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1. 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)
2. 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
3. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, February 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-02
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in February 1977. Content includes highlights from the upcoming 1977 MLA midwinter conference, a directory of 1976-77 MLA officers and chairpersons, minutes from the December 9, 1976 meeting of the Long Range Planning and Development Committee, and overview of the Southcentral Minnesota Inter-Library Exchange (SMILE).
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
4. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, March 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-03
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in March 1977. Content includes an MLA goal statement for new membership drive, the establishment of the Joint House/Senate Education Subcommittee on Libraries, MLA board meeting notes for December and January, roundtable meeting announcements, and Futures Task Force updates.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
5. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, April 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-04
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in April 1977. Content includes MLA board meeting minutes, ALA 1977 Midwinter meeting councilor's report, a calendar of colloquia from the Library School, University of Minnesota, and spring workshop and roundtable meeting announcements.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
6. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, July/August 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, Yvonne L. (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in July-August 1977. Content includes MLA June and July board meeting notes, minutes for the Libraries in Service to Seniors (LISTS) Roundtable meeting, rationale for experimenting with changing the MLA annual conference date, calendar of events, proposed by-laws for the Public Library Division, MLA legislative and government activities task force summary, Environmental Conservation Library (ECOL) funding update, and Intellectual Freedom Committee summer agenda
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
7. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, June 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-06
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in June 1977. Content includes MLA May board meeting notes, minutes for the Special Libraries Roundtable, MLA Paraprofessional Roundtable, and Libraries in Service to Seniors (LISTS) Roundtable meetings, workshops on biological and chemistry databases, MLA Legislative Committee news, calendar of events, and MLA fall conference grant application.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
8. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, September 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-09
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 8 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in September 1977. Content includes announcement of a Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services by Governor Perpich to be held September 1978, Environment Information Sharin conference announcement, ALA councilor's report to MLA, MLA annual conference schedule, national library news, MLA August board meeting notes, and MLA Legislative Inquiry task force appointments.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
9. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, May 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-05
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in May 1977. Content includes MLA March board meeting notes, MLA Mid-winter Conference Report, Library Management Roundtable calendar, grant funding announcement for a Minitex serials project, MLA calendar of events, ways for libraries to celebrate Older Americans Month, and a call for nominations for MLA librarian of the year and trustee of the year awards.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
10. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, October 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-10
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 9 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in October 1977. Content includes library award recipient announcements, 10 principles for statewide library services, MLA September board meeting notes, calendar of events, MLA membership resolutions, annual reports from MLA divisions and roundtables, and a job posting for MLA executive director position.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
11. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, January 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-01
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in January 1978. Content includes an announcement about the new MLA Executive Director, November 1978 MLA Board meeting notes, a new members incentive, the MLA Academic Division 1977 annual report, OPLIC's resume file, librarian updates, a call for suggestions for changing the name of the Paraprofessional Round Table, a summary of a meeting of five library associations in Minnesota to establish a statewide library service forum, corections and a note from the editor, availability of a publication called Our Minnesota Index, a bibliography of copyright law and libraries, the MLA legal defense fund, children's program ideas, Specil Libraries Round Table meeting announcement, the Louise Giles Minority Scholarship Program, a free film series at the University of Minnesota, a report from the MLA continuing education committee, Twin Cities Education Resources Round Table program listings, an announcement about the MLA leadership retreat, a call for Friends of the Library handout materials, good news on postal legislation, and a legislative call to action for LSCA Title I funding,
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
12. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, December 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977-12
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 10 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in December 1977. Content includes MLA October meeting notes, MLA directory, calendar events, the first meeting of Minnesota Statewide Library Association Forum, MLA roundtable updates, Reference and Adult Services section annual report, and MLA Continuing Education committee meeting announcement.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
13. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, March 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-03
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in March 1978. Content includes the MLA February board meeting notes, the MLA Continuing Education committee meeting minutes, availability of the Directory of Academic Libraries and Librarians in Minnesota, a decision that one copy of any MLA unit-sponsored publication be placed on deposit with MLA, conference grant availability, library school spring courses, a call for ALA President/President-Elect and Council candidates, Paraprofessional round table meeting announcement, increase in Minneapolis Public Library hours, an insert for the Minnesota Governor's pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services, the Omnibus Obscenity Act for Minnesota, MFLA news, a call to respond to a survey of literacy projects, a summary of the first MLA leadership retreat, a reminder about the MLA membership drive, the procedure to post to the MFLA job hotline, a calendar of events, and a women library workers national conference announcement.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
14. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, February 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-02
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in February 1978. Content includes the MLA January board meeting notes, minutes from a December 1977 MLA Long Range Planning and Development Committee meeting, information about the Midwest library job hotline, new members of the MLA Membership Committee, a call for poster sessions at the upcoming MLA annual conference, a St. Paul Foundation grant to the Children's Literature Research Collection at the University of Minnesota, library staff announcements, the date of Minnesota precinct caucuses, a list of funding amounts for library and related programs, a call for Kerlan Award nominees, a call for MLA Board nominations, updates from MLA committees and subunits, an MLA legislative alert, MLA membership cards announcement, a list of MLA awards and criteria, a calendar of events, a proposal for two new roundtables (Young Adults and Library Research), a workshop kit for loan on library security, a call for entries for the Library Public Relations Council competition for excellence in library publicity, and the 1979 theme for the MFLA Conference "People: Our Most Important Resource."
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
15. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, April 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-04
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in April 1978. Content includes a description of the Legal Defense Fund for library workers, a nomination form for MLA awards, updates from MLA divisions and subunits, a call for conference delegates for the Conference on Library and Information Services, an American Library Association offer for new members, an update on the next MLA midwinter meeting, an advertisement for the AV Source Directory, an announcement about a College of St. Catherine course on storytelling, and a library calendar of events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
16. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, May 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-05
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in May 1978. Content includes MLA Board meeting notes, corrections to a bylaws change document, information about a book sale at the MLA conference, Minnesota library staff changes and new positions, American Library Association (ALA) Chapter Councilor report, the Minnesota Statewide Library Services Forum's joint statement to present at the Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services, conference program changes, MLA committee, subunit, and division reports, availability of the Directory of Academic Libraries and Librarians, a call for feedback on an MLA general membership directory, availability of a new library directory (Hill Directory of Library and Information Resources of teh Twin City Area), an international bookshop opening, information about an upcoming women library workers national conference, an upcoming Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux workshop, sponsorship of a bike trip to the ALA annual conference, an ALA program available on cassette tape, a Bemidji State University library science course offering, information about MLA Legal Defense Fund open hearings, availability of a new MLA members kit, the calendar of library events, and a library tours and swaps reminder taking place at the next MLA annual conference.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
17. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, August 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-06
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in August, 1978. Content includes minutes from the June MLA Board meeting, an annual conference summary, MLA committee, subunit, and division reports amd minutes, a call for MLA volunteers, the American Library Association (ALA) Chapter Councilor's report, summaries of other regional and national library conferences, Minnesota library staff news, new library reference books and directories, a directory of MLA members and how they're involved in ALA, grants available for library school students to attend state library conferences, and a calendar of upcoming library events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
18. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, November 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-11
