Pages
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Executive Director Report
- Description
- The presentation discussed goals for 2012 to 2015. Goals included becoming financially sustainable, improve Aleph operations and customer support, be the Premier Evergreen Service Provider in the Upper Midwest, improve user discovery, create new products and services, and improve customer satisfaction.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Agenda
- Description
- 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.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Agenda
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Full PALS Report
- Description
- The 2011 PALS Report focused on Aleph subsystems, updates to PALS products and services (EZproxy, MnPALS Plus, PALSconnect Linker, PALSconnect ERM, Evergreen), and current activities of task forces and office teams. Highlights include global changes to bibliographic records to reflect new MARC standards and testing Aleph version 21 before Consortium-wide implementation.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Futures Interest Group Report
- Description
- The report lists the FIG meetings that took place from fall 2010 to fall 2012. Topics discussed include federated vs. aggregated search, eXtensible Catalog, legal issues with e-books and e-readers, mobile access to library resources, and digital asset management.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Reports Work Group Highlights 2010-2011
- Description
- The report recounts the highlights of the Reports Work Group from 2010 to 2011. The group met bimonthly via conference call to discuss creating new reports, improving existing reports, phasing out Priv-20, and how to answer IPED/NCES/ALS statistical questions with Aleph reports.
- Group
- Reports Work Group
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting User Council Report
- Description
- The report describes User Council meetings from fall 2010 to fall 2011. Meeting topics included better ways to prepare for User Group elections and workday planning. Over the course of the year, the Reference User Group changed its name to the Reference and Instruction User Group. The Cataloging User Group changed its governance structure to have three representatives from any two-year institution on the steering committee, rather than from a specific type of two-year institution.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Agenda
- Description
- Agenda items include sessions on copyright for digital media, bibliographic metadata in RDA, moving from print to electronic journals, digital resource sets in MnPALS Plus, genre and form headings for moving images, Century College Library's experience with e-books, and preparing for the Library of Congress to implement RDA.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group, Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Agenda
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Acquisitions/Serials User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include using the EDI Invoicing procedure through Baker & Taylor or Yankee Book Peddler, Aleph version 21 enhancements, and elections: Nat Gustafson-Sundell and Rachel Wexelbaum were elected for a two-year term for 2012 to 2014. Becky Schwartzkopf agreed to act as recorder for 2012 to 2014.
- Group
- Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday MnPALS Plus Digital Sets
- Description
- The presentation discussed MnPALS Plus digital resource sets. Sets are loaded into MnPALS Plus for patron discovery and access. Sets mentioned in the presentation include Films on Demand, Credo Reference, ebrary, Alexander Street Press Video, Oxford Reference, MN Digital Library Collections, and Minitex eBooks.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group, Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday eReader Policies
- Description
- The document outlines rules for using and checking out Kindles (e-readers) from the Century College Library.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group, Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Acquisitions/Serials User Group Meeting Book Group Study Room
- Description
- The presentation covers how to use Aleph booking to book a study room (among other things).
- Group
- Acquisitions/Serials User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Cataloging User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include upgrading to Aleph version 21, forming an RDA Task Force, current activities of the Authorities Task Force and the MnPALS Indexing Task Force, and elections. Motions passed: The Steering Committee can make changes to check_docs updates as necessary, since EL does not update them, and not every MARC update requires discussion. The RDA Task Force will be created.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Cataloging Related Choices
- Description
- The document instructs readers on how to complete various cataloging tasks, such as using A-Z, cataloging e-journals, and reflecting e-journals in print records.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday RDA Future of Cataloging
- Description
- The presentation discussed the benefits of RDA compared to AACR2, and also described Linked Data and the Semantic Web.
- Group
- Cataloging User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2012-4-20
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Agenda
- Description
- Agenda items include sessions on creating collective knowledge resources, updating the Consortium Circulation Policy, using Google Docs for record keeping in Traditional and Electronic Reserves, and training Circulation and ILL student employees.
- Group
- Interlibrary Loan User Group, Circulation User Group
- Form
- Agenda
- Date
- 2012-4-26
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include patron notification in OPAC, Globe University/Minnesota School of Business leaving the Consortium, new and updated Circulation reports, and elections: Private Colleges and Universities – Karen Ostovich (College of St. Scholastica) is the new representative with Ramsey Turner remaining as an alternate. Community and Technical Colleges – Kim Sy (Normandale Community College) is the new representative.
- Group
- Circulation User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 Circulation User Group Meeting BYOD Favorite Apps
- Description
- Created at the Bring Your Own Device breakout session, the document lists attendees' favorite mobile apps.
- Group
- Circulation User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Circulation Training
- Description
- The presentation goes through training for Circulation student employees at Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library. It includes information about differentiating between MnPALS and Aleph, checking out items, and working with ILL.
- Group
- Circulation User Group
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2012-4-26
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Circulation Student Policy Manual
- Description
- The manual covers policies for student employees at Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library.
- Group
- Circulation User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2012-4-26
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2012-10 ILL User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include issues with barcodes, current Minitex activities, ELUNA enhancements, and elections.
- Group
- Interlibrary Loan User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2012-10-23
- Years
- 2010-2014