Cataloging Donated Books
To provide better organization of the library collections, allowing for greater public access to the community?s historic resources.
$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
Short Term:
The newly hired library manager has benefited from the assistance of the part time person hired to focus on cataloging the donated books. A working method and routine has been established and the library manager can focus on other job duties. The manager spends minimal time supervising the newly hired cataloger.
Intermediate Term
A great number of the boxes and material have been processed and put on the library shelves. Many of the unwanted materials have been adopted by patrons of the Minnesota Genealogy Center.
Long Term
The books added have increased the scope of the MGS collection and its value to patrons. Researchers everywhere can locate these new sources via the MGS online catalog and World Cat. We are not a lending library and those wishing to access our resources must travel to the Minnesota Genealogy Center, which gives us a destination status for researchers. There is a high expectation that this will increase visits to our Center and increase membership and support. The bar-coding of books is making it easier for volunteers to efficiently track each item use before re-shelving and periodic inventory of the collection.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org