2012-4 Circulation/ILL Workday Circulation Training
Description
The presentation goes through training for Circulation student employees at Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library. It includes information about differentiating between MnPALS and Aleph, checking out items, and working with ILL.
The presentation covered a variety of topics related to ILL. Topics of discussion include ILL70 patron link removal, Intransit for ILL and Circulation, adding page numbers to lending slips, displaying circulation notes, and OCLC Direct Request.
The presentation covers how Circulation and ILL work together to deal with overdue and lost items, as well as the responsibilities of the borrowing and lending libraries. It also describes how to update the status of overdue and lost items online.
2012-4 Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging Workday MnPALS Plus Digital Sets
Description
The presentation discussed MnPALS Plus digital resource sets. Sets are loaded into MnPALS Plus for patron discovery and access. Sets mentioned in the presentation include Films on Demand, Credo Reference, ebrary, Alexander Street Press Video, Oxford Reference, MN Digital Library Collections, and Minitex eBooks.
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.
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.
2012-10 User Group Meeting Executive Director Report
Description
The presentation covered strategic goals for 2013 to 2015. Goals included strengthening PALS' financial position, using Islandora Digital Asset Management System, and investigating Open Access Publishing Systems.
Presentation slides given at ILL Circulation Workday, presented by Agnes Lee (Minitex), Peter Jarnstrom (Minnesota State University Mankato), and Sonja Eilertson (PALS). Presentation covers various aspects of the Aleph Circulation module.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Presentation
Description
The presentation covered the 2011 Reference and Instruction Workday agenda, the new PALS website, PALSconnect, Aleph version 20, PALSevergreen, the MnPALS Future Interest Group, and MnPALS Plus enhancements.
2011-4 Reference and Instruction Workday Mobile Devices PALS Products
Description
The presentation discussed the various PALS services available on mobile devices and ways that other libraries are successfully using mobile interfaces and apps. New functionalities were also introduced, such as PALSconnect Linker, ERM, and PALSevergreen.
The presentation offered a look at PALS' new website (as of 2011) and how to log in to access some new features, such as the forum and wiki. It also went through how to enter and manage requests in the support center.
