The Check-In: Culture, Disease, and Othering
KBIA, April 30, 2020
Going Digital For’em
MU Undergraduate Research, April 30, 2020
Shannon Cary
Make Your Research Open
At the University Libraries, we’re committed to making access to research more sustainable, affordable and open. And we need your help!
In traditional publishing models, scholars surrender their copyright to commercial publishers in order to disseminate their research findings in scholarly journals. Publishers then sell or rent that same content back to the institution through journal subscriptions—at ever increasing prices. This unsustainable practice costs institutions millions of dollars every year and creates barriers to access for many. Open Access publishing encourages scholars to retain their rights and make their work freely available online, increasing the availability and impact of research.
What You Can Do:
Retain Your Rights: No matter where you publish, the single most important thing you can do to make scholarly publishing more sustainable and equitable is Retain Your Rights. It’s your copyright – don’t just sign it away! Contracts are often negotiable. And read those agreements: you may have more rights to share your research than you realize.
Know Your Options: Choose the right venue for your research and know your Open Access options. If you’re an editor or manuscript reviewer, ask about the journal’s OA options.
Share Your Work: Deposit your research in MOspace, MU’s Digital Institutional Repository. Submitting your work to MOspace is easy. Just log in with your SSO and complete the Creative Commons license.
Learn More: Talk with your Subject Specialist about Open Access in your area or request a Zoom workshop for your department, team or lab.
Stay at Home Challenge #4
They say laughter is the best medicine! This week’s challenge is to share your favorite meme! Send me the meme that makes you laugh the most. Bonus points if it’s library related. 🙂
Stay At Home Challenge #3: The Libraries Playlist
Here’s what your co-workers are listening to while they stay at home!
Michelle Baggett: “Wouldn’t It Be Good” by Nik Kershaw
- I absolutely love and replay over and over again…. ?
Cindy Bassett: “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles
- For me and my son, Nathan, we are singing the Beatles version of Here Comes the Sun regularly: https://youtu.be/xUNqsfFUwhY . It just makes all of us happy. 🙂
Marie Concannon: Ravel’s “Bolero” performed (separately) by the Musicians of the New York Philharmonic
- I’ve been loving this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3UW218_zPo
Melody Edwards: “You’ve Got a Friend” by Carole King
Rebecca Graves: “No Llores” by Gloria Estefan
- I’ve been listening to Gloria Estefan (don’t know Spanish well enough to be distracted by the lyrics while I work). This song fits with the times: Don’t cry. https://youtu.be/HGxbfkjEr6U
Gwen Gray: “We’re All in This Together” by High School Musical Cast
- I don’t use a play list, but “We’re All in This Together” from High School Musical is the one that pops into my head when I think about social distancing, trying to get through these times, etc.
Tammy Green: “It Ain’t My Fault” by Brothers Osborne
Corrie Hutchinson: “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie
- I cannot sing, but the best song ever written/recorded is ‘Under Pressure’ by Queen/David Bowie. I listen to it a lot when I’m feeling stressed and sing out loud every time!
Taira Meadowcroft: The 25th Anniversary of the Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
- This is what I’ve been listening to the most while working from home. If I had my clarinet still, I’d try to play, but alas. ?
Sandy Schiefer: “Just Jammin’” by Gramatik
- Sort of a jazzy instrumental piece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTA_FexW3qU
Shannon Cary: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- Motown always lifts my spirits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC5PL0XImjw
Melissa Fayad: “Hitman” and “Sailing Down” by The Wanton Bishops
- I love The Wanton Bishops. Hitman is my fave song, but Sailing Down is on Spotify.
In the News
“Choi: MU department chairs to decide who will be cut”
Columbia Tribune, April 29, 2020
Marketing Highlight
A shout out to Kimberly Moeller, who has been sending out regular engaging emails to her deparments. Marketing research done by AdZou has shown that email is the best way to communicate with faculty. If anyone else would like assistance with sending out engaging emails, contact Shannon Cary or Taira Meadowcroft for assistance.
Town Hall Notes and Recording 4/22/20
New Muse Posts 4/1/20
Share Your Story with the State Historical Society: Documenting COVID-19 Pandemic in Missouri
The State Historical Society is documenting how Missourians are experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. Please consider submitting your story, journal, poetry, artwork, photos, and video to SHSMO’s online portal so future historians, students, and other researchers will better understand this historic moment. How has the pandemic affected your life? Your job? Your school and community?
The Documenting COVID-19 in Missouri Collection will relate the experiences and observations of Missourians who are in self-isolation, working essential jobs, working from home or may have lost their job because of the pandemic. SHSMO would like to hear from those who are willing to share their personal medical experiences during this time. SHSMO wants to include stories on how families are dealing with homeschooling or teaching online and how Missourians are coping with the loss of many important and everyday activities in their lives.
Digital materials can be submitted online in a variety of formats. Writing prompts are available on the website if you need ideas on how your story can contribute to the collection. A physical mailing address is also listed for those with items they prefer to mail rather than send through the online portal. Contributors to the COVID-19 collection may remain anonymous or include their name with the material donated. They may request that their donated material be restricted from public access until a later date. Both adults and children (with parent or guardian consent) are encouraged to submit their story.
Submit to COVID-19 collection here.
Stay at Home Challenge #2: Go for a Walk
