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Taira got another Culture of Yes stripe to add to her growing collection! She now has one each for care, deliver, and serve! Please feel free to consult Taira regarding quality improvement projects or literature search questions.
Part of the MU Health Care “Culture of Yes” initiative is a recognition program called Earning Your Stripes, where employees receive a coupon for embodying The Culture of Yes. ‘Care’ is about the heart, ‘deliver’ is about getting results, ‘innovate’ is about creatively overcoming obstacles and ‘serve’ is about working together for a common goal. …
Welcome to Taira Meadowcroft, our new Information Services Librarian. Taira worked as a Graduate Library Assistant at the Health Sciences Library reference desk since September 2014. In May, Taira graduated with her Masters in Library Science. Before rejoining the library on July 13th, she took a trip to Europe, exploring England, Ireland, and Scotland. Now refreshed from her European adventure, …
Taira Meadowcroft was recently voted in as a Library Marketing and Communications Group Board Member. As a board member, she will assist with strategic planning as well as serve as the chair of the marketing committee for the group and for their annual conference. Taira has been a volunteer with the group since 2019, where …
Katy Emerson & Taira Meadowcroft presented this poster on our behalf at Missouri Library Association: “Providing Service Through #MizzouPDF: Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery” Katy Emerson, Taira Meadowcroft, Caryn Scoville, E. Diane Johnson MLA #MizzouPDF
The search committee for the Journalism Librarian has been formed. Those serving are: Search Committee: – Vera Elwood, Chair, Head of Journalism Library – Chris Pryor, Director for Health Sciences Library and Associate University Librarian for the Specialized Libraries – Liz Brixey, Journalism School faculty representative – Peter Kouba, Journalism Library staff representative – Taira …
Taira Meadowcroft noticed a TikTok in which the creator was explaining the difference in the cost of living for Boomers vs. Gen Z/Millennials. Taira was curious about her research and noticed that she was using the Prices and Wages guide, created by Marie Concannon, to do some of her research! Check it out!
We had another successful escape room event during Welcome Week this year! We had 150 students register with a few dozen on the waiting list. The students had a great time and that is thanks to all of those who helped this year! You can see the photos of the groups and their different times …
Summertime means preparing for our welcome week escape room! We are looking for volunteers to help us run the Escape Ellis Library escape room, Friday, August 18th from 3-7 pm. As a volunteer, you’ll be a room monitor for one of our 4 escape rooms. It’s a fun time getting to see the students go …
Thank you to everyone who came to Safe Space Training! We had 14 people attend in person and 23 people online. We appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to engage in such important conversations. And mark you calendars for a presentation by Lily Hunter on October 25th. This presentation will focus …