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).
Stacks, periodical section and patrons using the Central Library of the Minneapolis Public Library. This facility, at 300 Nicollet Mall, was built in 1961 and housed the library until 2002.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Children's Readmobile, jointly operated by the Hennepin County Library and the Minneapolis Public Library. The first Readmobile was purchased in 1991, with a second added in 2003.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Seated, from left: Bob Boese, Director, Mary Haug, Mary Johnson, Assistant Director, Rita Best, Bob Anderson. Standing, from left: Sally Young, Betty Thompson, Kathryn Keen, David Christianson, Everett Koecher, Wally Bengtson, Linda Boettcher, Wendy Gorham, Phil Meyer, Automation Librarian. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Exterior view of the front entrance and flagpole of the Eden Prairie branch of the Hennepin County Library. This building was located at 479 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of the information desk and reference area of the Eden Prairie branch of the Hennepin County Library. This building was located at 479 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the Hopkins Branch Library. Library service to the Hopkins community was established more than 100 years ago, when the library was housed in City Hall. The library moved to the historic Dow House in 1948 and then temporarily to a vacant restaurant in 1963. The library opened in its current location in 1968 and was renovated in 2002. The Hopkins Library merged with the Hennepin County Library system in 1973
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Microfiche readers, shown at the Aitkin Library, replaced East Central Regional Library's card catalog in the branches in 1988. The fiche cards were updated every six months. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
The Maple Grove Library, part of the Hennepin County Library, serves the cities of Maple Grove and Osseo and the surrounding communities. From 1987-2010, the library was located in this building at 8351 Elm Creek Boulevard.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Maple Grove Library, part of the Hennepin County Library, serves the cities of Maple Grove and Osseo and the surrounding communities. From 1987-2010, the library was located in this building at 8351 Elm Creek Boulevard.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Thos photo shows the Children's Area of the Maple Grove Library, part of the Hennepin County Library, which serves the cities of Maple Grove and Osseo and the surrounding communities. From 1987-2010, the library was located in this building at 8351 Elm Creek Boulevard.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Volume 21, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published April 1994. Contents include a summary of Minnesota Library Legislative Day, a guest editorial about multi-media materials, miscellaneous news and notes, an insert of the program for Academic and Research Libraries Day, job announcements, upcoming events, library staff updates, and the MLA calendar of events.
Volume 21, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published February 1994. Contents include cover article entitled “Librarians as fund raisers,” MLA calendar of events, 1994 goals of the MLA Board of Directors, 1994 MLA Legislative Platform, survey regarding voluntary certification for library employees, miscellaneous news & notes, upcoming seminars, conferences, and workshops, people & places, and employment opportunities.
Volume 21, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published January 1993. Contents include cover article entitled “Minnesota Center for the Book (MCB),” MLA annual membership meeting minutes, MLA Calendar of events, review of sessions offered at the annual MLA conference by Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD), Library Legislative Day registration form, list of MLA 1994 Board of Directors, miscellaneous news & notes, upcoming seminars, conferences, and workshops, people & places, and employment opportunities.
Volume 21, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published July/August 1994. Contents include a guest editorial about evolving library roles, a list of MLA Board nominees, a message from the MLA President, June MLA Board meeting notes, an advertisement for the upcoming MLA Annual Conference, a call for input on the 1995 MLA Legislative Platform, MLA conference grants available, a summary of a "Libraries Change Lives" literary salon series at the Minnesota State Law Library, welcome new MLA members, upcoming events, job announcements, miscellaneous news and notes, library staff updates, and the MLA calendar of events.
Volume 21, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published June 1994. Contents include an editorial about Minnesota libraries and the legislature, Mark Ranum appointed as acting MLA Vice President, MLA Board meeting highlights, a letter to the editor, a new Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence Manual, a call for MLA sponsorship, Washington D.C. Legislative Day, MLA Annual Conference lodging information, a summary of MLA Academic Library Day, a call for MLA award nominations, ALA Annual Conference summary, miscellaneous news and notes, library staff updates, upcoming events, and the MLA calendar.
Volume 21, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published March 1994. Contents include a call to attend Library Legislative day and support the University of Minnesota proposed archives and storage facility, a guest editorial on exhibits in the academic library, a date change for MLA Academic Libraries Day, a call for volunteers to reach MLA's membership goal, miscellaneous news and notes, job announcements, upcoming events, library staff updates, member spotlight on Robert H. Rohlf, and the MLA calendar of events.
Volume 21, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published May 1994. Contents include an introduction of MLA's new Administrator, a technology grant awarded to improve access to Hibbing Public Library for the disabled, January-April MLA Board Meeting highlights, miscellaneous news and notes, a list of MLA Officers and Chairpersons, a nomination form for the MLA Continuing Education award, upcoming events, job announcements, library staff updates, and the MLA calendar of events.