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- Polaris Production upgraded on July 20, 2021
- Polaris Portable Inventory Manager (PIM) being tested by Grand Forks Public
- 2021 August Director of ODIN Report
- 2021 Q3 ND State Library Report
- Alma February 2021 Release Notes
- ODIN Tech Talk will begin in October – 1st Topic – Interlibrary Loan Bridge
- Cost Formula Committee - Academic Members include:
- Hallie Pritchett: NDSU
- Stephanie Walker (or another representative): UND Chester Fritz
- Tuya Dutton: University of Jamestown
- Erika Johnson: UND Med School
- Jennifer Jenness: VCSU
- Patricia Dubosky: NDSCS
- Public/K12/Special members will be added later
- Directors informed that all staff in the ODIN Office have signed agreements to work remotely except Linda Allbee who will be in office Tues, Wed & Thursday
- NDSL Report
- Cindy Clairmont retired after 41 years
- Riley Yadon hired as Fiscal & Administrative Services Division Director
- Kristen Northrup will now do the Public Libraries Annual Survey
- Amanda Person and Marlee Seibold also left employment
- LSTA Five-Year Plan is being redone – this happens every 4 ½ years – JM Strategies will be the facilitator
- LSTA Task Force was also formed to decide how to spend the ARPA dollars although Mary Soucie, State Librarian, will make final decisions
- SLIDE (State Library Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) committee has been formed
- Traci Lund, Divide County, is the new NDLA representative on the NDLCC (North Dakota Library Coordinating Council)
- A session to walk OAC through the redesigned ODIN website was presented by Lynn Wolf/ODIN Office
- Academic Breakout Session
- Alma Premium Sandboxes were updated on weekend of August 7-8, 2021 – this is done automatically each year in February & August
- Alma Cost Formula was formed with academic members being added at this time:
- Hallie Pritchett: NDSU
- Stephanie Walker (or another representative): UND Chester Fritz
- Tuya Dutton: University of Jamestown
- Erika Johnson: UND Med School
- Jennifer Jenness: VCSU
- Patricia Dubosky: NDSCS
- Member libraries gave updates about their library
- Joe Mocnik is now at Kansas State University
- Tuya Dutton is the new Director @ University of Jamestown
- Marlene demonstrated “bookish” masks – if one has to wear masks, make it fun
- Valley City State University will be celebrating 75 years
- Susan Podrygula has retired after 42 years @ Minot State University
- Mara West is new Instructional Librarian @ Minot State University
- Yearbooks are being digitized at Minot State University
- Public/K12/Special Breakout Session
- The ND State Library received a reconsideration request to remove the book “If I Ran the Zoo”.
- It’s recommended to send all reconsideration requests to ALA