Minitex

Minitex began in 1969 at the University of Minnesota Libraries as a pilot project called the 'Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment,' or 'MINITEX,' and became a full-fledged program in 1971 when it received funding from the Minnesota State Legislature. It offers services such as AskMN, E-Resources: Cooperative Purchasing, Ebooks Minnesota, eLibrary Minnesota, K-12 School & Library Resources, Library Products: Cooperative Purchasing, Minitex Network for Open & Affordable Practices, Minnesota Digital Library, Minnesota Library Storage, MNLINK, Professional Development, and Resource Sharing & Delivery.

Minitex began in 1969 at the University of Minnesota Libraries as a pilot project called the 'Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment,' or 'MINITEX,' and became a full-fledged program in 1971 when it received funding from the Minnesota State Legislature. Founded as a means for sharing University of Minnesota Libraries resources throughout the state, Minitex quickly grew from a collaboration between Minnesota academic libraries to enable participation and collaboration between libraries of all types in Minnesota and in the neighboring states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

1. 1| Minitexminitex.umn.edu
2. 2Minitex History | Minitexminitex.umn.edu
3. 3Library Products: Cooperative Purchasing | Minitexminitex.umn.edu
4. 4Services | Minitexminitex.umn.edu