Minutes from Fall 2012 Circulation User Group meeting at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN. Topics include the PALS report, recent PALS developments relevant to Circulation, course reserves, Aleph version 21. MnPALS Consortium Circulation Policy Revisions were approved without edits. Will be forwarded to the User Council for Approval. Workday evaluation results were presented.
2010-10 Cataloging User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include the subsystem version 20 update, Minitex, the MnPALS Indexing Task Force, RDA changes, and elections: Carrie Curie (MSCTC, Moorhead), Sarah Quimby (Historical Society), and Diane Narum (Bemidji State) were elected for two-year terms. Motion passed: Replace the three representative types of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges with one type, MnSCU Two-year Colleges. MnSCU Two-year Colleges would have three representatives on the Cataloging Steering Committee.
2010-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include voting for circulation module enhancements, version 20 migration, a joint workday with ILL, and elections: Ramsey Turner (BLC), Jay Nordstrom (GAC), and Jennifer Bruce (UCR) with term starting October 31, 2010.
Motion passed: That the MnPALS Strategic Plan dated December 2006, be reviewed by all Executive Committee members before the next quarterly meeting and discussed as an agenda item at the November meeting.
Recommendation to the UMWUG planning committee to schedule UMWUG for 10/28-29. Approved. Motion approved to provide recommended ILL language via listserv to MnPALS libraries.
Motions passed: Move to open up registration for workdays to ND and SD librarians one week after the start of registration for MnPALS consortium members, if space remains, beginning with the upcoming spring 2010 workdays. Move that the User Council supports the creation of additional interest group(s) to address larger consortium-wide issues.
Motions Passed: In addition to sustaining the current User Group structure, that the User Council's motion to support the creation of additional interest group(s) to address larger consortium-wide issues, be accepted. Combine the categories of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges within the membership paragraph, yet retain four total members for the combined category. The first interest group formed in the User Group structure be a task force to look at principles to help guide the MnPALS Consortium in selecting a future ILS.
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed to approve the new ILL policy. Motion passed that PALS join the Kuali OLE project as a member of the board and of the technical council.
2010-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include CIRC-BRIEF records, OPAC display changes, the MnPALS Indexing Task Force, and elections: Amy Naughton (ADC) Diane Pollock (UCR) to continue for another term.
Attending: Dan Honetschlager (PALS), Stephen Elfstrand (PALS), Michael Kirby (DCTC), Ala Garlinska (SCC/South Central College), Carrie Curie (CTC/MSCTC-Moorhead), Cynthia Jorstad (NCT/NCTC), Lori Pesik (St. Mary’s University), Thomas Bremer (WSU/Winona State University), Jean Kramer (TRM/MSU-Moorhead)
