ILL Community of Interest
2022-07-18 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | MN, United States
Topic: Resource Sharing in Analytics
Date: July 18, 2022
Time: 2:30-3:30
Facilitator: Wendy Gibson, Minnesota State University Moorhead
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-08-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meeting Agenda: Over the summer we will shorten the meeting time to 30 minutes, with the option for extending to an hour if we have more to discuss. The agenda will be an open forum. If you have a topic in mind, please send the idea, and we will address it at the meeting.

Meeting of the Minds
2022-08-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Perry Madden will be hosting in place of Johnna Horton. Open discussion.
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/s/977458558
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Cataloging Community of Interest
2022-08-18 10:00 - 10:30 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link
Agenda and Minutes

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-09-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meeting Details
* Topic: Summer Discovery Projects
* What projects and/or tweaks have you been working on over the summer?
* Any Discovery goals for the upcoming year?
Meeting Agenda:

August Primo VE Release Notes
Main Discussion: Summer Discovery Projects
Open Forum: What’s going on at your library and/or questions, issues, problems, etc.

PALS OFFICE CLOSED
2022-09-05, 2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25, 2022-12-26, 2023-01-02 | MN, United States

Cataloging Community of Interest
2022-09-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Online Meeting
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center.
Agenda and Minutes

2022-2023 Consortium Board meetings
2022-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
All MnPALS members welcome to attend! The meeting will be held in Zoom webinar format (link in the Agenda), which means the Board will be unmuted and the observers will not.
Agenda
Membership

Meeting of the Minds
2022-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
These MnPALS consortium meetings are held virtually on the second Wednesday of each month. Watch the MnPALS list for login information.
To sign up for the MnPALS mailing list, please go the MnPALS Essentials guide.

Circulation Community of Interest
2022-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Meeting
Circulation Community of Interest Discussion Topic: Equipment or other Collections moderated by Netanya Roden, Concordia University, St. Paul.

For session details review the Circ COI Schedule located on the Circ COI Page found at the following url: https://palssupport.zohodesk.com/portal/en/kb/articles/circulation-community-of-interest
Please submit any questions or topic ideas using the Circulation COI submission form located at the following url: https://forms.office.com/r/QqebWmBLeu

We look forward to seeing you at our meeting, Thanks!

ILL Community of Interest
2022-09-19 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Topic: Highlights/Updates in Alma for Resource Sharing
Date: September 19, 2022
Facilitator: Sonja Eilertson, PALS
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center.
At this link
ILL Community of Interest

RIPL (Reference & Instruction Community of Interest)
2022-09-22 13:00 - 14:00 | MN, United States
Topic:
We hope you can join us for the first RIPL (Reference & Instruction PALS Librarians) discussion of the 22/23 academic year: Assessing the New “Normal” of Reference & Instruction Services Post-COVID-19.
COVID-19 was a massive disruption to library services, and reference and instruction services were no exception. With COVID-19 moving from the pandemic to the endemic stage, many colleges are attempting to return to “normal.” Please join us to take stock of the meaning of the word “Normal” in a post-COVID-19 context. Are academic libraries “bouncing back” to the norm? Or are we finding that student and faculty expectations of library services have so changed that libraries will need to fundamentally change to meet new demands?
There will be no readings for this session. Just come prepared to discuss to the following questions:

How did COVID-19 affect your library’s usage data (e.g. foot traffic, virtual and in-person reference services, number of instructional sessions, and etc.)? Are library usage data returning to pre-COVID-19 norms?
What major difficulties with Reference & Instruction have you encountered post-COVID-19? How has your library attempted to address these difficulties?
What major successes has your library had with Reference & Instruction post-COVID-19?
Have student or faculty behaviors or expectations changed post-COVID-19? If so, how? How are you addressing these changes?
Has COVID-19 fundamentally altered how libraries offer reference & instruction services? If so, how do you think we should adjust?

Tentative Agenda:

Welcome
Open Forum (Ask questions, get feedback, and share frustrations or successes)
Main topic/discussion
Future meeting topics
Call for new co-chair(s) (Scott’s last year leading)

Topic & Discussion Question Suggestions
Use this form to:

Submit discussion topic ideas related to reference and instruction for future RIPL discussions.
Volunteer to lead a future RIPL discussion.
Submit a discussion question related to a future discussion topic.

Leganto Community of Interest Meeting
2022-10-13 14:00 - 15:00 | MN, United States
The MnPALS Leganto Community of Interest group meets every other month to discuss Leganto configurations, LMS configurations, ideas, and release notes. Join us to find out more about Leganto or how to maintain it on your campus.
See the Leganto COI page(login required) for agendas and other details

RIPL (Reference & Instruction Community of Interest)
2022-10-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Meeting
Topic: Go-to Research Tools (Show & Tell)
Zoom Link can be found in the PALS Support Center Answer for RIPL (sign in required).
We will look at several subject areas and have everyone share their own “Best Bets” list; in other words, what they consider to be the best databases and other resources, both free and paid, to which they direct researchers at their institution for various subjects. Because many of us provide research support to multiple academic disciplines with which we have very little experience, it can be valuable to hear what people with a bit more experience in a given subject area recommend to researchers they support.
There will be no readings for this session. Just come prepared to discuss your go-to recommendations for any of the following subject areas:

Freshman Composition/College Writing
Health Sciences
Video Resources
Business
Humanities
Sciences
Social Sciences
Education
Other?

