TheUniversity of Minnesota Libraries is thelibrary system of theUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, operating at 12 facilities in and aroundMinneapolis–Saint Paul. It has over 8 million volumes and 119,000 serial titles that are collected, maintained and made accessible.[1] The system is the 17th largestacademic library in North America[2] and the 22nd largest library in the United States.[3] While the system's primary mission is to serve faculty, staff and students, because the university is a public institution of higher education its libraries are also open to the public.
The library system makes various services available to faculty, staff and students such as:
Alumni and Visitor Services
Copyright Consultation
Instructor and Researcher Support
Peer Research Consultants
Scanning & Digitization Services
The system also offers services to citizens inMinnesota,North Dakota andSouth Dakota throughMINITEX, a publicly funded program that supports academic, state government, public, school and specialized libraries in the region.
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