A maxiPAL must always designate one member as its Librarian. The Librarian’s role is to organise and maintain the maxiPAL and, optionally, to moderate the content as submitted by its members.

You don’t need any special skills to be a Librarian. The tasks involved can all be performed from within the PAL environment, i.e. when the Librarian is online and logged into Dadooda.

When a maxiPAL is first set up the Librarian is always the member who sets it up and activates it. Thereafter, the Librarian can be changed at any time. This means the role can be shared among members of the maxiPAL.

The Librarian has exclusive access to a range of functions called Organiser Functions and Moderator Functions.

Organiser Functions enable the Librarian to perform certain organisational and maintenance tasks and to customise the maxiPAL to reflect its particular purpose.

Moderator Functions enable the Librarian to exercise some local control over the quality and quantity of items published in the maxiPAL so that, for example, the content submitted by its members are always relevant and interesting. The Moderator Functions can be disabled by the Librarian at any time.

Below is a summary of the functions exclusively available to the Librarian.

Organiser Functions

Invite Members to Join

• Invite other people to join the maxiPAL using a ready-made auto-generated email
• Enter up to 10 email addresses at a time and Dadooda will send the invitations with joining instructions

Email Members

• Email members of the maxiPAL at any time using the dedicated Librarian email facility
• Choose to email all members, a group of members or a single member

Manage Subjects

• Easily create a customised library classification system for use in the maxiPAL
• Define up to 6 Subject Groups with up to 10 Subjects in each
• Edit the Subject Groups and Subjects at any time

Manage Message Board

• Delete a message from the Message Board
• Add a Librarian’s Note to a message posted on the Message Board by a maxiPAL member
• Remove a previously added Librarian’s Note

Manage Item Comments

• Remove inappropriate comments about items published in the maxiPAL

Update Profile

• Add or edit a description of the maxiPAL for display on the maxiPAL Profile page
• Enable or disable display of maxiPAL Profile page for all Dadooda users to see
• Change the name of the maxiPAL
• Change the Librarian’s maxiPAL username
• Change the Librarian’s maxiPAL contact email address

Manage Account

• Renew the maxiPAL’s annual subscription

Display Account Information

• View key information about the maxiPAL

Change Librarian

• Transfer the role of Librarian to another maxiPAL member

Deactivate the maxiPAL

• Permanently cancel all maxiPAL activities and close it down

Moderator Functions

Accept or Decline Items

• Preview then accept or decline new items submitted by maxiPAL members
• Notify member of action taken by auto-generated email

Note:

• Accepted items are transmitted to Dadooda for publication
• Declined items can be edited and resubmitted, or deleted, by the member

Suspend or Archive Items

• Suspend or archive items that are currently published in the maxiPAL
• Notify member of action taken by auto-generated email

Note:

• Suspended items can be edited and resubmitted, or deleted, by the member
• Archived items can only be reinstated by the Librarian

Reinstate Archived Items

• Reinstate archived items so they are republished in the maxiPAL
• Notify member of action taken by auto-generated email

Disable or Enable Moderator Functions

• Switch the Moderator Functions off or on, permanently or temporarily

Related links:

maxiPAL Moderator Functions