Jul 29, 2021
MNLINK's end-user searching and requesting platform, OCLC's WorldCat Discovery, will be updated on Wednesday, August 4.
MNLINK News
Jan 8, 2021
Minnesota’s statewide interlibrary loan service is the envy of the nation, and we’ve never needed it more than we did in 2020. The list below contains just a small sample of the items that brought joy to Minitex staff over the past year. Each item is available via MNLINK (mnlink.org), Minnesota’s online interlibrary loan portal. Minitex salutes the countless libraries and library workers who made interlibrary loan possible despite 2020’s many challenges.
Nov 18, 2020
Minnesota public libraries participating with MNLINK have agreed to an updated best practices policy related to billing for overdue and damaged materials.
Mar 6, 2020
Do you understand why your patrons sometimes have issues when they login to MNLINK? Read more about the process used by MNLINK to authenticate users in real-time with their library to confirm that they should have access to this requesting resource.
Feb 17, 2020
Last Friday, Minnesota Public Radio kicked off the "Minnesota Made Matchup." The contest asks listeners to choose two favorites among 80 places, inventions, and ideas with Minnesota roots. MNLINK is included!
MPR will "pair the top eight in head-to-head contests throughout the member drive starting Wednesday, Feb. 19." There's no time to waste! If every Minnesota library supporter and staff member votes, we're a shoe-in for the final eight. Vote today!
Jan 28, 2020
Have you considered reviewing your ILL policies for the new year? Many MNLINK users reach out to our helpdesk with questions about the limit of active requests allowed. MNLINK library groups determine the limit of active requests allowed for each of their users.
Nov 5, 2019
Would you like to have a Minitex staff member come to your library for a training session? Please reach out when your library wants to know more.
Aug 29, 2019
On Thursday Aug. 15, Minitex Resource Sharing held the annual Public Library Node meeting at the Hennepin County Brookdale Library.
Jul 3, 2019
Did you know that VDX can send email messages to your users?
Jul 2, 2019
Registration is open for the Minitex Public Library Node meeting on Thursday, August 15, 2019. This meeting is for front-line interlibrary loan staff from the Minnesota public libraries which use MNLINK for request management.
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