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- Title
- 2011-10 User Group Meeting Full PALS Report
- Description
- The 2011 PALS Report focused on Aleph subsystems, updates to PALS products and services (EZproxy, MnPALS Plus, PALSconnect Linker, PALSconnect ERM, Evergreen), and current activities of task forces and office teams. Highlights include global changes to bibliographic records to reflect new MARC standards and testing Aleph version 21 before Consortium-wide implementation.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2011-10-19
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
- Description
- Topics discussed include CIRC-BRIEF records, OPAC display changes, the MnPALS Indexing Task Force, and elections: Amy Naughton (ADC) Diane Pollock (UCR) to continue for another term.
- Group
- Reference and Instruction User Group
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2010-10-28
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010-10 User Group Meeting Full PALS Report
- Description
- The report discusses Aleph subsystem reports, other products and services, task forces, and office teams.
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- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2010-10-28
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010 02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Motions Passed: In addition to sustaining the current User Group structure, that the User Council's motion to support the creation of additional interest group(s) to address larger consortium-wide issues, be accepted. Combine the categories of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges within the membership paragraph, yet retain four total members for the combined category. The first interest group formed in the User Group structure be a task force to look at principles to help guide the MnPALS Consortium in selecting a future ILS.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2010-02-11
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2009 11 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-11-12
- Years
- 2005-2009
- 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 Full PALS Report
- Description
- The report includes all PALS subsystem reports and information about task forces, office teams, and MnLINK Gateway.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-09-10
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2009 04 UC_EC Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Joint User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Rasmussen College is withdrawing from Consortium. Discovery Tool Task Force disbanded, but is “open” for the next discovery tool or service the consortium might want to develop. Motion passed: that the Executive Committee form a group to address the governance structure issues, to make recommendations, and to report back to User Council and Executive Committee after the Fall 2009 User Group meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2009-04-16
- 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
- 2008 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Web Meeting. Motion tabled: User Council recommends that the Governance Structure be changed to allow an at-large representative from a consolidated or technical college to be elected to User Council for further discussion. Motion passed: Executive Committee accepts the motion from the User Council: that the PALS office expedite the upgrade to version 19, pending a 30 day review by consortium members. Motion passed: to redraft and send to MnPALS consortium the document to set up the Consortium Needs Assessment Task Force.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-11-13
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. PALS Office formed a marketing committee. Motion passed: to restructure User Group meetings to one hour subsystem group meetings for business only and add breakout sessions. Mike Barnett retired.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-09-18
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 05 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
- Description
- Executive Committee Meeting Minutes.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-05-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008 05 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Motion passed to have one User Group meeting per year. Motion passed to have User Group meetings in the fall. Motion passed: In order to operationalize the Strategic Plan, the User Council recommends that the Executive Committee create a task force to establish processes to determine the needs of member libraries, to monitor future directions of technology to support library services and operations, and to move forward.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-05-01
- 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
- 2007 03 Annual Meeting Support and Training Services Report
- Description
- Support and Training Services Report for Annual Meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2007-03-22
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 03 Annual Meeting User Council Report
- Description
- User Council Report for Annual Meeting.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2007-03-22
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 02 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Keynote Speakers for Spring User Group Meeting: Shane Nackerud (UM) and Cody Hansen (UM). Task Forces Policy Document Motion: Insert “Every effort will be made to insure representation by size and type of library” after the first sentence of #4 [Membership]. Motion: change wording from “When” to “As_ in 7.b. Motion: accept Task Forces Policy document as amended and forward to the Executive Committee. Motion: The User Council requests that the Executive Committee identify 7 possible core activities for the consortium to pursue for the next 10 to 15 years. Motion: The User Council needs to identify and provide an appropriate forum to continue the discussion of strategic planning. Motion: Refer the Vision Statement that came out of the strategic planning process to the Executive Committee for revision. Motion: Recommend to the Executive Committee to assign 2 people to work with 2 people from the UC (Bothmann and Ewing) to edit and present a final draft Governance Structure document. Motion: Allow the MARC Task Force to move forward with a policy recommendation.
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- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-02-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 05 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Elections held. It was suggested that the MnSCU Library Director's website be linked from the PALS Website. It was recommended and approved that the Task Force chairs work on revising the current Task Force document.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-05-04
- Years
- 2005-2009