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 10 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in November, 1978. Topics include: minutes from the October MLA Board meeting, volunteers sought for KTCA membership drive, new MLA membership forms, upcoming library community events, MLA subunit and division event announcements and summaries, suggestions for appointments to ALA committees requested, Louise Giles Minority Scholarship available, a British Isles library internship program, free copies of the USGPO's Publications Reference File available, announcemeent of an upcoming community college conference, an upcoming workshop about citizens and effective political power, findings from the ALA survey on libraries and reading, and a calendar of upcoming library community events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
19. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, October 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-09
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 9 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in October, 1978. Topics include: minutes from the September MLA Board meeting, MLA members asked to cast new ballots, MLA membership figures, an upcoming idea exchange, upcoming humanities planning meetings, job announcements, Academic and Research Division of MLA annual meeting speakers, results of postcard survey about Midwest Federation of Library Associations attendance by the membership, a registration form to attend an upcoming workshop on library service to teenagers, changes to the calendar "Educational Events," MLA members quoted in censorship Star Tribune article, an invitation to attend a talk by Henriette Avram from the Library of Congress, an insert of the quarterly publication Educational Events," a save the date for the MLA spring conference, changes to the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting, proceedings of an ALA program on reference service statistics, a summary of the Minnesota Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services, MLA subunit and division event announcements and summaries, an upcoming book week program at the University of Minnesota, and a calendar of upcoming library community events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
20. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, June 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-06
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in June 1978. Content includes a summary of the 1978 MLA Annual Conference, an order form for MLA Lectio Mentem Corrumpit (Reading Corrupts the Mind) tshirts, a call for authors to write about the history and current state of Intellectual Freedom in Minnesota, a call for interest in a Library Storage Facilities program planned for the 1979 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, a meeting summary of the Minnestoa Coalition Against Censorship, an announcement of France H. Naftalin's nomination by President Carter to serve on the national Commission on Libraries and Information Service, an upcoming meeting on library paraprofessional benefits, an announcement about an upcoming Wisconsin Health Science Library Association meeting, "Minnesota to caucus at ALA," MLA committee, subunit, and division reports, the passing of Alice Stahl and a call to contribute to a fund in her memory, Minnesota library staff news, awards given at the 1978 MLA Annual Conference, new library reference books and resources, a call for feedback on MLA sponsoring job interviews at the next annual conference, a proposed model for Minnesota statewide library services, summaries of other regional and national library conferences, information about the MLA new member kits, Council on Library Resources fellowship program continuation and how to apply, "Librarians Put it all Together" tshirt order instructions, and an MLA calendar of events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
21. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, September 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-08
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 8 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in September, 1978. Content includes minutes from the August MLA Board meeting, a save the date for the fall MLA conference business meeting, new faculty at the University of Minnesota Library School, an upcoming panel discussion on public library financing, copies of documents from the library forum, MLA committee, subunit, and division reports amd minutes, an announcement about the new MLA Paraprofessional Round Table (PALS), a call for Minnesota humanities commission award nominations, a new course offered on library services for the handicapped, an announcement about the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Library and Information Technology Association institute, information about a new academic library program that will assist academic libraries conducting self-study programs, an advertisement for the MLA Technical Services Division pre-conference on trends in Acquisitions and Collection Development, a lilst of MLA members who hold American Library Association official positions, library job announcements, status of legislation of interest to librarians, an invitation to attend a showing of the film "The Speaker," the MLA Academic Library Division annual program announcement, an upcoming workshop on library services to teens, a call to serve on the MLA publications committee, an upcoming seminar on the issues and problems of evaluating reference services, new library books, directories, and resources, and a calendar of upcoming library events.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
22. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, December 1976/January 1977
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Description:
