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Metronet’s School Library Talkabout: Virtual Wind Down

Minitex

Calling all School Library Media Specialists!

With the end of the year fast approaching & things ever changing, let’s get together (virtually) to chat. Talk end-of-year strategy, ideas to start the fall, preparation work for summer, best practices, & more! Whatever you’d like to discuss, bring your ideas & bring your questions. Everyone welcome; you do not need to be a Metronet member.

Metronet is hosting an open house on Wednesday, May 27, 4pm – 6pm.

Register here to be sent the login information.

Annual Conferences Are Coming Soon!

Ann Walker Smalley

2019 MLA Annual Conference

Stronger Together

September 19-20, 2019 at Mystic Lake Center

Join MLA in Prior Lake to celebrate all the ways libraries and communities are Stronger Together! Through collaboration, whether internally in developing new services to support a growing need within our communities or by strengthening partnerships between different types of libraries to support the information needs of all, libraries are showing how to successfully work together.  Use this conference and networking opportunity to showcase your everyday collaborations alongside developing programs. And along the way, support the association’s move forward with its new strategic plan, designed to help accomplish together what none can do alone.

2019 ITEM Fall Conference
Come Together
October 10-12, Minneapolis Marriott NW
Brooklyn Park, MN

Save the Date: LibTech 2020

Ann Walker Smalley

Mark your calendars to join library folks March 18-19, 2020, on the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN for the annual Library Technology Conference!
#LTC2020 will provide an opportunity to discuss changing technologies as they affect library services, share tech innovations and experiments with colleagues, and gain skills you can apply in your library. The conference features thought-provoking keynote speakers, insightful presentations and panels, and interactive workshops.

Registration: Conference registration will open December 4, 2019 at noon. Registration will close once maximum number of registrants is reached. Watch the conference website, Facebook, or Twitter feeds for additional info.
Call for Proposals: The call for session proposals will open in mid-late August. Conference registration fills fast and being a session presenter is a great way to guarantee yourself a spot!
Announcement: We will be taking a break from LibTech after the 2020 conference, so there will be no 2021 conference. Decisions for after 2021 have not been made.