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		<title>When Does Fair Use Apply to Twitter, Facebook, &amp; Blogs?</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=491</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuing Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fair use and social media is getting increasing attention. Back in April, I provided some links with advice on creating a blog entry that will include content created by others. See Blogging and copyright – use of content produced by others.
Today Robbie LaFleur, Legislative Reference Library, sent out an annoucement: &#8220;The Minnesota Coalition on Government Information is sponsoring a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleepy Eye press posts public library budget cartoon</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=462</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Granlund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Dave Granlund cartoon on budget cuts to public libraries.
Granlund cartoon: Library budget cuts
Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, June 7, 2010
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		<title>Vienna or Nigeria?</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=455</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MN Library Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Librarian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former State Librarian, Suzanne Miller, began training for her new position in the Foreign Service in May. By the end of the training period, she had been told she would be assigned to Vienna or Nigeria. Wow! Talk about polar opposites! 
Ready for the answer? Here&#8217;s the update from Suzanne: 
&#8220;I will be posted to Abuja, Nigeria. I will spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Library Catalog, Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=449</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Central Regional Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evergreen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PALS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PALS maintained an integrated online library system for Minnesota&#8217;s colleges and university libraries and more for many years. Moving with the times, they are promoting the open-source system, Evergreen.  ECRL (East Central Regional Library) is the first regional public library system in Minnesota to adopt the Evergreen catalog.  The public is invited to the official launch today in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Recruit for Internet Apprenticeship Positions</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=443</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=443#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Access Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Apprenticeship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Computer Center federal stimulus grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Minnesota]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As of 5/15, the University of Minnesota was still looking for applicants for 8 Broadband Apprenticeship positions. The positions are open until filled.  Front line library staff are in a great position to know community residents who&#8217;d be a great fit for these positions.  Because the need for digital literacy skills and access to the Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2-page graphic summary of library value</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=439</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=439#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How Libraries Stack Up 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCLC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So far this is one of my favorite handouts on the value of libraries to our communities. This is easy to look at and conveys unexpected information, gathered from reputable reseach. Share with staff, trustees, decision-makers, the community!
How Libraries Stack Up: 2010 (April 2010)
If you want to make a powerpoint presentation, two templates are available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Library Statistics in Session Weekly</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=430</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MN Libraries in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hennepin County Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McKinley Public Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Session Weekly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Karla Gedell, Minnesota Attorney General Library, for sharing this news item. 
&#8220;The current issue of Session Weekly [5/13/2010] has &#8220;Public Libraries&#8221; as the topic of its Minnesota Index. Among other statistics, it compares the largest public library system in the state (Hennepin County Library System) with one of the smallest (McKinley Public Library).&#8221;
The Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MN TechSpeak via Twitter and WJMN</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=423</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=423#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 22:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WebJunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minitex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mn TechSpeak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mntechspeak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minitex IT staff are supporting library IT staff with an online group, including discussion forum. In order to make the group more discoverable, they just established a related twitter account.  Here&#8217;s a great use of Twitter to connect library staff to one another and to the group discussion forums on WebJunction Minnesota (WJMN). 
Follow the tweets at http://twitter.com/mntechspeak. Connect to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is she going?</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=390</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=390#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 22:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MN Library Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Librarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzanne Miller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Librarian announced recently that she has resigned in order to join the Foreign Service as an Information Officer.  (She will be missed! And she knows she will miss us!)
Where will she go? Those who join the Foreign Service Information Services are asked to apply, pass a lengthy interview and security check, accept the position, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you on the Scrabble Library Roster?</title>
		<link>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=409</link>
		<comments>http://webjunctionworks.org/mn/blog/?p=409#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 22:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAnn VanCura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preston Public Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scrabble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Preston Public Library, in SELCO, is the first Minnesota Library to be listed on the new Scrabble Library Roster. If your library hosts a Scrabble club or would like to do so, add its name to the new roster. Check the Scrabble main page for Libraries for more information!
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