The Ithaka Survey launched as scheduled at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. E-mails were sent to 3,090 for faculty and 6,543 for graduate/professional students. If you know faculty or graduate/professional students who want to help the libraries prepare for the future, please encourage them to look for the e-mail and complete the survey.
Shannon Cary
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University Libraries: United Way Kickoff!
Hello Everyone! The University Libraries is gearing up for this year’s United Way campaign. The University is doing things a bit different this year and giving each area of campus a section of time to run their campaign. Our campaign will run from October 16- 27th.
This year’s United Way theme is, “Live Mizzou. Live United.”
There is even a fun hashtag #MizzouLU, Mizzou Lives United.
How can you a member of the Mizzou family live united? There are so many ways! Whether it be a monetary donation to a United Way organization or giving of your time the ways are endless of how you can help.
One way that you can show your support is to come out for the Annual Chili cook off! This year we are mixing things up a bit by adding a Cookie Bake off to go along with the Chili. You definitely don’t want to miss the excitement of this change up.
We will also be doing a few games along the way so watch for those emails to come out soon!
Sheila Voss is back this year to help lead your United Way Ambassadors, Gwen, Sheryl and Michelle through a great campaign. To make it a huge success we need YOU.
So are you ready to MizzouLU?
- Mark your calendar for October 17, Chili Cook-Off and Cookie Bake off Day!
- Contact Gwen Gray to sign up to bring chili. Poultry, Meat, and Vegetarian are the categories for you to consider. Which will it be?
- If you are a staff member of a specialized library or UMLD, Please consider the cook off! We want to see your smiling faces at this event.
- Our team is supported by Sheila Voss! Sheila can assist with your questions related to your donation or how you can help.
For now, please mark your calendar to attend the chili cook-off at 11:30 on Tuesday, October 17. Plan to come hungry! And Live United!
Our best to you!
Gwen Gray, Sheryl Cullina and Michelle Baggett
2017 United Way Unit Ambassadors
#MizzouLU
In the News
Gawker Is for Sale and Its Articles Could Be Deleted – WSJ
Oct. 2, 2017
“4-Year Institutions With the Most Interlibrary Loans, 2014-15”
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct.1, 2017
Marketing Highlight and Request
- Check out this week’s Library Ambassadors Newsletter. Grace Atkins is the coordinator of the Ambassadors and the University Libraries Student Advisory Council (ULSAC). If you have news you want to share with these student groups, please let her know.
- We need #MizzouMade student success stories. Do you have super successful student workers? Do you have student workers who went on to do great things after they graduated? Let us know. We would like to highlight these stories as Cycle of Success stories, but also as part of the campus-wide #MizzouMade stories. You can see example of these stories at https://news.missouri.edu/category/mizzou-made/. Please contact your Newshub reporter or a member of the Marketing Team (Grace, Kelli, Shannon, and Taira) if you have a student you would like to highlight. We will help contact the student and get the story written.
Library Management Team Information and Action Items, 9/26/17
Barb Jones Co-Author of Two Publications
Barb Jones is a co-author in the following publications:
Zipperer, L., Jones, B., Esparza, J and J. Wahr. “Evidence, Information and Knowledge: The Basic Elements of Safe Surgical Care” Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach. P. Shahel, editor. 2017.
Mark L. Graber*, Diana Rusz, Melissa L. Jones, Diana Farm-Franks, Barbara Jones, Jeannine Cyr Gluck, Dana B. Thomas, Kelly Gleason, Kathy Welte, Jennifer Abfalter, Kathleen Westerhaus, Ginny Adams, Michael Laposata, Quentin Eichbaum, Tina Nabatchi and Margaret Compton. “The New Diagnostic Team” Diagnosis 2017 (accepted for publication September 8, 2017)
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Notes from the Director, 9/27/17
Hello everyone,
Some changes are coming—next month all the library staff and faculty will need to get new ID cards. There is NO CHARGE to anyone; the Libraries are covering cost because we are changing to a new card swipe system at all the building entry doors. The whole campus will be changing eventually, and we are going to be one of the first buildings. This will help with security, and will be especially important for people who come early or stay late. We will talk more about it at coming meetings, but you all need to know it’s happening. We will set up special times for library people and make getting a new card as easy as possible. Each person will have a new photo taken for the new card. (I hate that part but we do change in appearance over time.)
Also, we have long talked about name tags/badges for everyone. The Libraries will be supplying OPTIONAL name badges for all full-time and part-time personnel except student workers. Some of you will be contacted if there is question on your preferred name. No one is required to wear a name badge, but many have asked for them. Most staff in other areas wear them, including administrators, who really appreciate us wearing them. Again, though, there is no requirement, just a preference. They will be metal and held on by magnets. (You can see many people wearing the same style in Jesse Hall and we should have an example at the next Staff Advisory Group meeting).
Work continues to install additional lights and cameras outside Ellis Library as part of our commitment to safety for all our staff and users, especially during our extended hours.
Work also continues to complete the planning and paperwork needed to begin construction on the expansion of UMLD. This will benefit the whole library system and we should have a firm date soon.
And of course Lowry Mall is still torn up; we hear that the east end will be done by Homecoming (Oct 21) but that then they will tear up the west end.
Enjoy our newly-cool fall days, and don’t hesitate to call or email with questions.
Ann
Employment Opportunities
The Libraries have immediate openings for the following positions:
- Library Information Assistant – UMLD (part time) – 24393
- Library Specialist – Digital Services (part time) – 24241
For additional information, including the job description, salary, and shift, please visit the Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/#staff_job_openings.