2025 Celebration of Service Comments
Staff news
New Muse Posts
Call for Library Committees Later This Summer
The call for committee members will happen later this summer. A complete list of committees with member terms can be found on the staff web page.
In the News
“An in-depth look into the safety systems at MU”
The Maneater, May 10, 2025
Two Virtual Professional Development Opportunities
• Summer Skill-Up: Staff Development Workshop Series
Boost your professional toolkit with an engaging virtual summer workshop series. Take advantage of three one-hour sessions (May 29, June 5, June 12) focused on enhancing your capabilities in navigating change, giving and receiving feedback, and stakeholder engagement—delivered in a convenient online format. Link to register: Percipio Channel Summer Skill-Up: Staff Development Workshop Series
• Staff Development Week
The Office of Human Resources is proud to host Staff Development Week, June 2-5, 2025. This event is an opportunity for professional development and community building for staff across the University of Missouri System. During Staff Development Week invited speakers will share information and insights on high-demand topic areas over four days of virtual sessions. Registration now open at: Percipio Channel Staff Development Week: June 2-5, 2025
Highlighted Posts of the Week
2024 Annual Report Now Available
The 2024 University of Missouri Libraries Annual Report is now available online. Contact Shannon Cary (carysn@missouri.edu) if you would like a print copy.
Kline Wins ALA PR Award
Jill Kline, with some editing help from Megan Ballengee, created a Mizzou Libraries QR guide poster, and the Marketing Team submitted it to the 2025 PR Xchange Awards Competition. The QR code poster won in the “Materials promoting collections, services and resources” category for libraries in our budget group.
Congrats to Jill, and please check out the poster if you haven’t seen it on the 2nd floor of Ellis Library.
Gwen Gray Receives Business Librarianship Award
Gwen Gray, business, economics and entrepreneurship librarian at the University of Missouri, is the 2025 winner for the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award. BRASS is the Business Reference and Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.
Jaya Ghosh, program director of the MU Coulter Biomedical Accelerator, stated in her nomination letter, “Through her contributions to MU’s translational research funding, training and mentorship programs and other entrepreneurial offerings such as the regional I-Corps Program (advisor), MU EQ
Student Accelerator (mentor), Mizzou Venture Mentoring Service (mentor) and Entrepreneurship Workshop Series (mentor), Gwen’s work significantly enhances the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of MU, and by extension of Missouri and the U.S. at large.”
Gwen’s contributions include supporting entrepreneurial initiatives at local and national levels, fostering community partnerships, supporting student success, and providing professional mentorship to LIS students. Gwen has dedicated years of her career to develop and strengthen networks that have created long-lasting impacts on her community and the broader profession.
Gwen stated, “I am humbled to receive the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award and am deeply grateful to LSEG Data & Analytic and RUSA for this recognition. Many thanks to the committee for selecting me to receive this honor. I’ve had wonderful support throughout my career at the Mizzou Libraries and would like to especially note Rhonda Whithaus and Jeannette Pierce who (unbeknownst to me) spearheaded the nomination effort. They along with so many of my colleagues have been supportive and encouraging, giving me the freedom to explore and go in new directions. I would also like to recognize Doug Moesel, associate professor of management, who started my work in entrepreneurship by inviting me to join a campus committee on the topic in 2004. Greg Bier, executive director of Entrepreneurship Programs, has been a tireless champion of librarians, making sure the entrepreneurship ecosystem knows our value. Thank you to all the faculty, staff, students and community members not named (and there are many) who have made me better than I would be on my own. Thank you again for this honor.”
Congratulations to Gwen!