In 50 years of service to libraries, Minitex has never shied from a challenge. Minitex's groundbreaking delivery service to Little Free Libraries launched four years ago today, enabling library patrons to borrow books from 50,000 Little Free Libraries in more than 70 countries. In theory, at least.
Resource Sharing & Delivery News
Jessica Manner reflects on the one-year anniversary of Covid-19 hitting the United States and how it is more important the ever to volunteer.
The demand for collectibles - especially sports trading cards - is going through the roof and smashing sales records. If you're a relative greenhorn when it comes to evaluating your stuff, we have some resources to suggest.
A little snow doesn't mean you can't put on your boots and go for a walk. Jessica Manner explains why it helps to brave the cold and keep moving during this Minnesota winter.
Staff have been working on-site since the summer months. Philip Sites gives an update for how it's been both for RPA (Referral Processing Area) staff and those doing on-campus retrieval and scanning.
Beginning Monday, November 30, items leaving the Minitex office will no longer be held for three days before delivery. We will continue to mark all tubs with the date that they were packed, allowing individual libraries to make their own decisions about how long to quarantine these materials before handling.
Minitex ranks second as a resource sharing lender on the OCLC system for 2020.
We are currently experiencing slower turnaround times due to Covid-19 impacts and are appealing to lenders to extend due dates.
Recordings of sessions from the July 2020 IDS Conference are available online.

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