Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tax Dollars at Work for You!

The State of Minnesota funds the services we offer in the LRTC for your research needs.
This legislative session, the following appropriations were approved:

Subdivision 8. Electronic library for Minnesota (ELM). This section appropriates $900,000 each year for statewide licenses to online databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or university libraries.
Subd. 17. MnLINK Gateway and Minitex. Appropriates $6.031 million each year for MnLINK, the Minnesota Library Information Network and Minitex, a publicly supported network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries working to improve library service.

This legislation and the resulting access to special databases and cooperative services allow all types of Minnesota libraries to provide services at a much lower annual cost than if each library was acting and operating alone.

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