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Who responded? …by library type

Community Colleges

Consolidated Colleges

Technical Colleges

Private Colleges

Public Universities

State Agencies

Special

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

No. Institutions No. Responses

Who responded? …by position

Administration

Reference

Cataloging

Serials

Acquisitions

Circulation

Interlibrary Loan

Archives

Systems

Other

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Results …module importance

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Results …module importance

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Results …OPAC functionality (Q14)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …cataloging functionality (Q17)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …circulation functionality (Q18)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …ILL functionality (Q19)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Results …acquisitions functionality (Q15)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …serials functionality (Q16)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …booking functionality (Q20)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …reserves functionality (Q21)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …inventory functionality (Q13)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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All/Almost all Some Does not

Results …non-MARC (Q24)

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Need Moderate No

Results …non-OCLC MARC (Q25)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Need Moderate No

Results …batch MARC (Q27)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Need Moderate No

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Need Moderate No

Results …local OPAC customization (Q26)

Results …custom SQL reports (Q28)

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Need Moderate No

Results …open source ILS

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate Weak/NoSeries3

Results …WorldCat Local ILS

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate Weak/NoSeries3

Results …ExLibris URM

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Results …MnPALS Plus enhancements

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Q65: Reader's

Advisory

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Q66: Reader's

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Q67: Book Reviews

Q68: Author B

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Q69: Tags/F

olksonomies

Q70: Socia

l Bookmarks

Q71: Mobile

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100%

Strong Moderate No

Results …federated search

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …open linking

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …proxy server

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …local directory authentication

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …electronic resource mgmt

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …collection analysis tool

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …archives management

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …e-reserves management

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …service statistics mgmt

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …blog/wiki hosting

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …institutional repository

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …ETD repository

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

0%

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Strong Moderate None

Results …library guides mgmt

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …citation mgmt

2-Yr (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong Moderate None

Results …skills to support ILS

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Strong agree Agree Somewhat agree Disagree

Results …time to support ILS

2-Years (all) 4-Yr Private 4-Yr Public Special/Agency

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Results …dependency upon PALS

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2009 NATF members

Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State UniversityJoe Jackson, Winona State UniversitySarah Quimby, Minnesota Historical SocietyDavid Schmidtke, Legislative Reference LibraryBecky Schwartzkopf, Minnesota State University, MankatoLeAnn Suchy, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University

For the MnPALS Executive Committee:Orrin Ausen, Bethany Lutheran CollegePaul Dahl, Minnesota Department of Health