Ebooks Minnesota News

One Book | One Minnesota: Murder on the Red River

Jul 28, 2021

by Beth Staats, Zach Miller

It's time for a mystery! The fifth featured book in our statewide book club, One Book | One Minnesota, is the award-winning "Murder on the Red River" by Marcie Rendon. The book is available to all Minnesota readers via Ebooks Minnesota at ebooksmn.org.

Upcoming Ebooks Minnesota platform change FAQs

Jun 16, 2021

by Linda Mork

Ebooks Minnesota will be moving over to our new MackinVIA platform on July 1st. Here is what you need to know.

Ebooks Minnesota platform change: What you need to know

Jun 9, 2021

by Beth Staats

As some of you may already know, Minitex has selected MackinVIA as a new online platform for Ebooks Minnesota. The transition from the BiblioBoard to the MackinVIA platform will involve many moving parts and pieces. We want to make sure that libraries and schools are aware of what to expect while this transition takes place.

Minitex selects MackinVIA as new online platform for Ebooks Minnesota

Jun 4, 2021

by Matt Lee, Zach Miller

Minitex has selected MackinVIA as the new online platform for Ebooks Minnesota. This choice comes in the wake of many months of careful planning and investigation. We are grateful to the many community members who provided their input to this process, and for the partnership and forward thinking of Bibliolabs, Ebooks Minnesota’s foundational platform vendor. We will continue to share information as we work towards full implementation of the new platform by July 1.

Gardening: That wonderful time of year

May 3, 2021

by Beth Staats

Some of you may have already started, but it's never too early, or too late to research and plan for your summer flower or vegetable garden.

Duchess Harris, award winning Macalester professor, authored titles in Ebooks Minnesota

Apr 20, 2021

by Beth Staats

Duchess Harris, an award-winning Macalester professor, has authored over 100 titles available in Ebooks Minnesota. These include titles in ABDO's Freedom's Promise, Perspectives on American Progress, Class in America, Protest Movements, and other relevant series.

Ebooks Minnesota adds diverse titles to collection

Apr 12, 2021

by Beth Staats

Minitex is happy to announce that Ebooks Minnesota just gained 350+ titles around equity, diversity, and inclusion. Last fall, students in St. Catherine University's Master of Library and Information Science Program, Library Materials for Children class, performed a diversity audit of Ebooks Minnesota. As a result of this audit, the Ebooks Minnesota Collection Task Force recently selected diverse titles for inclusion into the collection from publishers including ABDO, Capstone, Rosarium, Dreamspinner, and Flux.