Hand-signed petition containing signatures and financial donations, both pledged and paid, to buy books for the Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Hand-signed petition containing signatures and financial donations, both pledged and paid, to buy books for the Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
MJ Rossman, Assistant Director for OCLC and Reference, 1986-1996. MJ joined the Minitex staff in 1980 as Head of the Minitex Reference Service. She became Assistant Director in 1986 with responsibilities for directing the OCLC and Reference Units. Direction of the MULS Program was later added to her responsibilities. For a more complete description, see the Minitex Messenger, v. 14, no.1 (Aug. 28, 1996).
Announcement of Minnesota's 1st Govenor's Conference on Library Service, scheduled April, 22, 1968 at the Hilton Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota. Planned by the Minnesota National Library Week Steering Committee, the featured speaker is John C. Frantz, Director of the Brooklyn Public Library, on the topic of "Library Needs in a Changing World." Also featured is promotion of financial assistance provided by the Library Services and Construction Act.
List of questions used for general discussion at the 13th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 12-14, 1905 in Red Wing, Minnesota
A reproduction of a slide show and audio cassette created in the 1970's to educate library staff and to promote Minitex services. As part of the Minitex 50th Anniversary, the video was edited in 2021 by Carol Nelson with assistance from former Minitex staff Kathy Drozd, Dave Paulson, and Mark Eckes. Topics in the presentation include: Minitex resource sharing among libraries, the Minitex Union List of Serials, the technology used to communicate between libraries for resource sharing, the Minitex Reference and Information Network, Minitex workshops and training sessions, and how Minitex was initially funded.
Program for the Minnesota Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services held September 10-12, 1978 at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Governor Rudy Perpich's goal is to gather library users and professionals, and work to make state library services more accessible and effective. Sections include services and materials, access and barriers to information, special services, personnel, information networks and library cooperation, evaluation and accountability, governance and finance, and awareness and value of the library. Includes names of planning committee and subcommittee members.
Announcement of Minnesota Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held September 10-12, 1978 at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Conference goals are to further awareness of libraries, and improve state and national library services. Attendees of the conference include 1/3 persons involved with libraries and 2/3 persons representing other segments of the community. Names of 35 members of the planning committee listed.
Minitex staff gather in the atrium of Elmer Andersen Library for a group photo, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Back row, left to right: Tim McCluske, Matt Lee, Sara Ring, Bob Francis, Scott Hreha, Paul Swanson, Terry Beseman, Kyle Triska, Anne Hatinen. 3rd row, left to right: Michelle Penna, Jared LaBounty, Bob Fredrickson, Carla Urban, Beth Chekola, Adam Johnson, Obinnaya Oji, Agnes Lee, Sally Dinsmore, Jennifer Hootman, Tim Peters, Mary Garcia. 2nd row, left to right: Beth Staats; Valerie Horton; Carla Pfahl; Molly Huber, Nicole Masika, Joy Knoll, LaReina Adams, Kate Brownrigg, Sarah Anderson, Dana Kocienda, Jolie Graybill, Becky Ringwelski. Front row, left to right: Joan Wollenberg, Tammi Halverson, Greta Bahnemann, Mary Parker, Rita Baladad, Nick Banitt, Chau Nguyen. Seated left to right: Matt Niehoff, Link Swanson.
Valerie Horton, (Minitex Director, 2013-2019), with Scott Hreha, Nick Banitt, and Anne Hatinen in Elmer Andersen Library celebrating the launch of Ebooks Minnesota in February of 2016.
Becky Ringwelski, Mark Wilhelmi, Sarah Anderson, and Joy Knoll at the Try Cool Tools @ Your Library exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Carla Dewey Urban and Becky Ringwelski at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference. Celebrating 40 years of Minitex with an inflatable cake, Duluth, Minnesota.
Kevin Lian-Anderson, Jean Silverberg (Dakota County Library), and Sara Ring at the Try Cool Tools @ Your Library exhibit at the 2005 Minnesota State Fair.
Mike O'Rourke holding the painted boxes that Minitex staff drove down to the Greyhound bus station every day. Before using local couriers, the fastest way to transport interlibrary loan items to areas like Duluth was through Greyhound.
Mary Parker (Minitex Associate Director for Reference, 1989 - 2012) and Kristen Mastel at the Try Cool Tools @ Your Library booth at the 2005 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota
Mark Eckes looks up information for sending interlibrary loan requests to other participating libraries. Mark Eckes worked at Minitex from 1974 to 1984, managing the Minitex staff (payroll, vacation, sick leave) and was responsible for office purchasing and OCLC billing.
Program for the 4-state library conference titled "Libraries in Transition: Response to Change" held on October 11-14, 1967 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference gathered library professionals from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. General session topics include "Changing Perspectives for Librarianship," "Legislation and Changing Library Needs," library staffing and staff training, and inter-library relationships.
