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“State Historical Society prepares for move”
Columbia Daily Tribune, March 21, 2019
Sharon Kile, 1936-2019
The Mexico Ledger, March 19, 2019
“Column: Students should take advantage of the study rooms”
The Maneater, March 14, 2019
“College of Engineering analysis says more space needed, but library closing is rumor”
The Maneater, March 7, 2019
The Libraries will receive $50,000 from the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee to improve group study rooms.
“Guest Commentary: The information highway is full of potholes”
Columbia Missourian, March 14, 2019
On Wednesday, March 20th from 9 a.m. -11 a.m., we invite all departments to come look over all used supplies and equipment in our surplus area that you could use in your department. From 12 p.m. -1 p.m., some items departments cannot use will be available for all staff to take home for personal use. Personal items must be taken out of the surplus room by 2 p.m. and removed from the library by 5:00 p.m., unless other arrangements are made with security. The surplus room is located on the ground floor at the bottom of the center stairwell. If you have any questions please contact Pat Jones in security.
Good news! We have filled the two, new part-time positions in Circulation/Reserves! As I mentioned in an earlier Snippets, we took the full-time position vacated by Carri Huff and turned it into two part-time positions. We hope that the difficulties of working the late night and weekend shifts may be better absorbed by two part-time people. Each person will work 24 hours per week. Their specific hours will be determined after they begin. Our new staff members will be:
Greg Allendorf – who is a current Ph.D. student in Poetry at Mizzou. He has been a TA in the English Department and has taught a number of courses over the years. His start day will be Tuesday, 12 March.
Alisa Pappas will start work the following week on Thursday, 21 March. Alisa is currently a graduate student in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (SISLT). She has a son in elementary school and is currently working part-time at Daniel Boone Regional Library. She wants to focus on academic libraries, so she was excited to turn in her resignation there to begin working here.
Many thanks again, to Eric, for stepping up and working the late shifts during Carri’s absence. Thanks to Peter and Karen, as well, for working late on Fridays.
–Cindy Cotner
Anne Barker will be part of a panel discussion on April 11 at the ACRL Conference in Cleveland, OH. The panel is titled “Connect the Campus Dots: Using Institutional Systems to Support Students When They Need It the Most.”
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. That means you should move your clocks forward one hour Saturday night before going to bed. It is also recommended that you use this as a reminder to change all batteries in fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.