About the Minnesota Water Research Digital Library
Search, Share, Coordinate
The Minnesota Water Research Digital Library is a user-friendly, searchable inventory of water research relevant to Minnesota, with emphasis on publications from 2000 forward. The Library provides one-stop access to all types of water research. Managers, researchers, and engaged citizens can search various areas of interest including:
- Protection
- Conservation
- Management
- Restoration
Users in many sectors will be able to easily search, share, and coordinate research to support their efforts.
From a base of over 3,700 articles and reports, the Library is expected to grow steadily in quantity and quality as partner organizations curate collections of scientific and technical articles in their areas of expertise.
History and Future of the Library
Minnesota has a long history of water research with publications scattered across multiples websites and other media not readily accessible by water professionals, researchers, and citizens.
Between 2008 and 2010, Minnesota stakeholders ranging from stormwater managers to agricultural groups, a Clean Water Council work group, and the Clean Water Fund Interagency Research Team, identified the need for a centralized, readily accessible inventory of current water research to support water protection, restoration, and management activities across the state. The Minnesota Water Research Digital Library was developed to meet this need.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) began scoping and developing the Library in 2011 in consultation with a diverse group of stakeholders. The MDA finished developing and began populating the Library with input and assistance from representatives of local, state, and federal government, higher education, business, and professional associations. We especially thank Advisory Committee members who met with us nine times and provided valuable feedback and assistance between meetings as the Library was being developed and tested. Resources to develop and establish the Library came from Clean Water Fund appropriations to MDA and other MDA funding.
The MDA