motivating the adoption of new technologies by businesses, institutions and citizens. This session will provide an overview of community best practices for network deployment and broadband-based economic development.

Bill Coleman has been helping communities make the connection between broadband and economic development. He specializes in helping communities accurately assess their situation, devise improvement strategies and implement projects. He brings equal attention to infrastructure and end-user technology adoption that leads to economic vitality.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future

Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative

For more information and to register, click here.

http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org/events/events-detail.php?intResourceID=991

Tuesday, November 3, 8:00-9:30AM

Telling a Story with Social Media

Presenter: Ann Treacy, Treacy Information Services

Everyone has a story to tell, whether you’re recruiting people or businesses to your region, selling a product or preparing a presentation on future of broadband in rural areas. Social media tools such as YouTube and podcasts can help you establish your story, social networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn help you spread the word and ongoing blogs or Twitter can help maintain the story. We’ll talk about how to tell your story with social media.

Ann Treacy is a former librarian with 13 years of experience working with businesses and other organizations to get their message to prospective clients on the Internet. She works with resorts, realtors, manufacturers, nonprofits and others throughout Minnesota to develop Internet and social media strategies to meet business goals.

Webinar Series: Realizing Our Broadband Future

Sponsor: Blandin Foundation – Broadband Initiative

For more information and to register, click here.

http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org/events/events-detail.php?intResourceID=991

Wednesday, November 18 - Thursday, November 19, 2009

Blandin Foundation’s 2009 Broadband Conference

The webinar series is being offered in advance of the annual Blandin Foundation Broadband Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is: Realizing Our Broadband Future: Getting from Here to There. It will focus on the future of Minnesota communities, providing community leaders with the information and tools they need to position their communities in the future.

Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Duluth MN

Cost: $105

For more information and to register, click here.

http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org/events/events-detail.php?intResourceID=988

Minnesota Library Association Conference Needs Volunteers

Volunteering to help at conferences is a great way to meet people and often you can negotiate a discount on registration or get some other perk. :)

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Call for Conference Volunteers

Volunteers are urgently needed to assist with important functions at the MLA Conference on October 14-16, 2009 in St. Cloud. The overall success of the conference depends not only on the quality of its programs, which are excellent, but on the efficiency and effectiveness of its arrangements. As in years past, numerous volunteers are needed to insure that everything goes smoothly in busy areas such as Registration and the Silent Auction. Please consider giving two hours of your time during the conference to helping with these important tasks.

To find out the dates/times people are needed and to sign up as a volunteer, email conference volunteer coordinator Janet Urbanowicz at jurban65@gmail.com. She will add your name to the schedule and respond to confirm your assignment.