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Prairieland’s Region
Your Prairielands Library System
Prairielands Library Exchange is the state funded library support organization for the 18 counties of southwestern Minnesota. As part of the state’s Multicounty Multitype Library System, PLE has been serving libraries of all types since 1979. Originally named Southwest Area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange (SAMMIE), our name was changed to Prairielands Library Exchange (PLE) in 2018.
Prairielands works closely with the two regional public library systems, Plum Creek Library System and Pioneerland Library System. Two advisory groups, the Member Council and Teen Co-op, alongside the Governing Board made up of representatives of all library types in the region, provide governance, guidance and fiscal oversight to PLE.
Membership is available to all library types in the 18-county region of Minnesota Prairielands serves. There is no cost to be a member of the state’s Multicounty Multitype Library Systems. All we ask is that libraries in the PLE region sign a member agreement as required by the state of Minnesota.
Quick Links
- American Society for Information Science – Minnesota Chapter
- EBooks Minnesota
- eLibrary MN (ELM)
- ITEM (Information and Technology Educators of Minnesota)
- Level Up! Minnesota
- Minitex
- Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library
- Minnesota Library Association
- Minnesota Department of Education
- Minnesota State Library Services
- Minnesota Multitype Library Systems
- MnLINK Gateway
- North Star Library Consortium (School Automation)
- PALS (Minnesota Program for Automated Library Systems)
- Prairielands First Friday in February Online Conference
- Statewide Continuing Education Calendar
- Solo Librarian Resources (Multitype Library Systems)
- Sourcewell (formerly TIES)
- State Library Services – Minnesota Department of Education
- WebJunction MN