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Great River Regional Library reports rising use in Sherburne County, asks board to support Minitex funding

2845300 · April 2, 2025
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Library leaders told the Sherburne County Board that borrower counts and program attendance are increasing across the six-county Great River system; they requested the board consider a resolution in support of Minitex to preserve statewide interlibrary loan and database services.

Great River Regional Library officials on April 1 briefed the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners on regional and county-specific services, trends and local partnerships, and requested the board consider a resolution supporting Minitex, the state interlibrary loan and shared-resources program.

Karen Punsak, executive director of Great River Regional Library, told commissioners the six-county system has “almost a hundred thousand borrowers again,” with more than a million physical and digital visits reported last year. Punsak noted…

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