Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter From Johnna’s Desk Member Highlight: Lauren Leighton, St. Mary University, Winona Random “things” of interest Book a Consultation
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PALS Newsletter April/May 2022
Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE May 2022 Release Highlights From Etta’s Desk Member Highlight: Kate Rolfe, Lake Superior College, Duluth Consortium Board/Network Zone Representatives Policy Group Chairs
PALS Newsletter March/April 2022
Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE April 2022 Release Highlights Alma Hidden Gems Member Highlight: Wail Kailani, Rochester Community and Technical College MnPALS Spring Gathering NERS Enhancement Voting (First round)
PALS Newsletter February/March 2022
Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE March 2022 Release Highlights More about Libstats Member Highlight: Kevin McGrew UMWUG survey
LibStats has a New Home
LibStats is an open source program libraries use to record data about questions asked at service desks. St. Cloud State University used to host it for several institutions in our consortium. They added a few fields, most notably the READ Score. They also added several extra reports. Now PALS has taken the orphaned 2009 version of the code (https://code.google.com/archive/p/libstats/) and updated it to work with current versions of Linux and MySQL. We also updated to https to get rid of […]
PALS Newsletter January/February 2022
Our latest newsletter is available on our PALS Newsletters page. Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE January/February 2022 Release Highlights ERM Spring Cleaning Member Highlight: Diane Groen Sharits Sandbox Refresh
Broken Link Reporting in Primo VE
Previously included as part of the November/December 2021 PALS Newsletter. Introduced by PALS in June 2020, PALS Tech Staff (mainly Simon Mai) adapted code shared on the Ex Libris Tech Blog allowing library patrons and staff to report problems linking out to Electronic Collections from Primo VE. Originally designed for use by a single library, PALS Tech Staff enhanced the code to allow multiple libraries to use the Broken Link Reporting functionality while allowing PALS staff to run a single […]
PALS Newsletter November/December 2021
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
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