- Volume 4, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in December 1976 - January 1977. Content includes upcoming library conference information, a report of the Library Futures Task Force to the MLA Board of Directors and MLA's reactions, Library Services to Seniors Roundtable meeting summary, a membership drive for Polish American Librarians Association, the reactivation of the MLA Planning and Development Committee, MLA librarian of the year announcement, upcoming committee and roundtable events, MLA legislative support team signup, and program and procedures for the MLA Professional Welfare Committee.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
23. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, December 1978
- Creator:
- Minnesota Library Association; Kovel-Jarboe, Patricia (editor)
- Date Created:
- 1978-12
- Description:
- Volume 5, number 11 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in December 1978. Topics include: minutes from the MLA midwinter conference business meeting, proposed statements for the 1979 MLA legislative platform, MLA subunit and division event announcements and summaries, 3M sponsorship to send members of the American Library Association (ALA) Junior Members Roundtable to ALA
- Contributing Institution:
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
24. Minitex Messenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 1974
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1974-05
- Description:
- This issue includes a diagram of the program, services, resources, and participating libraries. Each Minitex service is highlighted including the following: Communication Network, Document Delivery, Bibliographic Database, Collection Development, Information and Reference Network, Continuing Education, Online Bibliographic Searches, and Regional Sharing. Future plans for Minitex and participating library contacts are also included.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
25. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 2, November 1977
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1977-11
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Bush Foundation Grants Funds for On-Line Cataloging and Data Base Development; Proposed Copyright Clearance Procedures for Photocopying in Libraries; New Librarians -- New Participants; New Minitex Directory, Annual Report; Reference and Interlibrary Loan Resources; Regional Meetings; Cataloging: Projections for the Future; Minitex Libraries on OCLC: A Directory; Recent Visitors to Minitex; New Edition of MULS, and On-Line User Workshops.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
26. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1978
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1978-10
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: OCLC Users Council; Minitex Brochure insert; Minitex Annual Meeting; OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem Test; Serials Management Workshop; Farewell to Lois Upham; USOE Grant Deadlines; Academic Library Grant Program Announced; Positions (new library staff); Honors; Minitex Libraries on OCLC: A Directory; Minitex 'NLOC' Service; OCLC Codes for Minitex Libraries; Using OCLC to Verify Minitex ILL Requests; Directory of Minnesota Libraries; and Colleagues Publish.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
27. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 6, June 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-06
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: To Network or Not to Network Schools Face the Question; Networking Conference; Library Instruction for the College Undergraduate; Selective Bibliography for Library Instruction in Academe; Retrospective Conversion; OCLC/ILL Subsystem Training; EDUCOM Seminar; Rug Reference Resources Meeting; Automation, Codes and Standards in Technical Services and their Effect on Public Services; AACR2 Preconference; Theological Libraries Meeting; People in Minitex.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
28. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 3, January 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-01
- Description:
- This special issue on AACR2 and the catalog includes information about the adoption of AACR2 and implications for cataloging procedures and practices. Minnesota librarians attended an institute in 1978 on "Closing the Catalog"; offered by LITA and a full summary of the event is included. This issue also contains a list of recently announced grants, RLIN (Research Libraries Group) replacing the former acronym of BALLOTS, and the new publication "The Role of the School Library Media Program in Networking."
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
29. Minitex Messenger, Volume 6, Number 1, July 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-07
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Gustavus Library Endowment Fund; OCLC Internetwork Quality Control Council; Minnesota Theological Librarys Install Union COM Catalog; Plans Advance For Second ACRL Conference; The Tri-College University Library Consortium: A Decade of Growth; Minitex Reference; The CLIC COM Catalog; Windows to the Past: Minnesota County Atlases-A New Reference Tool; Reorganization of OCLC Symbol Displays; People; Minitex Library OCLC Sympols: A Directory; Olson Receives Piercy Award; Messenger Editor Leaves Minitex.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
30. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 4, February 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-02
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Resource Sharing and Interlibrary Loan; Minitex Document Delivery; Minitex Document Delivery Statistics 1978/79; WHCLIS Resolution on Networking; ALA Legislative Program; Reference Librarians: Save These Dates; Online Skills Development; Online Workshops Schedule; OCLC Acquisitions Subsystem; Ramsey County to Test OCLC Acquisitions Subsystem; Recommendation on use of OCLC-MARC Tapes; Iowa Fifth State in MULS.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
31. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 5, April 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-04
