- Title
- 2009 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Move to combine the categories of Community College and Technical Colleges within the membership paragraph, yet retain four total members for the combined category. (moved to amend the motion, to drop it for this month.) Robbie LaFleur will draft the new language, to be approved by the Executive Committee at the February meeting. Final authorization could take place at the Annual Meeting. Motion to ask the User Council to come up with a proposal for a new User Group structure by the February meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-11-12
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009-10 User Group Meeting MnPALS Plus Working Group Report
- Description
- Topics discussed include the creation of a Working Group and usability testing the release of MnPALS Plus version 2.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009-10 User Group Meeting PALS Report
- Description
- The presentation covered Aleph, MnPALS Plus, Electronic Resource Management, ILS and Evergreen, and marketing.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motions passed: That the User Council establish a “MnPALS Plus Working Group” to provide oversight for decision-making for MnPALS Plus; That all future suggestions and requests for refinements and enhancements to MnPALS Plus should be submitted to a MnPALS Plus board created on the MnPALS forums. Bug reports should continue to be reported through the Support Center; That the User Council accepts as completed the work of the DTTF and disband the group, while establishing working groups for any new discovery tools and services PALS may be exploring; User Council recommended the Governance Structure be changed to allow an at-large representative from a consolidated, community, or technical college to be elected to User Council; increase User fees by 7% for FY2010; A motion to approve the increase in participant charges for PALS effective July 1, 2009; Vote for members of the Needs Assessment Task Force and that this group also work on a Library 2020 document in response to the MnSCU 2020.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-02-12
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 02 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motions Passed: That the User Council accepts as completed the work of the DTTF and disband the group while establishing working groups for any new discovery tools and services PALS may be exploring; that the User Council establishes a “MnPALS Plus Working Group” to provide oversight for decision-making for MnPALS Plus; that all future suggestions and requests for refinements and enhancements to MnPALS Plus should be submitted to a MnPALS Plus board created on MnPALS forums. Bug reports should continue to be reported through the Support Center; recommend that the Executive Committee consider that the Needs Assessment Task Force draft a proactive Library 2020 document as an informative response to MnSCU 2020.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-02-09
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Reference Source Eval
- Description
- The document is meant to walk students through the process of locating and evaluating references for research projects at Concordia College. It includes instructions on how to search the MnPALS Plus online catalog.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2008-5-20
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-10 User Group Meeting Executive Committee Report
- Description
- Executive Committee report at the Fall 2008 User Group Meeting. This report contains highlights on major issues throughout the year, including investigating Aleph Version 19, open source ILS alternatives, marketing opportunities for MnPALS Plus Discovery, a needs assessment to operationalize the strategic plan, and governance structure.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2008-10-29
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-10 User Group Meeting Welcome and PALS Report
- Description
- Report by PALS Executive Director for the Fall 2008 User Group Meeting. Covered the new user group format, available breakouts, workdays, site visits, improving services, open source options, Aleph Version 18, Aleph Version 19, MnPALS Plus, WorldCat Local, Koha, Evergreen, Discovery team, and the strategic plan.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Presentation
- Date
- 2008-10-29
- Years
- 2005-2009