Are you interested in writing for a new open access point of care resource, Open Library of Medicine? 

University of California Press, PLOS, and a growing collective of partners are working on the idea for a peer reviewed open access service that allows people to write and use point-of-care summaries at a cost that is multiple times less than current commercial products. 

Interested in becoming a paid author/contributor?  Complete this brief (3-5 minute) survey.

Why are they doing this?

• Physicians at medical schools and teaching hospitals author a large share of the content in point of care tools.  
• Trainees and physicians at those institutions are also key users of these, and their institutions are key buyers. 
• If the collective faculty and staff across these institutions write and consume much of the content, why does it cost the same institutions ever-increasing premiums to re-acquire their collective knowledge? 
• The Open Library of Medicine publishing initiative envisions an open access service that allows people to write and use point-of-care summaries at a cost that is multiple times less than current commercial products. 
• Open Library of Medicine will be kick-started with foundation grants.
• When it has enough content to have parity with the current fee-based point of care tools, sponsor institutions will join the initiative and share the cost of supporting the lower cost and non-restricted access of Open Library of Medicine.
• Editors and authors will be paid honoraria. They can keep or pay this forward to their institutions to offset costs for the initiative.

Learn more about the Open Library of Medicine publishing initiative

Student Leaders informed the Acting Director of Libraries last evening that the library student fee referendum placed on the student election ballot failed. In order to pass, the referendum required 60% of voters to vote yes. We were informed last evening that only 54% of the votes were yes votes, and that percentage was adjusted slightly downward by them this morning. 

We want to thank the students who supported the libraries, those who participated in the discussions, and to all of those who took the time to vote. Given the outcome of the vote, we will continue to serve the needs of our users in the most effective way possible, with available resources. We continue to value input from our users, and we look forward to working with you as we move forward.

Deb Ward, Director, Health Sciences Libraries 

In addition to scanning to USB, you can now scan directly to your email from the copier in the Engineering Library! Both of these functions are free.

As always, you can also make regular copies for 5 cents a page using your student ID, or 10 cents a page using cash.

Visit our Mobile Medical Resources page for medical apps and mobile websites for your tablet and phone.

 

Stop by Bookmark Cafe in Ellis Library from 10 to 11 pm on Nov 1, 2 or 3 to get a free cup of drip coffee!

The Engineering Library will close at 6:00 pm on November 5, 2015 due to the evening football game against Mississippi.  See the letter from the Provost below for more information.

 

To Staff and Faculty:

MU Football takes on the Mississippi St. Bulldogs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in our first weeknight game since 2009.  We are excited about this opportunity to showcase MU and our student athletes on the ESPN network. 

A team of individuals from Athletics, Faculty Council, the Provost’s Office, and Campus Facilities has been working diligently to minimize disruption to our campus, and we want to emphasize that classes will be in session all day. The parking situation will not prevent students from being able to attend classes scheduled for Thursday afternoon; students can move cars to alternative lots before afternoon classes begin.  

All supervisors, deans, and department chairs are encouraged to adjust work schedules or allow employees to use vacation or personal time so that as many employees as possible leave campus by 3 p.m. on November 5. The Columbia Public School System has instituted an in-service day the afternoon of November 5, so children will be let out of school early that day. Please note that no one is required to leave our campus early. 

Because of the major influx of Tiger fans as well as some visiting Mississippi St. fans, the parking lots near Memorial Stadium that accommodate fans must be cleared by 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5.  (This is the same process that is used for Saturday games.)  MU staff have been working to identify campus parking accommodations for those students and staff who will have to move their cars; everyone in the specific lots affected will be notified via e-mail regarding parking relocation instructions.

The Tiger Avenue Parking Garage and Parking Structure No. 7 will not be available for football parking for this game. Employees who work evening or night shifts and generally park in a surrounding surface lot are directed to park in Tiger Avenue Garage or Parking Structure No. 7.  All staff and faculty parking in lots 14A, CG1, CG17, RP10, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, RP8, SG2, SG4N, SG4, SG5, SG6, SG7, SG7C, SG9, WG1, WG14 will be closed to employee parking beginning at 4 p.m. that day.  See this map to determine whether your parking lot is affected. All employees who regularly park in these lots must move their cars by 4 p.m.  Game day parking will begin in those areas at 4:30 p.m. Those lots will re-open for normal use at 7 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. 

Faculty who teach classes after 3 pm on Nov. 5 will receive a separate email providing detailed instructions regarding parking. 

To alleviate parking and traffic issues for patients, MU Health Care clinics located at University Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute and the University Physicians Medical Building will close at 1 p.m. Ancillary departments also will operate on a lighter schedule that afternoon. Valet parking will close at 2 p.m. The hospital and emergency room will remain open and continue normal operation throughout the evening.

I hope we will give a warm Mizzou welcome to Mississippi St. fans and wish our Tigers a great victory.  Additional information is available at:  http://mutigers.com/thursday.

Garnett S. Stokes

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Jatha Sadowski

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources

The MU Libraries in conjunction with MSA student group Four Directions: Indigenous Peoples and Allies are pleased to present a very special event to take place in Ellis Library's Room 114A on Wednesday, November 4, 1-2pm. 

The spiritual elder of the Otoe-Missouria tribe, Dr. Aaron Gawhega, and his son Michael Gawhega, the tribe's Executive Director, are coming from Oklahoma to speak. In addition to the message from these elders, there will be a brief showcase of Native Americans' exact words as they were recorded in our library's collection of 19th century government documents, and a corresponding exhibit in the colonnade display cases. This will be a unique opportunity to learn about and appreciate the people for whom our state and our campus are named.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.