LMT Information and Action Items 3/24/20
Shannon Cary
Work From Home Survival Guide
- Science Based Strategies to Cope with Corona Anxiety
- 25 Mental Health Wellness Tips for Quarantine – link provided from the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge newsletter
- https://www.sanvello.com/ – free app subscription available for any student, faculty or staff member with a University email address. The app has tools to create a mental health roadmap and track the progress of a user’s journey.
- Zoom Mindfulness & Yoga Sessions – Available to anyone in the UM System, these sessions can help you stay healthy and practice good habits from a distance. These sessions will be offered regularly throughout the remainder of the spring semester.
- Yoga Sessions
- Every Monday at 3:00pm: https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/129131172
- Every Thursday at 8:30am: https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/143606161
- Mindfulness Sessions
- Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 12:00pm: https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/939301627
- Yoga Sessions
- Thanks to Felicity for this link: Working from home in the age of pandemic
- Thanks to Rachel for this link: National Archives #ColorOurCollections
Send Us Your Work From Home Selfies
We want to keep connected during this time of remote work. One way to do this is to share photos of your work from home setups, and photos and video of your new co-workers (AKA kids, pets and whoever you share your space with). Even if you are on administrative leave, we would love to see what you are up to. So if you would like to share some photos or video, please send to Shannon Cary carysn@missouri.edu or Taira Meadowcroft meadowcroftt@missouri.edu. Due to some WordPress issues that make it difficult to post photos right now, we will be posting these photos on the Libraries’ main social media feeds. Links to those feeds are listed below. Thanks and happy working from home!
Send Us Your Work From Home Selfies
We want to keep connected during this time of remote work. One way to do this is to share photos of your work from home setups, and photos of your new co-workers (AKA kids, pets and whoever you share your space with). Even if you are on administrative leave, we would love to see what you are up to. So if you would like to share some photos, please send to Shannon Cary carysn@missouri.edu or Taira Meadowcroft meadowcroftt@missouri.edu. We will post these in News Notes. If you give us permission, we will also post on the Libraries’ social media feeds. Thanks and happy working from home!
In the News
“UPDATE: Campuses adjust dining and residential halls as classes move online”
Columbia Missourian, March 18, 2020
New Muse Posts
Work From Home Survival Tips
If you have questions or want to share tips about working from home, please send them to Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu. I will post questions, answers and tips each week in News Notes. (Send urgent HR/IT questions to appropriate library staff.)
Here’s some advice from Laura Schopp, professor and chair of the department of health psychology in the School of Health Professions.
University Libraries Are Online Only
The University Libraries are currently providing only online resources and services. Print materials will be scanned and sent via e-mail according to existing policies. Subject specialists will be available via phone, email and Zoom. Please refer to our Remote Services Guide.
Library Materials: Patrons are asked to hold onto all checked-out books for later return, and the Libraries will suspend any billing and fines for overdue materials.
Please watch for updates, as we deal with questions and issues that arise from this closure. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Supporting Online Instruction
The University Libraries are here to support your instruction while classes are being conducted online. Our subject librarians remain available to work with faculty to deliver instruction on information literacy and research practices, including through the use of Zoom for group instruction and individual consultations with students via MU Connect, and to ensure that materials are made available through our e-reserves system.
- Instructional Resources: A collection of tutorials, videos, modules and more, created and curated by MU librarians. Faculty in need of instructional resources tailored to their individual needs can place a request for new materials through the Instructional Resources page.
- MERLOT, OER Commons, and CORA: These repositories connect instructors with a variety of open educational resources, such as videos, modules and assignments that instructors can use.
- Resources for Moving Writing Intensive (WI) Classes Online: While compiled with WI faculty in mind, this list curated by MU’s Campus Writing Program will be of interest to all instructors who are transitioning to online teaching.
- Rule of 2’s – Keeping It Simple as you Go Remote for COVID-19: Designed by the Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State University, this exercise guides faculty through the process of identifying the key principles, tools, content, skills and activities around which a rapidly transitioned online class should be built.
- Privacy for Online Teaching: Helpful tips from the Library Freedom Project for protecting student privacy in online classes.
Reduced Digiprint Hours
Beginning Monday, March 16, Digiprint Hours will be as follows (until March 29):
Monday – Friday: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Beginning Sunday, March 29, Digiprint will return to their regular hours listed below:
Sunday: 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday – Thursday: 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: Closed