Open Access Week Posts (Note: Additional Open Access Week posts will be published next week.)
- Celebrate Open Access Week With Mizzou Libraries
- Mizzou Author on Publishing OA
- RSC Added to Open Access Agreements
Other Posts
Staff news
United Way Bake for Later Bake Sale – Call for Bakers!
As your United Way reps for this year, Gwen and I have planned a few events to take place over the next few months to raise money for the University’s United Way Campaign. The first one is the Bake for Later Bake Sale!
Here’s how it works:
- We will recruit “bakers” who would commit to baking something for their fellow library employee within a certain time frame (3 months or so).
- We will have an online silent auction the last week of October where Libraries staff can bid on an item to be baked for them later. After the auction, it will be the up to the winner and baker to work out the logistics of when the item would be baked and delivered.
Call for Bakers: If you would like to be a baker for this event, please contact Jennifer Walker or Gwen Gray by next Friday, October 24, and let us know what item you are willing to bake. You don’t need to bake anything now; you will just commit to bake something for later!
Help Needed!
We need a few additional volunteers to help maintain the Ellis Library Staff Lounge on Mondays and Thursdays. Cleaning takes 15-20 minutes, and we provide the gloves, supplies, and training. Sign up for one shift or more per semester – your choice!
Contact Gwen Gray, MULSA Staff Lounge Chair, GrayG@missouri.edu, if interested.
Highlighted Posts of the Week
Highlighted Posts of the Week
Jill Kline Named MLA Outstanding New Librarian
From the MLA 2025 Conference Program:
“The Outstanding New Librarian Award recognizes a librarian with at least 1 year of Missouri-based experience (and less than 5 years in the field) who has contributed significantly to improving and advancing library and information services. This year’s recipient is Jill Kline, Student Success Librarian at University of Missouri Libraries. In her 2 years at Mizzou, Jill has reached thousands of students through instructional sessions and campuswide events. She has created new library learning tools, secured grant funding for a well being book collection, and presented at regional conferences, including MLA. Student surveys of her instructional sessions have shown that more than 95% of students stated that they would be more likely to use Library tools, thanks to her guidance. Jill has led instruction sessions for middle and high school students, while codeveloping a new graduate library workshop. She has also served on university-wide committees, assisting with first-generation student success and AI literacy.”
Congratulations, Jill!
Committee Memberships Updated
All 2025-2027 library committee members have received their appointment letters, and the rosters have been updated on the staff web page. Once chairs have been picked for the committees, they need to be updated. (Contact Shannon Cary to update the page.)
Marketing Highlight
Check out the School of Engineering’s Instagram reel about the Engineering Library.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPEnDYgDbFc/?igsh=MXJxMmV4eGZrejh4
Highlighted Posts of the Week
Library Management Team Notes
Correction: In the 8/12 Library Management Team notes, the Opportunity, Belonging and Accessibility Committee was incorrectly listed as the Organizational Business and Administration Committee.