1/11 - Ever used a database or interlibrary loan? Thank Minitex & your local Libraries

If you've ever used a library database or received a book or article via interlibrary loan, Minitex was most likely involved as well as your local library.

Celebrating 40 years of Minitex

What began in 1969 at the University of Minnesota Libraries as a pilot project called the "Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment," or "MINITEX," 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 to enable participation and collaboration between libraries of all types in Minnesota and in the neighboring states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

12/13 - InterLibrary Loan Service During Winter Break

Please be advised that the Krueger Library expects interlibrary loan service to be slower than normal during this Winter break. The University of Minnesota system, including all its libraries, will be closed for one week (Dec. 24, 2010 - Jan.2,2011) and all University of Minnesota personnel will be on furlough. In addition, nationwide an increasing number of libraries will be closed entirely or will be offering only limited interlibrary loan services during Winter break.

For questions please contact our Interlibrary loan unit.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

12/3 - Interlibrary Loan Service During the Winter Break

Please be advised that the Krueger Library expects interlibrary loan service to be slower than normal during this Winter break. The University of Minnesota system, including all its libraries, will be closed for one week (Dec. 24, 2010 - Jan.2,2011) and all University of Minnesota personnel will be on furlough. In addition, nationwide an increasing number of libraries will be closed entirely or will be offering only limited interlibrary loan services during Winter break. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

6/2 Interlibrary Loan Forms Change this Week

Interlibrary Loan Forms Change this Week

Due to a system upgrade in the WSU Library’s software, the forms you use to fill out interlibrary loan requests will change on Monday, June 2, 2008.

What is the major difference? The new forms will have you, the patron, fill in your ID barcode number and password before seeing the rest of the form. They will be laid out slightly differently, and they will have a default value for the “Not needed after?” date. For articles, you will need to scroll to the bottom of the form in order to check the copyright box.

We will cut over to the new forms on Monday, June 2, 2008.

For the weekend of May 31, we are continuing to use the old forms, but the Interlibrary Loan system is down, so the requests you submit during this time will be collected by the Access Services staff and loaded into the Interlibrary Loan system when it comes up on Monday.

Access Services Department: http://www.winona.edu/library/services/ill.html