The 2013 Systems Workday included sessions on Aleph tables and letters, cataloging for zines, a custom label printing program, PALSconnect Linker and ERM, and Aleph reports for new titles lists and weeding.
Agenda items include sessions on copyright issues in higher education, MnPALS Plus version 2, Web-Scale Discovery, RDA changes affecting record display in OPAC/MnPALS Plus, SubjectsPlus, and online library instruction.
2013-4 Reference and Instruction Workday SubjectsPlus
Description
The presentation discussed the migration from LibData to SubjectsPlus at St. Cloud State University. It included information about SubjectsPlus' features and how to implement it at other institutions.
2013-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Minitex Overdue, Damaged, Lost Materials
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The document, created by the Minitex/ILL Committee, outlines how to handle overdue, damaged, and lost items. The information is pulled directly from the ILL Policy Database.
Agenda items include sessions on training and supervising library student workers, Aleph booking, delivering articles electronically, dealing with overdue and lost ILL requests, and copyright issues in public services.
2013-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Patron Web Interface to Aleph Booking
Description
The presentation describes how the Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College Library is using Aleph booking to allow students to reserve group study rooms.
2013-10 User Group Meeting Library Use and Academic Success
Description
This report was the focus of a breakout session at the fall 2013 User Group Meeting. It discusses the results of a study conducted at the University of Minnesota that found students who use library resources have a higher GPA their first semester and higher retention from fall to spring.
2013 10 User Group Meeting Breakout-Student Outcomes
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2013 Fall User Group Meeting Breakout Session: Library Use and Undergraduate Student Outcomes: New Evidence for Students’ Retention and Academic Success
The report describes four User Council meetings from fall 2012 to fall 2013. Topics discussed at meetings include planning workdays and the 2013 User Group Meeting, web-scale discovery, and ILS options.