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MDL History

Conference Presentations, Reports & Other Historical Documents

Items listed in reverse chronological order.

• Making History: The Minnesota Digital Library and the K-12 Learning Community (PDF; 2.6 MB)
  —Scott Sayres and Kris Wetterlund, Sandbox Studios
  Completed and presented to the MDLC on October 15, 2005.
• Building Minnesota Reflections (PowerPoint)
  2005 MDLC Annual Conference, St. Paul
  —John Butler, University of Minnesota
  —Jason Roy, Minnesota Historical Society
  Presented June 6, 2005.
• The Minnesota Digital Library Coalition: Achieving Digital Preservation through Collaboration (PowerPoint)
  2004 Museum Computer Network Conference, Minneapolis
  —Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University
  Presented November 2004.
• Digital Snapshots from Our Trip: The Year in Review (PowerPoint)
  2004 MDLC Annual Conference, St. Paul
  —Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University
  Presented October 24, 2004.
• Minnesota Digital Library Signature Project: Database Software Evaluation (PDF; 268 KB)
  —MDLC Database Subcommittee
  April 2004.
• MDLC Collections Survey (PowerPoint; 116 KB)
  2003 MDLC Annual Conference, St. Paul
  —Daardi Sizemore, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  Presented 2003.

LSTA Grants & Final Reports

2009

• 2009 LSTA Grant (PDF; 345 KB)

2008

• 2008 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 202 KB)
• 2008 LSTA Grant (PDF; 468 KB)

2007

• 2007 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 390 KB)
• 2007 LSTA Grant (PDF; 355 KB)

2006

• 2006 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 676 KB)
• 2006 LSTA Grant (PDF; 525 KB)

2005

• 2005 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 274 KB)
• 2005 LSTA Grant (PDF; 192 KB)

2003–2004

• 2004 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 70 KB)
• 2003 LSTA Grant (PDF; 248 KB)

2002

• 2002 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 181 KB)
• 2002 LSTA Grant (PDF; 189 KB)

2001

• 2001 LSTA Final Report (PDF; 91 KB)
• 2001 LSTA Grant (PDF; 146 KB)

The Beginning: 2001 Minnesota Digital Library Planning Conference

Learn more about the origins of the Minnesota Digital Library.

• Planning for Digitization in Minnesota
  —Nancy Allen, principle investigator for the Colorado Digitization Project and Dean of Libraries at the University of Denver.
• Executive Summary (PDF; 14 KB)
• Final Report (PDF; 70 KB)
• List of Conference Participants (PDF; 15 KB)