PrairieCat Member Update
Join us for a PrairieCat Member Update. Hear the latest from PrairieCat staff and your colleagues from across the consortium.
Join us for a PrairieCat Member Update. Hear the latest from PrairieCat staff and your colleagues from across the consortium.
Join us for a PrairieCat Member Update. Hear the latest from PrairieCat staff and your colleagues from across the consortium.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
This Committee recommends policy and procedures for resource sharing between libraries, striving to ensure fair and equitable practices that follow agreed PrairieCat resource sharing philosophies.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
This body approves the budget, contracts, new members and other major decisions for PrairieCat. Consists of a representative from each Fully Participating and Basic Online member as well as four Union Listing representatives acting as co-chairs of the Union Listing standing group. Each Fully Participating or Basic Online Member Library shall appoint its Chief Administrator or another staff member to act as the Fully Participating or Basic Online Member Library’s representative (“Delegate”) on the Delegates Assembly. The Delegate may also designate, in writing, an alternate to vote in their absence. No substitutes or proxies shall be allowed to vote in the place of a Delegate or their designated Alternate.
Who should attend: Participation in Delegates Assembly is required for Delegates or Alternates from each Fully Participating or Basic Online member of PrairieCat, and the four Union List reps. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
This 11 member elected standing group discusses circulation and OPAC topics. It is empowered to make decisions on procedure and some policy decisions, and to make recommendations to Administrative Council for higher level policy decisions. It also reviews circulation procedures and works together to resolve circulation issues.
Who Should Attend: Members of the Committee and any other interested PrairieCat members.
Registration Link: Use the Zoom link to register: Register Here
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
Meetings of the PrairieCat member certified MARC and MARC Trainees catalogers are held as needed after TechC meetings.
Who Should Attend: MARC / MARC Trainees Catalogers
Registration Link: Use the Zoom link to register: Register Here
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
This 11 member elected standing group discusses technical services topics. It is empowered to make decisions on procedure and some policy decisions, and to make recommendations to Administrative Council for higher level policy decisions. It also reviews technical services procedures and works together to resolve technical services issues.
Who Should Attend: Members of the Committee and any other interested PrairieCat members.
Registration Link: Use the Zoom link to register: Register Here
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Engagement Committee works to actively engage members at all levels, to create connections and advance the organization through activities like PrairieCat's annual conference PUG Day, peer networking opportunities, and more.