Minitex

Established in 1969, Minitex is a publicly supported network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries working cooperatively to improve library service for their users in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Reciprocity agreements arrange for the resource sharing with Wisconsin libraries.

The Minitex program is funded by the Minnesota Legislature through the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to serve Minnesota academic and state government libraries. Minitex is a joint program of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries. Minnesota State Library Services (the Minnesota state library agency), a unit of the Minnesota Department of Education, provides additional funding to support services for Minnesota libraries and library users.

Libraries in North Dakota and South Dakota participate in Minitex programs through contracts between the Minitex Office and library agencies in North and South Dakota.

Minitex programs are coordinated by the Minitex staff located at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Libraries, which fills the majority of requests sent to the Minitex office.

For more information, visit the Minitex website.