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An interior photo of Hennepin County Library's Uptown branch

Minnesota's Reciprocal Borrowing Compact extends library privileges statewide

Apr 3, 2025

by Zach Miller

Nearly every public library in Minnesota is a member of the Minnesota Library Reciprocal Borrowing, which allows all Minnesotans with a public library card to borrow materials from any member library. The Compact was first executed in 2001, and reaffirmed in 2015.

MLAC and off-site storage update

Mar 11, 2025

by Agnes Lee

The latest update on the progress of the new Collections Facility and its current impact on MLAC and PS2 Offsite Storage.

ILL Policy Database Primer

Feb 3, 2025

by Josh Borreson

Not up-to-speed on the Minitex Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Policy Database? Here's a great rundown of all it offers.

University of Minnesota Music Library's Historical and Collected Sets now circulate for ILL

Jan 31, 2025

by Katie Huynh

The University of Minnesota's Music Library now circulate items from the Historical and Collected sets collection for Interlibrary Loan. These items will be in library use only with a three week loan period.

Minitex holiday delivery schedule

Nov 27, 2024

by Fred Finch

Minitex will be closed for a total of six days over the 2024 winter holidays. Please bear these dates in mind and contact us to coordinate your deliveries and ask any questions that arise.

A photo of the circulation desk, in the atrium of St. Olaf College's Rolvaag Memorial Library

Minitex Renewal Process: Best Practices

Aug 14, 2024

by Agnes Lee

Follow these key tips and best practices for submitting and responding to renewal requests to ensure timely renewals for your patrons.

Q&A with Darrin Rosenthal, the newest member of our Resource Sharing team

Jun 13, 2024

by Philip Sites

We are excited to introduce Darrin Rosenthal who joined Minitex earlier this month by way of, well, a few places. Read the Q&A to find out more about Darrin!

Open for public comment: NISO’s Draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending Recommended Practice

Apr 12, 2024

by Gerri Moeller

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) allows libraries to replicate the right to lend their legally acquired items in a digital format to patrons under “controlled” conditions, meaning a library can lend only the number of copies of a specific title that it owns and that controls are implemented to prevent copying or distribution of the work. The comment period closes April 21.