Jim Minges

Jim Minges has more than 35 years of experience in regional and statewide library development, consulting, and resource sharing services. He has served as Director of the Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) since 1996. In 2003 NEKLS created NExpress, the first regional shared library automation system in Kansas, utilizing The Sirsi Unicorn automation platform. In 2008 NExpress migrated to the Koha open source ILS platform, and began a substantial expansion to the current 33 participating libraries. In 2002, he led implementation of a regional library courier service in Northeast Kansas. From 2006 to 2009 he led the planning and development of the statewide courier service, Kansas Library Express. In 2011 Blue Sky Express began service, linking the Kansas and Colorado courier services.