2004 10 User Group Minutes of the MnSCU Cataloging User Group Meeting
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Minutes taken by Dennis Meissner, Minnesota Historical Society, with contributions by Monica Ralston. Includes PALS report, by Mary Ann Greenwald. Other topics include Effecting Change via NAUUG Voting, Marketing Task Force Representative, and Support Pilot Project for Interlibrary Collaboration and Reduced Reliance on Central PALS Staff, PALS workplan priorities. Bobby Bothman presented concerns and proposals from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Several actions were taken in response to his concerns. Monica Ralston also presented several concerns from the Minnesota Historical Society. Several actions were taken. A motion was moved and passed that gives PALS libraries the option to use third party records. See document for details. Adam Marsnik moved that PALS investigate the procedure of sending third party record holdings back to OCLC and that this be reported by January 1, 2005. Motion passed.
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.
2010 04 User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
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Joint User Council and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes. Motion passed: Orrin Ausen and Michael Kirby will make recommendations regarding governance details of the Futures Interest Group and report back to the User Council and Executive Committee in the fall. Motion passed: terms of the Steering Committees and representatives to the User Council at the User Group Meeting will coincide with User Group Elections.
Motion passed: That the MnPALS Strategic Plan dated December 2006, be reviewed by all Executive Committee members before the next quarterly meeting and discussed as an agenda item at the November meeting.
Official PALS report for the Fall 2010 User Group. Includes Aleph Subsystem Reports, Task Force reports, Office Team reports, Aleph Version 19 and 20 new OPAC features. Location of meeting not given. Possibly at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
The presentation covered strategic plan goals, including customer service, Aleph support, financial sustainability, Evergreen, and expanding product suite and customer base.
2010-10 Reference and Instruction User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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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.
Motion passed: Amendment to change the Cataloging Steering Committee as follows: Replace the three representative types of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges with one type, MnSCU Two-year Colleges. Version 20 update.
2010-10 Cataloging User Group Meeting Minutes and Agenda
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Topics discussed include the subsystem version 20 update, Minitex, the MnPALS Indexing Task Force, RDA changes, and elections: Carrie Curie (MSCTC, Moorhead), Sarah Quimby (Historical Society), and Diane Narum (Bemidji State) were elected for two-year terms. Motion passed: Replace the three representative types of Community Colleges and Technical Colleges with one type, MnSCU Two-year Colleges. MnSCU Two-year Colleges would have three representatives on the Cataloging Steering Committee.
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.