Agenda items include sessions on using library data to improve the student experience, ILL workflow, cash charges for lost items, licensing e-resources, marketing with social media.
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.
The document lists improvements to existing reports and new reports created by the Reports Work Group from fall 2012 to fall 2013. New reports include an ILL Lending report, a cash transactions report, and a report containing information about unfilled journal requests.
2013-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Minitex Overdue, Damaged, Lost Materials
Description
The document, created by the Minitex/ILL Committee, outlines how to handle overdue, damaged, and lost items. The information is pulled directly from the ILL Policy Database.
The presentation discussed patron driven acquisition (PDA) programs that are available. PDA at the College of Saint Benedict & Saint Johh's University is examined.
2014-4 Acquisitions/Serials Workday Spring Cleaning
Description
The document covers seven clean-up areas for Acquisitions/Serials data. It includes examples of how to clean data in invoices, monograph orders, budgets, standing orders, serial orders, subscription records, and orders without attached BIB or ADM records.
2014-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Cleaning Cash Charges for Lost Items
Description
The presentation describes a few different ways to clean up the data showing cash charges for lost items. The goal is to prevent, contain, or control the mess and then clean it up.
The presentation shows how social media can be used to market a library. Livingston Lord Library of MSU, Moorhead used Facebook to share renovation updates, a blog to share important news and collection information, and a chat function on their website to communicate with patrons.
Topics discussed include sending out an ILL survey to learn about the consortium's ILL operations, reviewing the ILL Policy, updating lists, and elections. Motion passed: The updated ILL Policy was approved and sent to the User Council and Executive Committee for review.
The presentation covers how MSU, Mankato negotiates licenses for e-resources, how license terms affect ILL, and the best ways to move forward with licensing.
The presentation covers a variety of topics, including e-books, ILL services for distance and online patrons, using non-ILL resources to fill requests, locally owned requests, and purchase on demand.
Agenda items include sessions on digital asset management (Islandora), e-copy and e-delivery, training effective student workers, EZproxy and D2L, batch deleting discontinued titles, and managing streaming video.
The presentation covers the creation of e-copy requests, e-copy potential supplier lists, and what happens when a lending library ships a request as an e-copy or c-copy. Options for e-delivery were also discussed.
The presentation discusses Islandora and its many functions, as well as how it is used by PALS. It was accompanied by demos that showed attendees how to ingest, edit, and then search various objects with Islandora.
The 2014 PALS Report includes all Aleph Subsystem Reports, news relating to PALS products and services, and recent activities of the various Task Forces and Office Teams. Highlights include updates to the PALS Support Center, new lending and replacement lending slips, Islandora growth, and Leech Lake Tribal College joining the Consortium.