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Bibliographic Instruction (proceedings from a workshop); COM Catalogs and Conversion Projects (from Ramsey County Public Library and Minneapolis Public Library); People; Minitex Workshop Speaker Participation Policy; Minitex/OCLC Mailings; Circulation Systems: Suggested Reading; A Circulation System With OCLC; OCLC Use in Minitex: Some Thoughts and Statistics; Minitex Courier; Regional Workshops for Catalogers: AACR2; New MULS Manual.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
32. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 4, March 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-03
- Description:
- This is a special report of the OCLC Users Council by Minitex OCLC Representatives. Included are summaries on the economic impact of AACR2 on libraries and the OCLC Inter-Network Quality Control Council, as well a a directory of Minitex libraries on OCLC.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
33. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1978
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1978-06
- Description:
- This special issue on online databases includes information about the types of data in databases, online database searching protocols, online search services in the U.S. and costs, a glossary of common database terms, a bibliography of online bibliographic services, the Minitex online search service and sample search request form, a directory of online database, subject databases search in Minitex libraries, and a summary of the Reference Users Group meeting.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
34. Minitex Messenger, Volume 6, Number 4, January 1981
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1981-01
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Serials Collections in a Network Environment; OCLC Converts Data Base to AACR 2 Form; Quality Control Activities at OCLC; MPR Programs Available From Audio Archives; New Duluth Public Library Open; People/Minitex Directory; Serial Collection Management: A Bibliography.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
35. Minitex Messenger, Volume 6, Number 5, March 1981
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1981-03
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Bibliographic and Physical Resource Sharing in Minitex; Access to Minitex Libraries in Bibliographic Databases; Libraries and the 1980 Census; Minitex OCLC AACR2 Regional Meetings; OCLC'S Name-Address Directory; Minitex at Texas Instruments Symposium; Ramsey County Begins OCLC Acquisitions Subsystem Evaluation; ARL Adopts Plan for Improving Access to Microforms; Database Workshops; People; Minitex Directory Changes; Minnesota Statutes Index Errata Available; Everyone's Guide to the Whole Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
36. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 5, April 1978
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1978-05
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Minitex-South Dakota Resource Sharing; Minnesota Libraries 1977 Report (for the ALA Yearbook, 1978 edition); Upcoming User Group Meetings; Library Directories; OCLC Governance; Bush II OCLC Installations; OCLC Directory Update; OCLC Training; Publications; TWX Communication; Verifying Citations from On-Line Searches; New Appointments--New Participants; Visitors to Minitex; Newsletter Mailing List; and CAB Abstracts On-Line Workshop.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
37. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 3, December 1977
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1977-12
- Description:
- This special issue on copyright includes information about how the new U.S. Copyright Law affects Minitex Document Delivery, guidelines for records retention, information on library supplies for displaying copyright information, ALA and Minitex Interlibrary Loan Request forms, copyright payment mechanisms, and a bibliogrpahy of copyright law and libraries resources.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
38. Minitex Messenger, Volume 2, Number 1, March 1975
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1975-03
- Description:
- This issue includes information about the Minitex Continuing Education Program and week-long workshops for Reference Librarians, an overview of the newly initiated Minitex Reference Service, and an overview of the Minnesota Union List of Serials emerging Minitex program.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
39. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 6, June 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-06
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Technology, Work Assignments, and Staff Morale; St. Olaf College Part of Two Studies; Saint Paul Public Library's Newspaper Index Project; Symposium on the Future of the Liberal Arts College Library; Melsa Goes Online: Hennepin County's Assisted Reference Service; Thoughts on Resource Sharing; People; Celebrations; Reading on Networking; Online Bibliographic Training in Fargo; AACR2 Institute in Minneapolis; New Minitex Staff Member; Announcement of Minitex Position; OCLC Growth.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
40. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 5, April 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-05
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Minnesota Union List of Serials; New Minitex Manual; Five-Year Review of Copyight Law; Location Search Service-Codes Supplied; Publications to Notes; Online Workshops; Coming and Going; Resource Sharing Thoughts; TWX Sound Shield for Sale; Performance Evaluation in Academic Libraries; Celtic Library at College of St. Thomas; Grant Money for Two-Year Colleges; MLA Pre-Conferences Planned; Visitors; Networking Reading.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
41. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 1, August 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-08
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: OCLC Users Council Meets in Columbus on June 4 and 5; Visitors; Minnesotans Publish; OCLN Memberships; Automation in Duluth; More Publishing; People on the Move; Liz Stroup Meets with Rug Group; South Dakota Union List of Serials; Gustavus Award Winner; Recent Publications of Interest; Reference Users Group Meets; Responsive Reference Service; and The "Not Available" Response to ILLRO's.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
42. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 4, February 1978
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1978-02
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Minitex Reference Services; Document Delivery Service; Back-Up Reference Service; Reference Services and Collection Development; Minitex Telephone and TWX Directory; Serving OCLC Users; Verifying ILL Requests on OCLC; Workshop on Workflow; Workshop on Library Instructions; Botany Journals; New Librarians, New Positions; New Participants; and Visitors to Minitex.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
43. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 3, December 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-12
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: The Uses of Online Databases; Using Online Techniques for Evaluation; Providing Services with Limited Resources; About the Database Directory; Codes of Vendors Supplying Online Services; Codes of Libraries Performing Online Searches; Directory of Online Subject Databases Searched in Minitex Libraries, 1979-1980; How to Use a Library; NEH Announces Challenge Grant Program; Bibliographic Instruction Workshop; and Happy Anniversary.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
44. Minitex Messenger, Volume 3, Number 1, August 1977
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1977-08
- Description:
- This issue includes includes an update on new library holdings symbols in OCLC and the final grant supported library to have their OCLC terminal installed, a summary of the Reference Users Group conference, authorization of the Minitex Advisory Committee, a summary of the OCLC cataloging users group, and the latest MULS (Minitex Union List of Serials) procedures and other updates.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
45. Minitex Messenger, Volume 8, Number 1, May 1984
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1984-05
- Description:
- This issue is the 1982/1983 Minitex status report and includes background information, program updates, Document Delivery request and participants graph, Reference request graph, MULS Publications bar chart, a list of Minitex participating libraries, a history of Minitex activities in a table, and the list of Minitex Advisory Council members.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
46. Minitex Messenger, Volume 6, Number 2, September 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-09
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Information Data Base Services; Three Services to Libraries; The History of Some Terminology; Preservation of Minnesota Newspapers at the Minnesota Historical Society; Minnesota State University Project for Automation of Library Systems (MSU/PALS): Planning for the Future; AACR2 in Minnesota; OCLC Use Increases; AACR 2 and OCLC; OCLC Search Retrieval Enhancements Soon to be Implemented; OCLC Users Council Elects Officers; Western Council Resource Sharing Planning Conference; GPO Named Center of Document Cataloging; St. Paul Public Library Initiates Computer Catalog System; People; New Coordinators Join Minitex Staff; Congressional Information Service Seminars; ""Everyone's Guide..."" Is Back Again.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
47. Minitex Messenger, Volume 4, Number 2, November 1978
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1978-11
- Description:
- This issue is the annual report for 1977-1978. Highlights include a new contract with South Dakota State Library and Minitex for sharing resources; increased Resource Sharing, the MULS 2nd edition publication; Bush Foundation grants to support OCLC participation' an increase in Back-Up Reference requests; a summary of copyright and reference training and meetings, and statistics (including a table).
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
48. Minitex Messenger, Volume 6, Number 3, November 1980
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1980-11
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Minitex: A Status Report; WILS-WLC: Library Cooperation in Wisconsin; South Dakota Health Sciences Library Consortium: Multi-Type Resource Sharing; OCLC Names New President; OCLC Users Council Annual Report Summary; OCLC Development Schedule; OCLC Users and AACR2 Questions; OCLC System Down While Converting to AACR2; OCLC Participating Libraries; CRL Receives Two Ford Grants; MPLIC Designated as Patent Depository; COMCAT Education Project; Legal Reference Servives Committee Formed; Minitex Reference Service Notes; Telecommunications Change for Minitex; ""Everyone's Guide..."" For Winter Quarter; People; and New Minitex Participant.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
49. Minitex Messenger, Volume 5, Number 2, September 1979
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1979-09
- Description:
- This issue includes the following articles: Planning and Library Cooperation; Reference Service Evaluation; New Advisory Committee; and a large section on OCLC and Library Automation. The OCLC and Library Automation section contains background on what OCLC is; a history of Minitex OCLC participation; cooperative cataloging in OCLC; first time use (FTU) of an OCLC record; how to become an OCLC participant; the OCLC interlibrary loan, serial control, and acquisitions subsystems; and a diretory of Minitex libraries on OCLC.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
50. Minitex Messenger, Volume 7, Number 1, June 1983
- Creator:
- Minitex
- Date Created:
- 1983-06
- Description:
- This issue is the 1981/1982 Minitex status report and includes background information, program updates, a program history appendix in table form, details Minitex Document Delivery statistics, a map of participants, financial statements, activity level graphs, and a list of Minitex participating libraries.
- Contributing Institution:
- Minitex
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters