Minnesota Digital Library News & Events
Phase 6 Project Proposals
May 27, 2009Applications are now open for projects for Phase 6 of the development of Minnesota Reflections. Get the application form and call for projects.
We will accept applications until we have committed all of our digitization funding. Our final deadline is March 26, 2010.
Submit applications early in the scanning year. Once we have accepted your application, we can schedule digitizing at a time convenient to you and our scanning centers.
Consult with Marian Rengel, MDL Outreach Coordinator, as you plan an application for a digitization project for Minnesota Reflections.
Digitization funds for Phase 6 come from a Library Services and Technology Act Grant from State Library Services, a unit of the Minnesota Department of Education.
Minnesota Reflections Collections in WorldCat
April 9, 2009
Type "Minnesota Reflections" and your institution name in the WorldCat.org search box.
In 2008, the Minnesota Digital Library began a project to add the content in Minnesota Reflections to the OCLC WorldCat database.
WorldCat is a database of more than 135 million bibliographic records used for cataloging, reference, and resource sharing in the region and throughout the world. WorldCat content is accessible through major search engines like Google and Yahoo! If a person begins a search in Google, they may be directed to the WorldCat.org Web site and from there can see which library or cultural heritage institution owns the item they are looking for.
By adding Minnesota Reflections content to WorldCat, institutions participating in Minnesota Reflections gain greater exposure to their digital collections.
Try searching for your collection by going to WorldCat.org, the public Web destination for finding content in the WorldCat database.
Type "Minnesota Reflections" and your institution name in the search box, or search for a known title. Each result that is displayed links you back to the record in Minnesota Reflections.
As of April 1, 2009, we have added 60 Minnesota Reflections participant collections to the WorldCat database (about 9,700 items) and are well over halfway done with the project. If you don't see your collection yet in WorldCat it will be added soon!
If you have questions about your Minnesota Reflections content in WorldCat, contact Marian Rengel, Outreach Coordinator, MDL.