As usual, we will begin with an open forum, but most of the hour will be spent on our main discussion topic for the month.
Future Topic & Discussion Question Suggestions
Use this form to:

Submit discussion topic ideas related to reference and instruction for future RIPL discussions.
Volunteer to lead a future RIPL discussion.
Submit a discussion question related to a future discussion topic.

OER Librarian Community of Practice
2022-11-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Meeting
OER Librarian Community of Practice on November 2 at 3 pm
Register here: https://asanewsletter.org/event/oer-librarians-community-of-practice/
The first meeting will focus on discussion with colleagues about how to support no-cost classes with library resources.

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-11-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link for Meetings can be found in the Discovery COI Answerbook Page
Meeting Details

Topic: Our main topic of discussion will be a Primo Ranking and Boosting Show & Tell. If your institution has done anything other than the default settings for these, we’d love to hear the whats and whys. We’ve set up a Jamboard where you can share what you have. We’ll also review a portion of the November Primo Release Notes and make time at the end for Open Forum, where we share news or questions.

Meeting Agenda:

November Primo VE Release Notes
Main Discussion: Primo Ranking and Boosting Show & Tell
Open Forum: What’s going on at your library and/or questions, issues, problems, etc.

Circulation Community of Interest Meeting
2022-11-10 10:00 - 11:00 | MN, United States
Circulation Community of Interest Discussion
Topic: TBD .

For session details review the Circ COI Schedule located on the Circ COI Page found at the following url (login required): https://palssupport.zohodesk.com/portal/en/kb/articles/circulation-community-of-interest
Please submit any questions or topic ideas using the Circulation COI submission form located at the url: https://forms.office.com/r/QqebWmBLeu

We look forward to seeing you at our meeting, Thanks!

User Fees Q&A
2022-11-17 14:00 - 14:45 | MN, United States
An optional opportunity to walk through the user fees statements that you have received recently and ask any questions about the formula. Specific questions should be directed to Gretchen Cords (gretchen.cords@mnsu.edu).
Intended for leaders at MnPALS libraries who deal with finances, or their delegates. The meeting invitation with the connection information will be sent with user fees statements.

ILL Community of Interest
2022-11-21 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Topic: New User Interface
Date: November 21, 2022
Facilitator: Diana Lundell, St Paul College
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center
ILL Community of Interest Meeting information

RIPL (Reference and Instruction PALS Librarians)
2022-12-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Meeting
Topic: TBD
Zoom Link can be found in the PALS Support Center Answer for RIPL (sign in required).
Because our normal meeting time conflicts with Thanksgiving in November and many libraries’ winter breaks in December, we’ll be combining the November and December meetings into one.
Future Topic & Discussion Question Suggestions
Use this form to:

Submit discussion topic ideas related to reference and instruction for future RIPL discussions.
Volunteer to lead a future RIPL discussion.
Submit a discussion question related to a future discussion topic.

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-12-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link for Meetings can be found in the Discovery COI Answerbook Page
Meeting Details
* Topic: TBD
Meeting Agenda:

Primo VE Release Notes
Main Discussion: TBD
Open Forum: What’s happening at your library and/or questions, issues, problems, etc.

2022-2023 Consortium Board meetings
2022-12-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-01-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
All MnPALS members welcome to attend! The meeting will be held in Zoom webinar format, which means the Board will be unmuted and the observers will not.
Agenda

Cataloging Policy Group
2022-12-15 14:00 - 15:00 | MN, United States

Discovery Community of Interest
2023-01-05 14:00 - 15:00
The MnPALS Discovery Community of Interest group meets monthly to discuss Primo VE configuration, troubleshooting, and release notes. Join us to collaborate with your colleagues, discuss discovery-related topics, ask questions, and share ideas.
Zoom Link and Agendas

Circulation Community of Interest Meeting
2023-01-12 10:00 - 11:00 | MN, United States
Circulation Community of Interest Discussion
Topic: TBD

For session details review the Circ COI Schedule located on the Circ COI Page found at the following url (login required): https://palssupport.zohodesk.com/portal/en/kb/articles/circulation-community-of-interest
Please submit any questions or topic ideas using the Circulation COI submission form located at the following url: https://forms.office.com/r/QqebWmBLeu

We look forward to seeing you at our meeting, Thanks!

Web Community of Interest
2023-01-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Meeting
The Web Community of Interest is an informal MnPALS group discussing topics related to web technology updates, library guides, and web pages.
Specific meeting details and the Zoom link can be found on our Web Community of Interest Knowledgebase page.
