2013-10 User Group Meeting Futures Interest Group Report
Description
The report lists the Libraries Futures Interest Group's meetings and conference calls from fall 2012 to fall 2013. Topics of discussion included e-readers and e-books, linked data, social media, mobile apps, and planning future meetings.
The presentation discussed patron driven acquisition (PDA) programs that are available. PDA at the College of Saint Benedict & Saint Johh's University is examined.
The presentation covers a variety of topics, including e-books, ILL services for distance and online patrons, using non-ILL resources to fill requests, locally owned requests, and purchase on demand.
2013-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Agenda
Description
Agenda items include sessions on implementing RDA, elements of RDA relating to electronic resources, support for Open Education Resources, copyright education on campus, and using the EDI invoicing feature.
2011-10 User Group Meeting Futures Interest Group Report
Description
The report lists the FIG meetings that took place from fall 2010 to fall 2012. Topics discussed include federated vs. aggregated search, eXtensible Catalog, legal issues with e-books and e-readers, mobile access to library resources, and digital asset management.
2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday Agenda
Description
Agenda items include sessions on copyright for digital media, bibliographic metadata in RDA, moving from print to electronic journals, digital resource sets in MnPALS Plus, genre and form headings for moving images, Century College Library's experience with e-books, and preparing for the Library of Congress to implement RDA.
The presentation covered a variety of topics relating to ILL. Discussions points included e-books, ILL functionality in the next ILS, ILL services for distance and online patrons, locally owned requests, frequently requested titles through ILL, cooperative collection development, and borrowing filled and unfilled requests.
Agenda items include sessions on the Reports Group's recent activities, Islandora, useful apps for productivity and database access, electronic resources in libraries, RDA, social media, and Aleph Inventory at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
2012-10 User Group Meeting E-Resources in Your Library
Description
The presentation covered electronic resources in libraries, such as e-books and e-journals. Discussion focused on challenges in managing e-resources and patrons' access to them.