2008-04 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Discussion on circulation issues reported on in the Spring 2008 PALS Support and Training Services Report, p.23-24. Additional discussions were on best practices and shortcuts sharing, aleph level statuses, new circ reports in development, and the Consortium's circulation policy. Determined that a workaround so that credits could be sent to ISRS/Business Office as well as debits would take significant resources and could create unseen side effects, but that there might be a solution in Aleph Version 18. If no solution in 18, then workaround request should be dropped. Lengthy discussion of p-circ-77, process to delete expired patrons.
2008-10 User Group Meeting PLIF Error Log Breakout Session
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Summary: Learn more about PLIF error logs and further your understanding of how the PLIF patron load system works, including handling errors generated by the system. This is documentation that accompanied presentation.
2010-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include voting for circulation module enhancements, version 20 migration, a joint workday with ILL, and elections: Ramsey Turner (BLC), Jay Nordstrom (GAC), and Jennifer Bruce (UCR) with term starting October 31, 2010.
The presentation discussed how to keep circulation tables up-to-date in each new academic year by adjusting circulation due dates, PLIF loader dates, patron expire dates, circulation overdue notices and bills, and calendar hours.
2011-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Distance and Online Patrons
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The presentation covered the services that SMSU provides to distance and online students, processing ILL requests for tangible library items, and some current (as of 2011) problems with the service.
2011-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Getting Most from Reports
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The presentation covered how to get the best use out of reports. Reports can be improved by seeing all the data, changing the layout, and learning/getting ideas from other reports and libraries.
2011-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Library Services to Distance/Online Patrons
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The presentation accompanied a discussion where panelists from several libraries talked about their services for distance and online patrons. Specific topics discussed included libraries' individual policies, administrative support for online services, the best ways to assist distance and online patrons, and more.
The presentation offered a look at PALS' new website (as of 2011) and how to log in to access some new features, such as the forum and wiki. It also went through how to enter and manage requests in the support center.
2012-10 Circulation User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include patron notification in OPAC, Globe University/Minnesota School of Business leaving the Consortium, new and updated Circulation reports, and elections: Private Colleges and Universities – Karen Ostovich (College of St. Scholastica) is the new representative with Ramsey Turner remaining as an alternate. Community and Technical Colleges – Kim Sy (Normandale Community College) is the new representative.
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.