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Groups &
Committees

TRAILS has several active committees that advance the consortium’s mission to improve library services, support professional growth, and foster a collaborative environment among member libraries.

Cataloging

  • Develop user documentation, guidelines, best practices, and recommendations that pertain to physical resource management in Alma and Primo. ​

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Collection Development

  • Facilitate consortium purchasing of resources, saving costs and expanding access to resources for TRAILS members.​

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Digital Preservation

  • Collaboratively share knowledge and coordinate digital preservation activities across multiple libraries in MT.​​

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Discovery

  • Discuss issues and improvements for Primo VE across TRAILS. Specific topics include Normalization Rules, FRBR, Deduplication, feature changes and updates, and customizations. We will discuss issues that affect the consortium and make changes at the Network Zone level.​

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Electronic Resources

  • Evaluate electronic resources, develop user documentation, guidelines, best practices, and recommendations, and offer support to implement new processes or solutions related to the access and discovery of electronic resources.

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • ​Collaboratively share knowledge and coordinate OER activities across multiple institutions in Montana. The TRAILS OER program is funded and supported by the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE).​

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Professional Development

  • ​Provide learning opportunities that meet the needs of TRAILS libraries and help to plan and facilitate the TRAILS Symposium. Work with other types of libraries, the Montana State library, the MLA or other appropriate organizations to provide learning opportunities for all Montana libraries. 


Resource Sharing & Fulfillment

  • Address topics related to providing patrons across and between campuses with the best possible service and resource access via the quickest means possible. This includes ongoing development of best practices, policies, and mentoring. 

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Website Working Group

  • The website working group is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the TRAILS website and staff forum platforms. The group maintains content, evaluates the quality of content, administers features of the website, troubleshoots website/forum access issues, and periodically re-evaluates the financial impact of the platforms on the consortium, ensuring that the most economical decisions are being made.

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