The Directors’ Retreat at Lake Shetek was two days of very informative sessions, along with meeting with other Librarians to share ideas and get to know people from outside our local libraries. I learned so much from Valerie Horton’s two sessions. There is so much more to what Minitex has to offer beyond MNLink, eBooks [...]
I'm struck by the talent we have both within our region and in the state of Minnesota. Valerie Horton, Meredith Vaselaar, and Michele Leininger were engaging speakers who presented useful information. I got a nice mix of new and refresher information and I've already begun reading some of the titles Michele shared in her presentations. [...]
I am grateful for the opportunity to attend this informative 2-day event, meet new people, and enjoy a beautiful setting. All of the sessions offered good insights, and I especially appreciated Valerie Horton's talk on innovation. "Promote secure vulnerability": admit failure, get rest, ask questions, and build an environment where concerns are voiced. One of [...]
Our retreat was held at Shetek Lutheran Ministries Retreat Center. What a beautiful place! I had a wonderful time attending sessions, networking with my fellow colleagues. It's nice to get to know each other more and bounce ideas off each other. The sessions were very informative! Valerie Horton, from Minitex informed us of projects going [...]
I thought MLA this year was one of the best I have attended for a very long time. The diversity issue is very popular right now and I was glad to see the sessions on it. I attended the session "Engaging With the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests as a Librarian/Archivist". As we are very close [...]
Thank you so much for providing funding to attend the Minnesota Library Association Conference in Rochester October 5 and 6, 2017. Below are the sessions I attended that resonated with me and the work we are currently doing at the Marshall Lyon County Library. Minnesota Public Library Structures – Simplified While I already knew much [...]
Shetek Lutheran Ministries Retreat Center was a beautiful place to hold a retreat. I had a FABULOUS time attending sessions, networking with colleagues, and just enjoying the beautiful location. We had a couple of very informative sessions from Valerie Horton, Director of Minitex who informed us of all the innovative "pilot" projects going on at [...]
The retreat delivered everything they promised - a comfortable setting, challenging information and time for collaboration with colleagues. I especially appreciated the presentations by Valerie Horton that addressed trends and changes in library services. It was empowering and motivating and I feel more confident about taking risks and making mistakes. I also was pleased to [...]
Some ideas and concepts I gleaned from this year's MLA Conference were: Project Management - make even tedious internal projects such as inventory fun by adding small celebrations at the half-way point, handing out silly reqrd stickers, having a contest to guess how many items have been inventoried at certain points. Locked Box Challenges--I'd heard [...]
Enjoyed the conference. Well organized and stayed on schedule. Lunch on Thursday - not the best.