MUG Annual Meeting Friday, October 10, 2004 Plan to attend the Michigan Users Group meeting for SirsiDynix customers on 10 October 2014 at Walsh College.  This is your opportunity to see and hear locally from SirsiDynix representatives about what the company is working on. Register Online   Access for Free Online! Does Discovery Still Happen in the Library? : Roles and Strategies for a Shifting Reality View in Catalog Younger Americans and Public Libraries View in Catalog Corrections made this month for commonly misspelled words in the union catalog: abandonded / abandoned (2 times) Baltmore / Baltimore (2 times) Sameul / Samuel (7 times)                   The e-newsletter of the Detroit Area Library Network       October 2014 Updated DALNET Member Website The DALNET Office has been working to update the Member Services website, adding new information, getting rid of outdated materials, and reorganizing content. Interested individuals can volunteer for the Website Committee to help further organize the new site and identify needed features and content.  See the Annual Call for Committees for more information. Annual Call for Committees 2015 "DALNET is a community of libraries working together to provide access to information for research, cultural enrichment, and lifelong learning opportunities."  Our Annual Call for Committees is now open.  Send us an email at dalnet@wayne.edu if you would like to be a part of one of these committees:  Cataloging and Database Standards   DALNET Annual Meeting Committee  Website Committee System Work Groups that we formed for 2014 will continue their work through the remainder of the year.  An Interim Report from the groups was submitted to the DALNET Board of Directors in September.  Work Group surveys have all been collected and additional Work Group meetings will be scheduled for late October.  The final report of Criteria for Future System Selection is on schedule to be delivered to the Board in November. Horizon 7.5.2 Service Pack 2 Upgrade Shared System Services were successfully upgraded to Horizon 7.5.2 Service Pack 2 in September via a push upgrade.  For more information about this latest update you may view the release notes in the Member Services website.   MVP's are coming this fall!  The DALNET Office will begin a new Member Services program: Monthly Visits from Personnel.  Members will be contacted soon to schedule visits.  Don't miss your MVP opportunities!  More information coming soon! Friday, October 10, 2014 MUG Meeting Location: Walsh College, Troy 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Monday, October 13, 2014 Cataloging Standards Meeting Location: Wayne State University UGL, DALNET Suite 2210 2:00 - 4:00 PM Monday, October 20, 2014 Project Manager's Meeting Location: Wayne State University UGL, DALNET Suite 2210 1:30 - 4:00 PM Monday, October 27, 2014 Executive Committee Meeting Location: TBD Time: TBD Managing your collections lifecycle: An overview and brief demo of WMS for library groups During this webinar, hear an overview of OCLC WorldShare Management Services and see a live demonstration of the services, including specific functionality available for library groups and consortia. View webinar Hanx Writer An iPad app, created by Tom Hanks, that recreates the experience of a manual typewriter, but with the ease and speed of an iPad. See the app