Work is moving forward on the MnLINK Gateway’s replacement with WorldCat Discovery for end user searching and requesting. WorldCat Discovery allows for more relevant search results returned for users.
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At Minitex, we love the staff in the libraries in our region that make our service as good as it is.
We continue to work toward an implementation of the OCLC WorldCat Discovery platform. To date, we have held five webinars for libraries interested in the OCLC Batchload/Reclamation offer available through the recently negotiated MnLINK contract. We are expecting to move to the new discovery platform by July 2016.
Staff from libraries who are interested in the reclamation offer for the MnLINK Gateway transition to OCLC WorldCat Discovery are strongly encouraged to attend a 60-minute OCLC
The initial phase of the process to move the current MnLINK user interface to the OCLC WorldCat Discovery platform is underway. Find out about more details in this article.
This year’s Public Library Node meeting was well-attended, as Minitex and Minnesota public libraries came together to celebrate the successful completion of the MnLINK Gateway RFP and the anno
Tuesday, August 11, was a beautiful morning (a WCCO TV top 10 weather day!) for a drive out to Woodbury for a training session with the new interlibrary loan staff for Washington County Librar
The MnLINK Gateway RFP (Request for Procurement) Committee successfully concluded its process by signing a contract with OCLC for their discovery and interlibrary loan solutions on July 2, 2015.
Registration has opened for the annual Minitex Public Library Node Meeting.
The Traverse des Sioux (TdS) Library Cooperative was an innovator with NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) and the integration it allows between TdS's automation system and the MnLINK Gate
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