Rachel Frick Will Provide the Keynote for the 10th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Digital Library
May 2, 2012
A leader in the Digital Public Library of America initiative will be the keynote
speaker at the Minnesota Digital Library 10th Annual Meeting on June 18, 2012. Rachel Frick,
co-chair of the content and scope workstream of the DPLA, and director of the Digital
Library Federation Program at the Council on Library and Information Resources, will discuss the concepts,
issues, and collaborations that are forming the vision of the DPLA. Frick is also interested in getting to know
the people and groups that have come together to form the Minnesota Digital Library.
Frick's keynote speech will kick off a day devoted to collaboration and outreach. Other sessions at the MDL
annual meeting will look at projects from Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota, as well as several national
initiatives. The annual meeting will also feature updates on MDL work, including the preservation initiative
and continued work to digitize collections across the state.
The Minnesota Digital Library 10th Annual Meeting will be at the
Continuing Education and Conference
Center on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. Registration will open in mid-May.
Minnesota Reflections has a new look!!
November 1, 2011
Minnesota Reflections is now running on CONTENTdm version 6.1 software
and is easier to use and contains many new features:
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The homepage for Minnesota Reflections now features a window that allows people to scroll through all of the
contributing organization collections in this database.
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Clicking on the collection name or on the thumbnail picture by the name will take users into the collection page.
From there you may browse the individual collection. Patrons may also search either the entire collection from the
homepage or search individual collections from their pages.
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Zooming in on objects is now controlled by a slider above pictures, maps, and document pages. Moving around an image
takes only a click and a drag of the object. New features include built-in commenting and tagging tools and easier to
find information about each object.
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Visitors to Minnesota Reflections may now easily browse a pre-selected set of 18 topics. On the right side of the new
homepage, below the welcome message, is a list of frequently used topics. Click on a link to go to a results page on
agriculture, crime and punishment, and more.
We have created tutorials for using the new Minnesota Reflections. Follow the links on the right side of the homepage to
learn about "Browsing & Searching," "Viewing
an object," "Special features" and "Advice
on newspapers."
In addition, we will be offering a live virtual overview (webinar) on the new features of Minnesota Reflections. Watch for
announcements about this webinar, or check our training page.