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.
Move to combine the categories of Community College and Technical Colleges within the membership paragraph, yet retain four total members for the combined category. (moved to amend the motion, to drop it for this month.) Robbie LaFleur will draft the new language, to be approved by the Executive Committee at the February meeting. Final authorization could take place at the Annual Meeting. Motion to ask the User Council to come up with a proposal for a new User Group structure by the February meeting.
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.
2010 04 User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
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Joint User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: Orrin Ausen and Michael Kirby will make recommendations regarding governance details of the Futures Interest Group and report back to the User Council and Executive Committee in the fall. Motion passed: terms of the Steering Committees and representatives to the User Council at the User Group Meeting will coincide with User Group Elections.
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.
2010-10 Acquisitions/Serials User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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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.
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.
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.
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.
