2013-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday RDA Name Authority Changes
Description
The presentation discusses RDA changes to the LC/NACO Name Authority FIle in Aleph. It goes through new MARC fields and changes to headings, dates, music, and treaties. There was also a focus on the MnPALS and Aleph updating process.
2013-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday RDA Implementation Discusison
Description
The handout, which accompanied a group discussion at the 2013 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday, lists considerations for libraries related to the implementation of RDA.
2013-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Agenda
Description
Agenda items include sessions on implementing RDA, elements of RDA relating to electronic resources, support for Open Education Resources, copyright education on campus, and using the EDI invoicing feature.
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.
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 Library Resources Normandale
Description
The presentation covers library resources and services that are available for Normandale Partnership Students. It discusses the opening of Normandale's Partnership Center and how the library is helping students transition into partnership studies.
2013-10 User Group Meeting Futures Interest Group Report
Description
The report lists the Libraries Futures Interest Group's meetings and conference calls from fall 2012 to fall 2013. Topics of discussion included e-readers and e-books, linked data, social media, mobile apps, and planning future meetings.
2013-10 User Group Meeting Executive Committee Report
Description
The report describes four Executive Committee meetings from fall 2012 to fall 2013. Topics discussed at the meetings ranged from the MnPALS Circulation Policy to web-scale discovery.
2013-10 Cataloging User Group Meeting Indexing Task Force Report
Description
The report describes indexing changes and new indexes in Aleph. New indexes include the Original Language Index, Cataloging Language Index, and RDA Relator and Relationship Vocabularies.
Agenda items include sessions on Systems training, customizing PALSconnect Linker, connecting PubMed to PALSconnect Linker, Electronic Resource Management systems, and how libraries are doing circulation services, reports, and notices.
The presentation covered a variety of topics related to ILL. Topics of discussion include ILL70 patron link removal, Intransit for ILL and Circulation, adding page numbers to lending slips, displaying circulation notes, and OCLC Direct Request.
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.
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.
The presentation covers how Circulation and ILL work together to deal with overdue and lost items, as well as the responsibilities of the borrowing and lending libraries. It also describes how to update the status of overdue and lost items online.