Jolie Graybill (Minitex Assistant Director) & Sarah Hawkins (MELSA) frame themselves at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair Read and Ride Day (sponsored by MELSA).
Program for the Joint Conference of the Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Library Associations, held October 18-21, 1939 at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme is "Rural Social Problems: Their Implications for Librarians." Program includes general sessions and meetings of the catalog, lending, reference, children's and school librarian's sections, and the public , hospital, college and university, and special libraries sections. Includes member lists of the executive board, committee chairmen, and section and round table chairmen for each state association, along with exhibitors. Includes insert for "Daze Without End," a marionette program presented to the conference by staff of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Group photograph taken at the Ivy Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota for Edward Swanson's (Manager, Contract Cataloging) retirement lunch. Back row, left to right: Mark Wilhelmi, Carlos Portillo, Mark Ehlert, Sara Ring, Edward Swanson, Bill DeJohn (Director). Front row, left to right: Kay Beaudrie, Sue Zuriff, Renee Johnson, Virginia Dudley, Susanne Nevin, Sue Weigand, Carla Urban.
From left to right: Tom Shaughnessy (University of Minnesota Libraries Director, 1989-2002), Kathi DeJohn, Wendy Lougee (University of Minnesota Libraries Director 2002-2020), and Bill DeJohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012).
Report of the Governor's Third State Conference on Children and Youth, held May 9-10, 1952 at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chaired by Dr. Christianson, topics discussed included mental health for children, preventions and treatment of juvenile deliquency, community services, the defense of youth and the formation of youth councils.
Program for the 3rd Governor's State Conference on Children and Youth, held at May 9-10, 1952 at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Events include keynote address by Govenor C. Elmer Anderson, on "Minnesota's Program for Children and Youth," panel discussions, youth council meetings, and showing of two civil defense films, "Duck and Cover" and "The Cities Must Fight." Includes biographical information on conference personnel, and lists of panel members, state wide youth groups, cooperating civic and professional organizations, and local youth commissions and councils.
Program for the All-Association Conference Conference 2 held September 12-14, 1985 at the St. Paul Civic Center. Meeting of the Art Libraries Society of North America, American Society for Information Science, Catholc Library Association, Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, Lutheran Church Library Association, Minnesota Educational Media Organization, Minnesota Health Science Library Association, Minnesota Library Association, and Special Libraries Association. Opening session entitled, "Information, the Emerging Giant in Economic Growth." Panel discussion topics include library technology, automation, publishing, literacy, bookselling, and ethics.
Preliminary program for the All-Association Conference 2 held on September 12-14, 1985 at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme was "Information: Minnesota's Natural Resource." St. Paul Mayor George Latimer provided the welcome address. General session topics include social responsibility in the information environment, alternative careers for information professionals, non-library information networks, information services in high-tech environments, the role of mass-media in information gathering, and policy issues that affect information accessibility.
Program for the first all-Association conference held April 29-May 2, 1981 at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The welcome from Governor Albert H. Quie states "this is truly a unique effort to bring together our state's information-related organizations to share ideas and build together toward the future of our state." The theme was "Only One in 81': Cooperation is Learning and Growing Together." The Forum is an organization of eight Minnesota library, information, and media organizations that includes: American Society for Information Science, Minnesota Chapter, Art Libraries Society of North American, Twin City Chapter, Catholic Library Association, Minn-Dakota Unit, Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, Minnesota Educational Media Organization, Minnesota Health Science Library Association, Minnesota Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, Minnesota Chapter.
Program for the first all-Association conference held April 29-May 2, 1981 at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The welcome from Governor Albert H. Quie states "this is truly a unique effort to bring together our state's information-related organizations to share ideas and build together toward the future of our state." The theme was "Only One in 81': Cooperation is Learning and Growing Together." The Forum is an organization of eight Minnesota library, information, and media organizations that includes: American Society for Information Science, Minnesota Chapter, Art Libraries Society of North American, Twin City Chapter, Catholic Library Association, Minn-Dakota Unit, Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, Minnesota Educational Media Organization, Minnesota Health Science Library Association, Minnesota Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, Minnesota Chapter.
Program for the First Midwest Library Conference and Exhibit held on November 3-5, 1971 at the Sherman House in Chicago, Illinois. The conference was sponsored by the Library Associations of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin in conjunction with Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. The banquet speaker was satirist Richard Armour. Program topics include data processing for libraries, library service to the unserved, continuing education for librarians, libraries and the political process, and faculty status for academic librarians.
Group photograph of Minitex Director Bill DeJohn (1984-2012) receiving the President's Award, with University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks (2002 - 2011) and Dr. Pete Magee.
