Notes from the ILL user group meeting. Topics of discussion include the direct borrowing survey, review steering committee membership, Minitex report, discussion about user group meetings and workdays. Includes the PALS report by Sonja Eilertson. Also Cynthia Jorstad (Northland Community and Technical College, Thief River Falls) made a motion to combine the community college and technical college steering committee positions into one two-year college position and to add a representative at large to the ILL steering committee. Motion passed.
2010-10 User Group Meeting Purchase on Demand Breakout Session
Description
The presentation covered purchase on demand at the Carl B. Ylvisaker Library (CBYL), using ILL for acquisitions, and the budget and cost of new acquisitions.
2010-10 Acquisitions/Serials User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
Description
Topics discussed include concerns about EBSCO's service and serial pricing, the subsystem version 20 update, workdays, and elections: The group unanimously voted for Rachel to continue as Convener. Sarah Monson was elected Recorder for a two year term, effective fall 2010.
Presentation slides from a presentation given at Fall 2010 User Groups. The presentation is described as "a general session on tips and sharing about borrowing and lending requests." No information given on who the presenters were, or the location where the presentation was made.
2010-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
Description
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.
2010-10 Interlibrary Loan User Group Meeting: Share and Share Alike Breakout Session
Description
The presentation was a general session about borrowing and lending requests. Topics of discussion included level 99 suppliers, Minitex, IMNU, IMII, overdue notices, and some troubleshooting.
2010-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
Description
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.
Agenda items included the ILL Subsystem Business Meeting, Circulation Subsystem Business Meeting, Systems Subsystem Business Meeting, Reference Subsystem Business Meeting, Cataloging Subsystem Business Meeting, Acquisitions/Serials Subsystem Business Meeting, and breakout sessions.
Motion passed: Amendment to change the Cataloging Steering Committee as follows: Replace the three representative types of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges with one type, MnSCU Two-year Colleges. Version 20 update.
The presentation covered strategic plan goals, including customer service, Aleph support, financial sustainability, Evergreen, and expanding product suite and customer base.
Agenda items include sessions on PALSconnect Linker, OCLC's Bibliographic Notification Service, trimming the serials budget, communicating with the Consortium through the PALS website, St. Cloud University's use of LibData and Research Project, and the future of Minnesota libraries. Century College's acquisition of the Fire Library collection was also discussed.
2011-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
Description
Topics discussed include issues with Aleph version 20, the value of virtual vs. in-person work days (specifically for the spring 2012 workday), and elections.
