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Create your own Minecraft Chest using a shoe box and this template. This box can be a fun way to enhance your Minecraft program by using it to hold prizes or a ballot for a draw. To make the chest, just find a shoe box, and print of the template found on the Library Toolshed. Please note, you may have to adjust the sizes of the images in the word document to fit your chosen shoe box. 

The template for the Minecraft chest was developed by the Olds Municipal Library. 

Minecraft is a popular world building video game that enables its user to build, collaborate and innovate using virtual building blocks. MinecraftEdu is a version of Minecraft that allows educators and library staff to easily set up local Minecraft games for their patrons. In Train Stations, Libraries are able to set up a program where participants collaborate to build train lines and stations and then connect across huge expanses of land.

Minecraft is a popular world building video game that enables its user to build, collaborate and innovate using virtual building blocks. MinecraftEdu is a version of Minecraft that allows educators and library staff to easily set up local Minecraft games for their patrons. In Castle Fun! Libraries are able to set up a program where participants collaborate to build castles and then defend them against each other. 

An overview of common player controls when playing Minecraft using the MinecraftEdu license.

A brief introduction on how to create and launch MinecraftEdu servers in order to host Minecraft programs at your local library. 

A brief guide on how to connect to a MinecraftEdu server using any computer that has MinecraftEdu installed on it.

This is a worksheet intended for Alberta public library staff to familiarize themselves with the Auto Repair Reference Centre database. It includes general information on the Auto Repair Reference Centre and has some questions that can help staff guide them through the ARRC.

This is a worksheet that includes some general information on the popular newspaper database: Press Display. It also has some questions that library staff can use to familiarise themselves with Press Display for interactions with library patrons.

Part of the Alberta Library's 5 Minute Guide series of training documents, this is a useful overview on social bookmarking.

Part of the Alberta Library's 5 Minute Guide series of training documents, this is a useful overview on wikis.