| Minnesota's Electronic Literacy Resource System (Minnesota LINCS) began in 1994 with the opening of the Minnesota/South Dakota Regional Adult Literacy Resource Center, housed at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The regional literacy resource center was formed as a result of the 1991 National Literacy Act with the intent of sharing teaching resources through a lending library and promoting educational uses of technology. In 1995, federal funding was eliminated for state literacy resource centers, and the lending library and technology training services were absorbed into the operations of the Literacy Training Network, also housed at the University of St. Thomas.
In 1995, the National Institute for Literacy began implementation of its online LINCS system. It worked with states through regional hubs. Staff at LTN worked with the other states in the Midwest region to put together their portion of the LINCS system. Upon receipt of that first grant in February of 1996, the online version of Minnesota's Electronic Literacy Resource Center was born.
In 1999, the Minnesota Department of Education granted technology support funds to the Minnesota Literacy Council for continuation of the Minnesota Literacy Resource Center and online expansion of what is now being called Minnesota LINCS. The focus of the Minnesota Literacy Resource Center is to provide technology training and support to state staff and literacy practitioners across the state of Minnesota, and to foster communication between literacy programs and providers. Much of that support and communication will be provided through this web site. | 
