User Group Meetings - Spring 2007

The Spring 2007 Consortium of MnPALS Libraries User Group meetings will be held Monday, April 16 and Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at St. Cloud State University, Atwood Memorial Center.

Monday's Schedule
9:00 - 9:30	Registration and Refreshments
9:30 - 11:00	General Session (Cascade) Recorded Session
	Welcome and Introductions - Linda Richter, PALS Executive Director's Report Technical Services Report Support Services Report Executive Committee Report - Orrin Ausen, BLC Strategic Planning Report User Council Report - Michael Kirby, DCT Draft Governance Structure Reports Task Force Report - Luda Lindahl, PALS MnPALS Progress Report - Becky Bell, PALS Evaluation of PALS Staff Current Workload Aleph Tasks for Libraries and System Office New features in version 17 from Work Plan Version 17 SI's sent to vendor You must be associated with a PALS member library to access these documents. For the appropriate user name and password, contact your Systems Librarian or the PALS office. System Director of Libraries Report - Todd Digby, MnSCU
11:00 - 4:00	SUPPORT CENTER (Glacier South)
11:00 - 12:00	Lunch
Session 1
12:00 - 2:00	Acquisitions/Serials Subsystem Meeting (Voyaguers South)
12:00 - 1:30	Circulation Subsystem Meeting (Cascade)
1:30 - 2:00	Joint CIRC/ILL Meeting (Cascade)
2:00 - 2:15	Break
Session 2
2: 15 - 4:15	Systems Subsystem Meeting (Voyaguers North)
2: 15 - 4:15	ILL Subsystem Meeting (Voyaguers South)
Session 3
4:15 - 4:45	Steering Committee Meetings (Voyaguers North/South)

Tuesday's Schedule
9:00 - 9:30	Registration and Refreshments
9:30 - 11:00	General Session (Cascade) Recorded Session
	Welcome and Introductions - Linda Richter Toward the Social Library Powerpoint presentation Shane Nackerud and Cody Hanson of the University of Minnesota Libraries will discuss Web 2.0 and Library 2.0, and the technologies such as blogs, wikis, RSS, tagging, and folksonomy which have powered this profound evolution in online services. They will describe current implementations relevant to academic libraries and how future library systems can take advantage of these technologies.
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:00 - 2:00	SUPPORT CENTER (Glacier South)
Session 1
11:15 - 12:15	Joint Meeting Cataloging & Reference (Cascade)
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
Session 2
1:15 - 3:15	Cataloging Subsystem Meeting (Voyaguers South)
1:15 - 3:15	Reference Subsystem (Voyaguers South)
Session 3
3:15 - 3:45	Steering Committee Meetings

Reports and Documentation
All PALS reports and documentation were distributed in electronic format before the meetings.