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Reference Notes

Each issue covers a different topic or event that we hope will be of interest to you and to your users. You'll find recommended Web sites, new reference publications and information about training opportunities.

Current Issue

  • November/December 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 441 KB)
    Education Minnesota 2008; EBSCO Updates; History Day @ Your Library; Reversing the Rachet – Soaring to Excellence Teleconference; Upcoming Webinars; Conference Wrap-Up; From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America—October 30, 2008; World Internet Project Report 2009; Sandra Nelson's Eight Keys to an Effective Library; Libraries Covered in NBC Nightly News; RMJ – Rural Minnesota Journal; New Discoverability Tools Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online (MHAPO) and MapHappy; SPECIAL FOCUS: Information Literacy & the Library; and more!

Previous Issues

2008

  • October 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 425 KB)
    AskMN—Minnesota's Statewide Cooperative Virtual Reference Service; MEMO Conference 2008: Leading 21st Century Learners; Archived Webinars; Whirlwind Trip in the Southwest; Teaching the Next Generation of Teachers; Farewell, Kristen!
  • September 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 452 KB)
    MILI and ELM: Working Together to Enhance the Research Process; Latino Heritage Month is September 15th – October 15th; On the Road with MINITEX; New Resources; WebJunction Minnesota – mn.webjunction.org; Amazon.com's Kindle; Hot Off the Press; My Health Minnesota -> Go Local Celebrates Birthday; Moved & Improved!; 2008-09 Teleconference Season and more!
  • August 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 880 KB)
    Understanding Indian Education; Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends; BestPrep Training; ABE Summer Institute; July M.O.R.E. Webinar Training Participants; True North; WebJunction Minnesota: All New, All For You; Hot Off The Press; The September Project and more!
  • July 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 784 KB)
    EBSCOhost 2.0 – It's Here!; ELM and RPC are now on Facebook!; LITA (Library Information and Technology Association) Top Technology Trends at ALA; New Archived Webinar Announced: Podcasting Update; An Interview with Sue Colten; A New Day is Coming; LOEX 2008 and more!
  • June 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 245 KB)
    Midwest Library Technology Conference; 2008 Minnesota E-Learning Summit; Who knew? [We Did!] Mn/DOT Library is little-known gem; Site Visit Google Map; EBSCOhost 2.0 Arriving in a Month; Stock Up for Summer on Cool Tool Promotional Materials; ELM Portal Change and more!
  • May 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 450 KB)
    Memorial Day: More than Just a Long Weekend; ARLD Day — Riding the Swell: Effectively Reaching Our Students; MACHE: 23rd Annual Homeschool Conference and Curriculum Fair; What Are You Listening To?; April M.O.R.E. Webinar Training Participants; Media Specialists Matter; Art Libraries Society of North America Conference; AskMN — Minnesota's Statewide Cooperative; Virtual Reference Service and more!
  • April 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 781 KB)
    AskMN—Minnesota's Statewide Cooperative Virtual Reference Service; Rethinking Reference F2F; Literary Legends In Our Time; Introducing the EBSCOhost 2.0 Support Center; PLA Conference Tidbits; Buffalo Community Middle School—ELM Walk-In Workshop; MELSA is the Recipient of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award; SCImagine! 2008: Robots take over the Library, and more!
  • March 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 176 KB)
    Out of the Office & On Site; An Update on AskMN: The Librarian Is In; Why Statistics are Important; Library Arcade; Reasons for Games; Building True Advocacy for School Libraries; and more!
  • February 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 289 KB)
    Black History Month: It's for Everyone; On the Road with Reference Services Staff; Aaron Swartz presentation on Evaluating Emerging Technologies and other thoughts on Library 2.0; New Leadership for New Challenges; LARL Receives Library; Innovation Award; Searching Skills to Know and Use; Library Spaces: Future Needs; and more!
  • January 2008 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 512 KB)
    23 Things on a Stick, Breaking News!; AskMN—Minnesota's Statewide Virtual Reference Cooperative Service; What We're Saying About What ARLIS Members Are Saying!; ELM Listed in Mpls/St. Paul Magazine; ELM Portal Access Simplified; New Training Sessions; Tech Day with Teachers; Regional STEM Summit in Blaine; 2 New Resources for Minnesota Educators; MINITEX Reference Services' Use of Web 2.0 Tools; and more!

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