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1. Cecelia Boone working on MULS (Minnesota Union List of Serials)

Date Created:
1971 - 1978
Description:
Cecelia Boone working on MULS (Minnesota Union List of Serials) in Wilson Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

2. Mark Eckes verifying information for sending an interlibrary loan request

Date Created:
1974
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

3. Mike O'Rourke holding Minitex boxes for shipping interlibrary loan items, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1977 - 1978
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

4. Minnesota Interlibrary Telecommunications Exchange (Minitex) promotional video

Date Created:
1978-1980
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5. Anita Branin, Minitex Associate Director for Document Delivery and MULS, 1980-1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1996
Description:
Anita Anker (Branin) joined Minitex in 1981 working first with MULS. She later directed the Document Delivery program. She left Minitex July 24, 1996. For a more complete description, see the MINITEX Messenger, volume 14, number 1 (August 28, 1996).
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

6. Minitex Director Bill DeJohn at his office desk, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1984
Description:
Bill DeJohn at his desk during his first year as Minitex Director in Wilson Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

7. Muriel J.(MJ) Rossman, Assistant Director for OCLC and Reference, 1986-1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1985
Description:
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).
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

8. Kathy Drozd, Dave Paulson, and Alice Wilcox, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990 - 1999
Description:
From left to right: Kathy Drozd (Minitex Delivery), Dave Paulson (Minitex Resource Sharing), and Alice Wilcox (Minitex Director, 1969-1983).
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

9. Group portrait of Minitex interlibrary loan staff, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995 - 1997
Description:
Back row, left to right; Dave Paulson, Joan Krey, Joan Wollenberg. Front row, unknown, Raquel Franklin, Kate O'Rourke, Ryan Kane, and Kathy Drozd.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

10. Loading items from the MLAC cavern level conveyor belt

Date Created:
1999-02-22
Description:
Tubs of interlibrary loan items on the MLAC (Minnesota Library Access Center) cavern level conveyor belt await loading into the delivery van.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

11. Bill DeJohn and Kathy Drozd attend the ground breaking for Elmer L. Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2000
Description:
William DeJohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012) and Kathy Drozd, Assistant Director, at the ground breaking for Elmer L. Andersen Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

12. Bill DeJohn pushing a tub in the sub-basement of Wilson Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2000
Description:
Bill DeJohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012) is pushing a tub from the sub-basement of Wilson Library to Minitex's new offices in Elmer Andersen Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

13. Yee Yang, Minitex Delivery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2001
Description:
Minitex Delivery staff member Yee Yang getting interlibrary loan materials ready for delivery.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

14. Beth Staats teaching a class for OLLI students, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2004-01-22
Description:
Beth Staats teaching OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) students about eLibrary Minnesota in the basement of Wilson Library, University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

15. Mary Parker and Kristen Mastel at the 2005 Minnesota State Fair exhibit booth, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2005
Description:
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
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

16. Minitex and library staff at the exhibit booth, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2005-09-01
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

17. Minitex staff at the Try Cool Tools @ Your Library exhibit, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2005-09-02
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

18. Bill DeJohn receives the University of Minnesota President's Award, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2007
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

19. Beth Chekola scans an article for interlibrary loan, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Halbritter, Jayme
Date Created:
2007-06-08
Description:
Beth Chekola scanning an article for interlibrary loan that goes out via email to a participating library in Elmer Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

20. Carlos Portillo and Virgina Dudley share a laugh, Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Halbritter, Jayme
Date Created:
2007-06-28
Description:
Carlos Portillo and Virginia Dudley in the former Minitex office at Elmer L. Andersen Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

21. Michael Berkowski and Obinnaya Oji discussing ILL statistics, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Halbritter, Jayme
Date Created:
2007-06-28
Description:
Michael Berkowski & Obinnaya Oji discuss Minitex document delivery statistics in the Minitex office in Andersen Library in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

22. Carlos Portillo and Jennifer Hootman at the State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2007-08-23
Description:
Carlos Portillo and Jennifer Hootman at the Minitex booth at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

23. Celebrating one year of AskMN with cake

Date Created:
2009-04-06
Description:
A cake to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the AskMN Virtual Reference Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

24. Group Portrait of Minitex Contract Cataloging and Bibliographic and Technical Services Staff, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2009-06-03
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

25. Closeup of high density storage in the Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2010 - 2020
Description:
A close-up of high density storage of periodicals in the Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC) in Andersen Library, University of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

26. Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC) storage caverns, Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2010 - 2020
Description:
In one of the Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC) storage caverns. Tim McCluske, Minitex MLAC staff, is in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

27. Bill DeJohn at the Minitex exhibit, 2011 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2011-08-31
Description:
Bill DeJohn, former director of Minitex, staffing the Minitex table at MELSA's Read & Ride Day at the Minnesota State Fair.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

28. Minitex staff at the 40th Anniversary booth, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
2011-10-12
Description:
Carla Dewey Urban and Becky Ringwelski at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference. Celebrating 40 years of Minitex with an inflatable cake, Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

29. Beth Staats and Mark Wilhelmi staff the Minitex 40th Anniversary booth, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
2011-10-13
Description:
Beth Staats and Mark Wilhelmi staff the booth at the 2011 Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, celebrating Minitex's 40th birthday at DECC in Duluth, MN.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

30. COMPAQ computer on display at Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2011-12-02
Description:
COMPAQ computer on display in Elmer Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota at an open house staff event.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

31. Ruth Dukelow and Mary Parker, Minitex MnLINK Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2012
Description:
Left to right: Ruth Dukelow (CLIC Director, 2012 - 2019) and Mary Parker (Minitex Associate Director for Reference, 1989 - 2012) at the Minitex MnLINK Conference in 2012.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

32. Group photograph at Bill DeJohn's retirement celebration, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2012-01-11
Description:
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).
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

33. Minitex supplies in the loading dock, Andersen Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2014-02-18
Description:
Minitex supplies from 3M in the loading dock. Minitex works with 3M and other library product vendors to offer discounted pricing for libraries.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

34. Tim Peters tapes up 3M Tattle Tape boxes for shipping, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2014-02-18
Description:
Tim Peters (Minitex Cooperative Purchasing) tapes up 3M boxes in the Minitex delivery area of Andersen Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

35. Minitex staff in Elmer Andersen Library atrium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2014-12-16
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

36. Exterior view of Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2015-10-07
Description:
Exterior view of Andersen Library, showing a detailed view of the building's sign.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

37. Scan for Keeps event at Northtown Public Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Date Created:
2015-11-21
Description:
Staff from Minitex and the Minnesota Digital Library at a Scan for Keeps event. From left to right: Jolie Graybill, Carla Urban, Greta Bahnemann, and Elizabeth Baus in front of the Northtown Library. Scan for Keeps is a program developed by the Minnesota Digital Library for the purpose of loaning digitization kits for community scanning events. Kits are available for libraries, historical societies, and other organizations to encourage community engagement and foster preservation education.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

38. Minitex staff celebrate the launch of Ebooks Minnesota with cake, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2016-02-09
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

39. Sarah Anderson, 2017 Minnesota State Fair Read and Ride Day, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2017
Description:
Sarah Anderson (Minitex IT) posing with the frame used to promote Ebooks Minnesota at Read and Ride Day at the State Fair, 2017.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

40. Anne Hatinen and Rita Baladad on a Minitex site visit to Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
2018
Description:
Anne Hatinen and Rita Baladad on a Minitex site visit to Carleton College in Northfield.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

41. Maggie Snow, Minitex Director

Date Created:
2020
Description:
Portrait of Maggie Snow, Minitex Director 2020 - present.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

42. Minitex 50th Anniversary crowler, Minitex, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bent Paddle Brewing, Duluth, Minnesota
Date Created:
2021
Description:
A gift to the Minitex staff in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the funding of Minitex in 1971. The custom created Minitex crowler was made at Bent Paddle Brewing in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Three Dimensional Object
Format:
Aluminum cans

43. Minitex 50th Anniversary Poem: All we have to offer

Creator:
Van Avery, Diver
Date Created:
2021-04-30
Description:
Minitex commissioned a poem by Minneapolis artist Diver Van Avery to commemorate the 50th anniversary during National Poetry Month. The poem was written on a typewriter for the occasion on April 30, 2021.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Text
Format:
Poems

44. Sara Ring (Minitex Digital Initiatives and Metadata Education) instructing at Minitex offices, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Halbritter, Jayme
Date Created:
6/28/2007
Description:
Sara Ring conducting a training session in Anderson Library.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

45. Kathy Drozd and Sarah Anderson at the Minnesota State Fair table, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
8/27/2014
Description:
MELSA Read & Ride Day at the 2014 Minnesota State Fair. Kathy Drozd and Sarah Anderson at the Minitex table promoting ELM and Minnesota Reflections.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs
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