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Meeting Schedule for 2010-11Submitted by lisagc on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:42am.
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Staff Report - 05/13/2010Submitted by colleen on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:25am.
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Presentation DocumentsSubmitted by susan on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:06am.
Robert H. McDonald's presentation about OLE. ( categories: Board Meetings | DOCUMENTS )
2009-09-10 PALNI Board MeetingSubmitted by susan on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:37am.
PALNI Board Meeting 10 – 12 A.M. 1 – 3 P.M. Documents attached to notice of meeting. ( categories: )
Staff Report - 4/15/2009Submitted by colleen on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 2:08pm.
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Staff Report - 4/15/2009Submitted by colleen on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 2:52pm.
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PALNI EC Nominations 2009/2010Submitted by palniadmin on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 2:08pm.
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Two year PALNI database growthSubmitted by colleen on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 10:31am.
Over the past two years I have found it worthwhile to keep track of the new bibliographic and holding records that are added monthly to the database. Having ranges of system numbers that I can use to identify new records sometimes helps me to trouble shoot or correct database problems. Since I am collecting the beginning and end system numbers for PLN01 and PLN60, it is no problem to calculate the number of records added each month and the total number added each year. When I have processed large batch loads, I have noted that as well. Just for those who like statistics, here are the results for 2006-2008. 2006 Bib records added: 78552 2007 Bib records added: 65223 2008 Bib records added: 48835 In 2006 and 2007 some very large collections of e-books were batch loaded to the database. There were only small numbers of e-books batch loaded in 2008. ( categories: PALNI Statistics )
Great Lakes User Group Meeting (GLUGM) 2008 -- Merrillville, IndianaSubmitted by susan on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 3:35pm.
Great Lakes User Group Meeting (GLUGM) 2008 – Merrillville, Indiana The Great Lakes User Group is a regional user group for Ex Libris software products. These software products now include Aleph and Voyager integrated library systems, SFX, MetaLib, Primo, Verde and Digitools. GLUGM is affiliated with ELUNA (Ex Libris Users of North America) and the Ex Libris company. GLUGM seeks to foster an informal and interactive sharing environment for the user group. Volunteers share their knowledge through presentations and focus group discussion and introduce topics to help maintain active participation. Ex Libris provides staff to listen to concerns and offer helpful hints and tips as users discuss problems, solutions, accomplishments and innovations. Some past topics have included such lively presentations as one by Purdue University Libraries staff called “Gaming and Immersive Environments…” (using Second Life, a 3D virtual world on the web where users can socialize, connect and create using voice and text chat). This is the first year that PALNI central staff have participated in this regional level user group and is also the first year that this has really been a joint Aleph/Voyager group meeting. PALNI IT staff Susan Fipps and Colleen Gocken attended. Sherri Parker from DePauw University also attended. Susan did a presentation on “OPAC Enhancements (Platform Independent)” and Sherri did a presentation on “Aleph Report Options On-The-Fly”. Pascal Calarco from University of Notre Dame also presented, “Digital Asset 1 comment | Continue Reading . . . | 248 reads
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Tri-State Becomes Trine UniversitySubmitted by admin on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 1:49pm.
Tri-State University officially changed its name to "Trine University" last week, on August 1. For details about their name change, see ( categories: PALNI Directors News and Information | PALNI Library Staff News and Information )
Aleph V. 19 Upgrade & Congrats from Ex LibrisSubmitted by admin on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 9:23am.
2008 July 25 To: PALNI Library Directors and Staff From: Vince Lucas, PALNI Project Manager Subj: PALNI Aleph Upgrade & Congrats from Ex Libris As all of you know, PALNI completed its migration from Aleph Version 17 to 19 two weeks ago, and I'm happy to report that staff have made very good progress since then in resolving the outstanding "clean-up" issues in the aftermath of the upgrade. Of the 62 new Version 19 issues recorded on the PALNI help desk since July 1, more than half have now been successfully closed. Because of the inherent complexity of Aleph, a two-version Ex Libris system upgrade like this one is a major project, and successfully completing our V. 19 implementation is a milestone for PALNI. I also wanted to share with all of you a couple of congratulatory emails that we received from Ex Libris staff. First, here is an email from Alan Manifold who leads the Ex Libris Aleph Support Team in North America, and with whom we worked closely, especially on the latter stages of our upgrade project: >p/> > > >> >> ------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Congratulations! >> >> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:56:49 -0500 >> >> From: Alan ManifoldAlso, here is an email that Susan Fipps received last week from Jo Richardson, Aleph Product Manager for the UK Division of Ex Libris: > > >>> >>>------- Original Message -------- >>> >>> Dear Susan, >>> >>> >>> >>> I was really delighted to hear that PALNI is the first library to go >>> >>> into production on Aleph version 19 following the successful completion of >>> >>> your upgrade. >>> >>> >>> >>> I hope that you and your colleagues and users enjoy the new features >>> >>> and improvements in this latest version, and that many other libraries >>> >>> will soon follow your excellent example. >>> >>> >>> >>> Many congratulations to you! >>> >>> >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Jo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **Jo Richardson** >>> >>> *Aleph Product Manager, Ex Libris (UK) Ltd* >>> >>> *Direct Line: 01895 823865 Mobile: 07710 479008* >>> >>> >>> >>> *1, The Long Room, Coppermill Lock, Park Lane, Harefield, Middlesex, >>> >>> UB9 6JA* >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------These emails confirm what we've suspected at times, but were never quite certain about, that indeed PALNI is the first Ex Libris customer to implement the newest release of the Aleph system! At this point, I think we can conclude that our Aleph upgrade has been a success, thanks to the Systems Librarians and staff in all of your libraries who worked hard over the past four months to prepare for the upgrade, to PALNI central staff who have worked many extra weekend and evening hours over the past several months configuring, testing, implementing, and fixing problems with Version 19, and especially to Susan Fipps who managed our upgrade project and who successfully coordinated the many complex details of the overall upgrade process. Please note that several members of the staff, Susan, Larry Baerveldt, and Chadwick Seagraves, will all be attending the annual Ex Libris ELUNA User Group meeting beginning next Tuesday, July 29, and will be out of the office most of the week. We appreciate your continued help and patience as we work on resolving the problems that remain from our system upgrade. Thanks. Vince -- Vince Lucas PALNI Project Manager INCOLSA | Email: vince@palni.edu 6202 Morenci Trail | Phone: 1-317-298-6570 or 1-800-733-1899 Indianapolis, IN 46268 | FAX: 1-317-328-2382 Anyone using Twitter?Submitted by emandity on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 9:47am.
Howdy PALNI people, I've recently learned a bit about the "microblogging" application called Twitter and I thought I'd ask to see what your thoughts on the application are. My understanding is that the central idea is to keep your posts limited to 140 characters or so, ensuring brief posts about what "one is doing". Such updates can be made not only from the Web, but from one's IM application and phone as well. At a recent conference I met a fellow librarian who has found an interesting use for Twitter. Is anyone using Twitter, and if so, for what purpose? What are the implications for collaboration among professional peers as opposed to serving your patrons? Thanks, ( categories: Library 2.0 & PALNI )
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