Reference Users Group update from October 13, 2000. Probably located at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Topics include completed enhancements, an information literacy tutorial developed by Tom Eland, databases, proxy server, ZClient, and the 852 tag field.
2011-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Titles/Items Priv-21
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The report was designed for collection development to analyze library collections. It goes through types of Priv reports and how to use them to find specific information.
2011-10 User Group Meeting Reports Work Group Highlights 2010-2011
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The report recounts the highlights of the Reports Work Group from 2010 to 2011. The group met bimonthly via conference call to discuss creating new reports, improving existing reports, phasing out Priv-20, and how to answer IPED/NCES/ALS statistical questions with Aleph reports.
The report describes User Council meetings from fall 2010 to fall 2011. Meeting topics included better ways to prepare for User Group elections and workday planning. Over the course of the year, the Reference User Group changed its name to the Reference and Instruction User Group. The Cataloging User Group changed its governance structure to have three representatives from any two-year institution on the steering committee, rather than from a specific type of two-year institution.
2011-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Agenda
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The 2011 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday included sessions on OCLC local holding records, patron driven acquisition systems, copyright, and the move to RDA.
The 2011 Circulation and ILL Workday included sessions on Aleph version 20, circulation reports, updating potential supplier lists, and handling lost items.
Agenda items include the University of Minnesota's Scholarly Communication Collaborative, resources on the legislative website, information literacy for students, adapting PALS library services for mobile devices, staffing models for Reference, and implementing Summon at Normandale Community College.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Concordia Hierarchy of Learning
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The handout was part of the 2011 Reference and Instruction Workday and pictures the Hierarchy of Learning applied to information literacy at Concordia.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Trace a Study
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The document (created for Concordia College students) discusses how to trace a study from a popular press article back to the original journal article.