Presentation slides for the Report of the Executive Director to the Annual Meeting of the Consortium of MnPALS Libraries. Introduces new PALS staff, topics include supporting the life cycle of knowledge from creation to curation (research data, Islandora, open access publishing, library management systems, discovery systems, DAM, institutional repositories. Also covers strategic plan goals, library management systems update, Evergreen, future ILS, web scale discovery, and VuFind.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Presentation
Description
The presentation covered the 2011 Reference and Instruction Workday agenda, the new PALS website, PALSconnect, Aleph version 20, PALSevergreen, the MnPALS Future Interest Group, and MnPALS Plus enhancements.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Mobile Devices PALS Products
Description
The presentation discussed the various PALS services available on mobile devices and ways that other libraries are successfully using mobile interfaces and apps. New functionalities were also introduced, such as PALSconnect Linker, ERM, and PALSevergreen.
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.
Official PALS report for the Fall 2010 User Group. Includes Aleph Subsystem Reports, Task Force reports, Office Team reports, Aleph Version 19 and 20 new OPAC features. Location of meeting not given. Possibly at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
The presentation covered strategic plan goals, including customer service, Aleph support, financial sustainability, Evergreen, and expanding product suite and customer base.
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.