The Minitex Messenger is our most important means of informing the library community of the state-funded services we provide. The articles listed below were our most popular in 2025 - thank you for all the reading you did over the past year!
Books, movies, and other physical items were flying off the shelves last month. If you’re curious to know which titles have patrons rushing to place holds, look no further.
University of Minnesota seeks a Library Project Assistant with a base pay of $20.00/hour. This position will join the Library’s curators as an active contributor to the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine's (WHL) daily operations and special projects.
The Fertile Public Library joins the Minnesota Digital Library with a Polk County Fair historical collection.
The Minnesota Digital Library has published a special 20th Anniversary exhibit that traces the history of MDL from its roots to its impact. This exhibit includes excerpts from interviews with several MDL founders.
Every year, the Minnesota Author Project awards three authors for their work in the following categories: Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Communities Create. In the eighth iteration of these awards, Catherine Lyon’s “The Real Life of Grey Monroe” was recognized as the winner of the Young Adult (YA) fiction category.
Libraries now have the opportunity to help spread awareness around “Antibiotic Stewardship" through the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative (MOHASC).