Text Box: The benefits of membership Text Box: If SirsiDynix or your IT department is administering your library software: You know the problems. Unused features because no-one has the time to install and train. Patches that overwrite customizations. Fixes that don’t work because your library is “different”. Slow response or no response because your library is a small fish in a big pond. If you’re managing your own system: You may have staff trying to do a job that’s just too big. Your staff may not have the time or expertise for complex issues like e-books or authority control or ILS software updates. Your budget may not stretch to cover all the modules and add-on’s you’d like. What PALnet does for you: User interfaces (staff and patron) customized to your needs: Have a custom HIP for use inside each branch that shows that branch’s holdings first has custom tabs for local “New Books”, Reserve Book Rooms, MeLCat Catalog quality improvement: Updated authorities Customized stripping or renaming of fields to save catalog staff work Prevention and removal of blind bib records, authorities Exporting of records: MeLCat daily updates OCLC WorldCat updates or reclamation projects Authentication of users to ebooks, paid databases or private resources” Hidden stored login/password Referring URL Proxied URL IP-based Time-saving custom reports available 24/7 Over 200 circulation, borrower, technical services, serials Database usage reports HIP usage reports HIP search strategy reports (How are your users searching?)