“UPDATE: Campuses adjust dining and residential halls as classes move online”
Columbia Missourian, March 18, 2020
Shannon Cary
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.
Online Workshop–The Library at a Distance: Research Basics for Online Users
Your classes have moved online and your access to the library’s physical spaces is increasingly limited, but you still have research to conduct and assignments to complete.
Join Joe Askins, Head of Instructional Services at the University of Missouri Libraries, for a presentation of essential library resources that you can use at a distance. Learn how to locate and access articles, ebooks and other digital materials in the Libraries’ collections, and how to schedule consultations with the Libraries’ subject specialists.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020:
- 11 a.m. to noon
- 3 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 19, 2020:
- 9 to 10 a.m.
Friday, March 20, 2020:
- 2 to 3 p.m.
These presentations are open to all MU students, faculty, and staff; registration is not required.
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
Notes from the Vice Provost
Hello Everyone,
I want to share with you the statement I sent to the provosts office that they can use in communications about the campus response to the coronavirus:
The University Libraries plan to remain open, with no changes to hours, but this may change as the situation changes. The University Libraries are equipped to provide information resources and services to faculty, student, and staff remotely, via the web site and Zoom. See the Libraries’ Remote Resources Guide for more information. In the event of a partial campus closure, the Libraries may need to reduce hours. In the event of full closure, the Libraries would continue to provide access to online resources. Chat reference services would continue, and subject librarians would be available for consultations via email. Changes to library hours or services will be posted on the Libraries’ website and to social media.
Please stay alert to news from campus leadership about the response in this fluid situation. For now, we plan to continue to keep the libraries open while the classes have shifted to online only.
Thank you for everything all of you are doing to keep the Libraries operating.
Deb Ward
New Muse Posts
Bookmark Cafe Closed Until In Person Classes Resume
Bookmark Cafe will be closed until further notice. If in person classes resume on March 30th, the Bookmark Cafe will resume regular hours as well. Visit Bookmark Cafe Information to keep updated on hours.
For a complete listing of University Libraries, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.