The MNLINK Transition Task Force continues to learn about MNLINK needs. Please register for the first MNLINK transition listening session on Wednesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. Share your thoughts on the MNLINK transition with the task force.
MNLINK News
The MNLINK Transition Task Force held its first meeting on Monday, May 16. The Task Force is charged with recommending a new software platform for MNLINK, the online interlibrary loan portal to Minnesota's vast library resources.
Minitex runs Minnesota's statewide interlibrary loan portal, MNLINK. The software that makes MNLINK possible, VDX, will be retired by OCLC in June 2024.
MNLINK's end-user searching and requesting platform, OCLC's WorldCat Discovery, will be updated on Wednesday, August 4.
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.
Minnesota public libraries participating with MNLINK have agreed to an updated best practices policy related to billing for overdue and damaged materials.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The online interlibrary loan portal to Minnesota's vast library resources