MnPALS Fall 2009 User Groups

The Consortium of MnPALS Libraries Fall 2009 User Group Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the Neighborhood House at Wellstone Center, 179 Robie Street East, Saint Paul.

Location and directions can be found at: http://www.neighb.org/rent_location.aspx. Parking is available in the ramp attached to the Wellstone Center, free of charge.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Refreshments (Room 212)

9:00 - 9:50 a.m. (Session 1)

Acquisitions/Serials Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 208)
Breakout - General Cataloging Q & A (Room 212)
Breakout - EZproxy / OCLC Link Manager and CUFTS (Room 272)
- Perry Madden and Dan Honetschlager (PALS) look at how your proxy server and Open URL Link Resolvers can work together. Includes some setup hints as well as plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

10:00 - 10:50 a.m. (Session 2)

Cataloging Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 212)
Breakout - MnPALS Plus version 2 (Room 272)
- Members of the MnPALS Plus Working Group and the PALS staff will talk about new features recently implemented for MnPALS Plus, as well as solicit opinions on what enhancements should be worked on next.

11:00 - 11:50 a.m. (Session 3)

Reference Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 208)
Breakout - Cataloging Automation Q & A (Room 212)
Breakout - Minitex/MnLINK ILL Subcommittee ILL Best Practices Survey (Room 272)
- Minitex/MnLINK ILL Subcommittee sent a questionnaire asking ILL staff to provide feedback on best practices for borrowing and lending. Members of the Minitex/MnLINK ILL Subcommittee will provide work flow tips and best practices from the survey or their own experiences.
  1. Aleph Borrowing Categories Housekeeping
  2. Aleph Lending Categories Housekeeping

12:00 - 1:20 p.m. Lunch / General Session (Room 272)

PALS Report - Stephen Elfstrand, PALS Executive Director
Executive Committee Report - Paul Dahl, Minnesota Department of Health
User Council Report - Bobby Bothmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Needs Assessment Task Force Report - Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University
- MnPALS Needs Assessment Survey Results (2009)
- Details Spreadsheet (.xslx format)
General Session Webcast
- We will broadcast the day's General Session, beginning shortly after 12:00 Noon. If you are unable to attend, but would like to listen in, you can connect with your browser:
  - Adobe Connect session: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/ug102809/
  - Conference Phone Line: 507-389-1014
    
    Someone from the PALS staff will be monitoring the chat section of the sessions for questions you may wish to ask

1:30 - 2:20 p.m.

Systems Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 212)
Breakout - GOBI/Blackwell Collection Manager (ACQ/SER) (Room 208)
- Is your library using an electronic service for selection and acquisition of monographs? Rachel Wexelbaum (St. Cloud State University) and Joe Holtermann (Minnesota State University, Mankato) will facilitate a discussion about two current services (YBP GOBI and Blackwell Collection Manager) and their benefits and challenges.
Breakout - Minitex Update (Room 272)
- Bill DeJohn and other Minitex staff will update attendees on Minitex projects and products

2:20 - 2:30 p.m. Refreshments Available

2:30 - 3:20 p.m.

Circulation Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 212)
Breakout - Adding ILL Borrowing Prints to communicate with your patrons (Room 208)
- Gustavus Adolphus staff added additional letters to ILL borrowing Print for Renewal Accepted, Renewal Rejected and Arrival Letter Second Notice. Sonja Timmerman (GAC/MNG) will present how she uses these letters to communicate with her patrons and Dan Honetschlager (PALS) will talk about how to add prints.
Breakout - PALSconnect: ERM / Linker (Room 272)
- Dee Nolan, Linda Richter, and Perry Madden will introduce our newest products.

3:30 - 4:20 p.m.

ILL Subsystem Business Meeting (Room 212)
Breakout - Legacy Amendment (Room 208)
- Kathie Otto (MN Historical Society) will talk about the Legacy Amendment, explain the new Historical and Cultural (Legacy) Grants program for history projects and historic preservation projects, and will answer general questions. Libraries are eligible to apply for history-related projects and to partner with other organizations on projects.

4:30 p.m.