Online Training - Creating Business Lead Lists

Learn to use advanced search techniques in the Dun & Bradstreet Total database to build highly targeted B2B sales lead lists, or business competitor lists. Create lists of actual businesses by geography, industry, company size, executive title, and more. This class uses HillSearch databases and is intended to train current and prospective HillSearch members. All log-in information for accessing this online training class will be emailed to you after registration. Classes may be cancelled if fewer than 5 people are registered by the Monday preceding the class.

Online Training - Article Searching

Searching for articles in the business press will provide you with crucial information from reliable sources to augment just about any kind of research. Learn to use Hill Library databases to locate industry reports and company profiles, along with articles on management trends and regional market information. This class uses HillSearch databases and is intended to train current and prospective HillSearch members. All log-in information for accessing this online training class will be emailed to you after registration. Classes may be cancelled if fewer than 5 people are registered by the Monday preceding the class.

Orientation Tour

Learn how to find information from print and electronic sources. A Hill Library Business Information Specialist will provide an overview of the Library's resources.

Freedom of Information: Your Key to Open Government

The lecture, which promotes freedom of information and the importance of open government in honor of Sunshine Week — March 14–20, 2010, is co-sponsored by the Saint Paul Public Library, the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, The James J. Hill Reference Library, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press . Jane E. Kirtley is the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota. She also serves as Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law and as an affiliated faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School. A lawyer and former journalist, Professor Kirtley was executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press from 1984–1999. She writes and speaks frequently on First Amendment and Freedom of Information issues, and on media and legal ethics, in the United States and abroad. Free, no need to rsvp.

Ann Bancroft

Join explorer Ann Bancroft for an evening presentation on her past adventures and future plans. Bancroft is one of the world's preeminent polar explorers and an internationally recognized leader who is dedicated to inspiring women and girls around the world to unleash the power of their dreams. Bancroft’s most recent expedition with Norwegian polar explorer Liv Arnesen took place in 2001. She became the first woman in history to sail and ski across Antarctica’s landmass. Today Bancroft is an educator, sought-after speaker and philanthropist. Learn more at www.annbancroftfoundation.org Sponsored by the St Paul Public Library and held at the James J Hill Library. Registration not required. This America the Beautiful event is funded in part with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 dedicating funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage.

Americana Music Series

AMERICANA SHOWCASE INVADES THE CAPITAL CITY Please join us in celebrating EDG's first exhibition in Saint Paul with an extraordinary Made in Minnesota music series. This celebration will include a series of five music concerts which will be performed in the Reading Room of the historic James J. Hill Reference Library amidst 37 of acclaimed photographer Clyde Butcher's epic photographic images echoing his love of the American landscape. Subsequent concerts will be held through May 16, and will include performances by Americana singers/songwriters and bands from across the Midwest. For more information on the music series and performers, please visit: www.americanashowcase.com.