Pages
- Title
- 2002 10 User Group Database Quality Management Task Force
- Description
- Report from the Database Quality Management Task Force noon hour meeting at the Fall 2002 User Group. Outlines requests made by the Database Quality Management Task Force.
- Group
- User Groups, Database Quality Management Task Force
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2002-10-25
- Years
- 2000-2004
- Title
- 2003 User Group Support Services Report
- Description
- Support Services report for Fall 2003 User Groups.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2003
- Years
- 2000-2004
- Title
- 2005 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. EC will send a representative to the UC meetings. Standardize dates for User Group meetings as last week of October and second week of April. Motion passed: to rewrite the charge for the Access Task Force. Mission statement and goals were approved by EC and distributed to UC members.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2005-09-08
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2005 11 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: that the top 3 priorities for this year are Migration, ILL, and version 17. Motion passed: that the PALS office continue to communicate regarding approved changes as they are done; and identify approved changes likely to be worked on in the coming year. Additionally, Council requests that the PALS office communicate which approved changes they expect will be fixed in version 17, and which approved changes are unlikely to be addressed this year. Motion passed: The User Council will override the current bylaws and temporarily allow a librarian currently not in the Serials and Acquisitions area to convene this user group. Motion passed: Until all the MnPALS consortium libraries are on version 17, or until the Access Task Force has a chair, the group will focus on the following two efforts. 1) Review the backlog of approved work requests from the Access Task Force and the Customization Task Force that preceded it, to reconsider the work and priorities assigned. 2) Focus on textual issues related to the public access screens. The name of the User Council will be "Consortium of MnPALS Libraries User Council." Motion passed: The User Council appoint Keith Ewing to serve as the MATF Chair through the spring of 2006.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2005-11-10
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 02 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. A group was formed to edit the Access Task Force process document and make it generic.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-02-02
- 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
- Title
- 2006 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Outside firm has been hired to update the PALS Web site.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2006-09-07
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2006 12 Governance Structure MnSCU/PALS
- Description
- Document that outlines the governance structure of MnSCU/PALS - how the Executive Committee is structured, how the User Council is structured, how the Deans/Directors/Coordinators group is structured and, and how User Groups are structured. Also included are the mission and purposes of the various groups.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2006-12
- 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.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-02-01
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 09 User Council Meeting Minutes
- Description
- User Council Meeting Minutes. Group consensus was that focus should be on upgrading to version 18, prioritizing of the most needed changes and fixes, and relegating outstanding problem tickets to the back burner. Recommended that PALS close the Aleph-Migration listserv. Recommended creating a new electronic list devoted to maintenance and system alerts. Motion passed: that customization and upgrading of XSL forms, and assisting with table changes during version upgrades should be priorities for centralization of tasks to the PALS office. Motion passed: to recommend to the Executive Committee that the PALS Draft Project Plan be approved. Motion passed: to recommend to Executive Committee that Booking be investigated as soon after the version 18 upgrade as possible.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2007-09-10
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2007 User Council Guidelines
- Description
- Document outlining the responsibilities for User Group Conveners, the User Council Chair, User Council Members, the User Council Representative to the DDC/EC, and voting structure.
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2007
- 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 Executive Committee Report at User Group Meeting
- Description
- Includes history on 2007/2008 motions passed and recommendations. Stephen Elfstrand began in August 2007.
- Group
- User Groups, Executive Committee and User Council
- Form
- Minutes
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-04 User Group Meeting Technical Services Report
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- Years
- 2005-2009
- Title
- 2008-04 User Group Support and Training Services Report
- Description
- Full PALS report for the 2008 Spring User Group Meeting, covering support and training services, subsystem reports (acquisitions, serials, cataloging, and more). Includes statistics on support tickets.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2008-04-17
- 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
- 2009-10 User Group Meeting Agenda
- Description
- Meetings that took place include: Acquisitions/Serials Subsystem Business Meeting, Cataloging Subsystem Business Meeting, Reference Subsystem Business Meeting, Systems Subsystem Business Meeting, Circulation Subsystem Business Meeting, and ILL Subsystem Business Meeting.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Agenda
- Date
- 2009-10-28
- 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
- 2010 04 Governance Structure
- Group
- Executive Committee and User Council, User Groups
- Form
- Other
- Date
- 2010-04-15
- Years
- 2010-2014
- Title
- 2010 10 User Group Meeting Director's Report
- Description
- Discusses strategic plan, goals, Aleph, ideas for cutting expenses, Evergreen, MnPALS PLUS.
- Group
- User Groups
- Form
- Report
- Date
- 2010-10-28
- Years
- 2010-2014