Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE December 2021 Release Highlights Broken Link Reporting in Primo VE Member Highlight: Laura Bell Metadata Contemplation
Archives for 2021
OER Librarian Workdays 2021
Ignite Affordable Education The focus of day one (October 1, 2021) of the 5th annual OER librarian workdays was on developing an OER toolkit to better support faculty on their OER journey. The schedule was: Introductions in breakout rooms Information on Open Education Network from Tim Anderson (Educational Innovations, System Office) Learning Circles from Karen Pikula (Central Lakes College/System Office) Combatting Misconceptions & Myths Facilitator: Keith Cich (Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College) Panel: Randi Madisen (Century College), Kate […]
PALS Newsletter–September/October 2021
The September/October PALS Newsletter, our first for this academic year, is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Contents include: Alma and Primo VE Summer 2021 release highlights PALS Summer Update Member Highlight: Ed Warga, St. Cloud State University
Celebration: CLiC Migration Accomplished!
I’m thrilled to report that the CLiC to MnPALS migration was successful and Bethel, Hamline, St. Kate’s, Northwestern, Concordia, and St. Thomas are all live on the MnPALS Alma environment! (I want to use more exclamation points than that, but…you get the idea.) This was a big project at a busy time of the year, and I am grateful to the migration team members from the six libraries (Amy Reinhold, Bethel; Jeanine Gatzke, Concordia; Mary O’Dea, Hamline; Nate Farley, Northwestern; […]
Lake Superior Libraries Symposium
Mapping Our Identity Friday, June 11, 2021 – Virtual Conference Text courtesy of Matt Rosendahl, Library Director, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth Registration for the FREE ninth Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! The conference will be held virtually on Friday, June 11th, 2021. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and participate. Register today! This FREE event will include a keynote by Fobazi Ettarh, creator of […]
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE May 2021 release From Johnna’s Desk Announcement: Coming soon! Member Highlight: Jill Holman, PALS, Mankato MnPALS and CliC Migration Update Book a Consultation with PALS Support Click here to see the full newsletters.
Content in Islandora 8
The organization of an Islandora 7 site’s content is defined by the Fedora Object to Object Relationship Metadata (RELS-EXT). Every object in an Islandora 7 repository has a RELS-EXT datastream that defines the object’s relationship(s) within the repository. For example, the RELS-EXT for a newspaper issue contains information about the newspaper object of which it is a member. In Islandora 8, these relationships are defined within Drupal. The Islandora 8 default configuration adds to Drupal the content type of Repository […]
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE April 2021 release In-Depth: The Lifecycle of a Support Center Ticket Member Highlight: Sheila Hatchell, Minnesota Department of Transportation Library, St. Paul MnPALS Virtual Conference | April 5 – 9, 2021 MnPALS and CliC migration update Book a Consultation with PALS Support Click here to see the full newsletters.
Registration is open!
Free MnPALS Virtual Conference 2021 Flexibility in Library Services: Rediscovering our WorkMonday, April 5 – Friday, April 9, 2021 (CDT) Registration Link Sessions run Monday through Friday with one session per time slot Technology requirements for attendance: Computer Internet connection Microphone/speakers (headset recommended) or telephone Zoom will be used and is free for use by attendees You do not need to be a MnPALS member to attend this free conference The session description page is found here Hope to see […]
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE March 2021 release In-Depth: CLiC Migration Member Highlight: Nathan Rinne, Concordia University, St. Paul MnPALS Virtual Conference | April 5 – 9, 2021 Meeting of the Minds Book a Consultation with PALS Support Click here to see the full newsletters.