The system is the result of cooperation between numerous agencies and organizations in Minnesota who realize the benefit of using the Internet to provide information to the public. The system allows literacy and other educators to locate information at one central site or follow links to connect to wherever the information resides. 

Minnesota LINCS is managed by the Minnesota Literacy Council and supported by the Minnesota Department of Education. This site is one piece of LINCS, a national literacy network founded (and funded) by the National Institute for Literacy and the State Literacy Resource Centers.