University of Minnesota Libraries | 981 followers on LinkedIn. The award-winning University of Minnesota Libraries is one of the U's and the state’s greatest intellectual assets. | Welcome to the award-winning University of Minnesota Libraries, one of the University’s and the state’s greatest intellectual assets. In 2017, we won the National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute for Museum and Library Services — becoming only the third academic library to win the award in 23 years. We also received the 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries award from the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.