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- 2004 10 User Group Minutes of the MnSCU Cataloging User Group Meeting
- Description
- Minutes taken by Dennis Meissner, Minnesota Historical Society, with contributions by Monica Ralston. Includes PALS report, by Mary Ann Greenwald. Other topics include Effecting Change via NAUUG Voting, Marketing Task Force Representative, and Support Pilot Project for Interlibrary Collaboration and Reduced Reliance on Central PALS Staff, PALS workplan priorities. Bobby Bothman presented concerns and proposals from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Several actions were taken in response to his concerns. Monica Ralston also presented several concerns from the Minnesota Historical Society. Several actions were taken. A motion was moved and passed that gives PALS libraries the option to use third party records. See document for details. Adam Marsnik moved that PALS investigate the procedure of sending third party record holdings back to OCLC and that this be reported by January 1, 2005. Motion passed.
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- Cataloging User Group
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- Minutes
- Date
- 2004-10-26
- Years
- 2000-2004
- Title
- 2005 03 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Annual Meeting Minutes.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
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- Minutes
- Date
- 2005-03-31
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2005 09 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: to name the consortium "Consortium of MnPALS Libraries". This name will be placed in three places in the mission statement and goals.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2005-09-08
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2005 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
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- Minutes
- Date
- 2005-11-10
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. User Fees and Participant Charges for FY 2007 were approved. Motion passed: to appoint a task force to look at fees for training and other training issues.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-02-02
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 04 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Annual Meeting Minutes. Included guest speaker Richard Madaus, Technology Curves and Libraries. Small group discussions were held in the afternoon. PALS top priority continues to be operations and support.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-04-11
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2006 05 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Elections held. Motion passed: to have PALS authorization to ask staff to be on call on weekdays if needed. Motion passed: for a report on web OPAC customization. Motion passed: to involve the User Council and the Executive Committee in a strategic planning for a one day meeting (possibly two) with a facilitator.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-05-04
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 09 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Deans/Directors/Coordinators will go by the name of Administrators & Coordinators.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-09-07
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: to accept the recommended 7% increase for PALS fees in 2008. Motion passed: to accept the proposed increase and additions to the Participant Library Charges.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-02-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2007 03 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Annual Meeting Minutes. Fees for 2008 were approved. Introduction to Strategic Planning Discussion. Small group breakouts regarding Current Situations and Trends. Small group breakouts for Vision and Action Planning.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-03-22
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 09 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Two motions of "thank you" for Becky Bell and for Linda Richter were approved. Todd Digby introduced the new Director of MnPALS, Stephen Elfstrand. Mark Scipioni has been brought in as a consultant from Minnesota Department of Administration. Motions passed from PALS Centralization survey report: to customize XSL forms and to upgrade forms customization from version to version. Motion passed: to consolidate PALS e-mail lists. Motion passed: to accept Version 18 draft project plan document. Motion failed: have a steering committee be involved as an advisory board to any staffing issues relating to services provided by the PALS office. Stephen Elfstrand demoed the discovery tool that Al Rykhus has been working with (based on PRIMO open source). By consensus agreed that Stephen will pursue the development/exploration of open source.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
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- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-09-10
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Todd Digby was able to secure $65,000 from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for upgraded Proxy Server and other technology innovations.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-11-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2007 11 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Waldo consortium in NY has signed a contract with Koha LibLime. Discussion on the merits of one or two-day user group meetings, including workdays discussion.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-11-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 02 User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Joint User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. PALS will not be buying ARC2. The discovery tool is ready. Koha, Equinox, and Evergreen demos coming up. Proxy server upgrade to EZproxy. Discussion on Consortium’s Future Direction and Members’ Needs.
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- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-02-07
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: to drop any consideration of going with ARC2. Motion passed: MnPALS staff will focus available resources to consortium-wide activities and innovative services such as Version 18 features, open source initiatives, and improvements to user interfaces. MnPALS will not move towards the implementation of Aleph Version 19 unless Executive Committee directs. The Innovation and Project Management Coordinator is a new idea and would oversee teams such as Open Source ILS, EZproxy, OpenURL, etc. Motion passed: to accept changes to Participant Library Charges.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-02-07
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 03 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-03-20
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2008-04 Acquisitions/Serials User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Reviewed PALS report. Email lists reduced to two: MnPALS Announce & MnPALS Discuss. Elections were held. Secretary - Michelle Ehlert (Metro State) was unanimously approved. User Council Representative-Heather Biedermann (MSU-Mankato) was unanimously approved. Both are for 2 year terms beginning in May. Michelle will also serve as an alternate to the User Council. Aleph version 18 enhancements discussed.
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- Acquisitions/Serials User Group
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- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009
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- 2008-04 Systems User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Minutes and agenda for the Spring 2008 User Group Meeting. Carrie Curie recorder. There was a lot of discussions on EZProxy implementation, conversion from LibProxy. Other discussions included the Reports Group as a deciding and peer-review group, statistics for NCES survey (formerly IPEDS), Aleph Version 18 inter-library-loan privileges, and using an email address to link LDAP and ALEPH.
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- Systems User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-04 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- A motion was made that the Reference User Group recommend to the User Council that we hold one User Group (probably in the Spring) meeting per year and one work day (probably in the fall). Motion passed that MnPALS Access Task force be disbanded. Discussed open source ILS options, a concern expressed that there were "too many irons in the fire" and no consortia consensus.
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- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-04-17 Cataloging User Group Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- User group meeting minutes for Spring 2008. Main topics of discussion include frequency of user group meetings, and workday discussion. Includes a discussion on course reserves based on question from Lisa Lentz. Other business included various Task Force reports, a discussion on open source, and possible ELUNA presentations. There was a motion made by Adam Marsnik for User Group to be held once a year and workday once a year. Vote was for fall Workday and Spring User Group.
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- Cataloging User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009