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Reminder: Library Signage Policy
Note: This policy was approved for Ellis Library. The specialized libraries will also follow the policy with some exceptions based on their locations.
Visitors to Ellis Library should encounter spaces that are welcoming to all and conducive to scholarship and learning. The Library Management Team has approved the following standards for signs.
Please note that signs that do not adhere to the guidelines will be removed.
• Permanent in-library services and wayfinding signs are under the purview of the communications officer in conjunction with Campus Facilities.
• Short-term signage must be created using templates provided in Canva. Please date and initial short-term signage and inform communications officer. (Communications officer can provide assistance in creating signs.)
• Emergency and out-of-order signage must be dated and initialed and taken down within 2-3 days or once emergency is over. Anything requiring longer-term signage falls into the category of short-term signage.
• Paper flyers and informational pieces about campus activities may be posted to information kiosks. Flyers posted in other places will be removed and discarded.
In addition:
• No signs may be taped to wall. Please use appropriate sign holders. If signs must be attached to walls, contact the Administration Office for command strips.
• All signage questions should be directed to the communications officer.
• Final decisions about signage in Ellis Library will be made by the Library Management Team, with input from the communications officer and facilities project coordinator.
Policy submitted to Library Management Team by Ellis Library Sign Task Force on 10/04/2022.
Ellis Library Sign Task Force Members: Shannon Cary, Janice Dysart, Sheila Voss
Approved by Library Management Team on 10/04/2022.
Bookmark Cafe Update
Campus dining services will continue to run Bookmark Cafe for the fall semester. A new vendor will take over in January. We will let you know when the vendor selection has been finalized.
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New and improved exhibit in Special Collections: Fine Press Materials
Fall semester is just around the corner and with new faces comes a new digital exhibit! The exhibit is an updated version of our past “Fine Press Materials” LibGuide: https://library.missouri.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/finepress/. The original LibGuide was curated by Tim Perry and has since been reworked as an exhibit and updated by Clare Starkey. The exhibit features examples from fine press publishers held within our collection, showcasing traditional printing technologies and techniques from the modern fine press movement. This exhibit concentrates on presses associated with the fine press movement but also covers a selection of precursors to the movement. Presses founded after 1939 are excluded, except presses founded as continuations of earlier presses, presses founded by printers whose careers were well established by 1939, and prominent Midwestern Presses. Notable examples from the exhibit include items from the Kelmscott Press, Harbor Press, and the Limited Editions Club.
New Vice Provost to Start on September 16
Kara Whatley, our new vice provost for Libraries and university librarian, will begin at MU on September 16.
Congratulations to Kimberly Evans
Please congratulate Kimberly Evans on her new role as Head of Ellis Circulation/Reserve. She started Monday, July 8th.
End of Term Archive Presentation Hosted by American Archivists Mizzou Student Chapter
Our own Amanda May is the student president of the Mizzou student chapter of the Society of American Archivists. She and her team have worked hard to organize a zoom presentation about preserving U.S. government websites at the conclusion of presidential administrations. The session is next Monday, 7/22, at noon. Cost is free, but you do need to register to attend. Details and the link to register are below.
Next Monday, the Society of American Archivists Mizzou Student Chapter (SAAMUSC) will host two librarians from the End of Term Archive (EOT) for a presentation over Zoom. An abstract made by the presenters as well as their bios are included below. You must register to attend, it is open to all MU students, faculty, and staff.
Abstract:
The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 and is currently accepting URL nominations for the End of Term 2024 Web Archive. Members of the project team from Stanford University and the Library of Congress will speak about the history of the project and how it came about, the nomination and archiving process and timeline, and how researchers can use archived federal .gov data from the archive. Come learn how you can get involved in preserving the .gov domain!
Presenter Bios:
Abbie Grotke is Head of the Web Archiving Section at the Library of Congress. She joined the Library in 1997 as part of an early digital library digitization project, and since 2002 she has been involved in the Library’s web archiving program. She currently leads a team of 7 staff who provide overall program management in support of the collecting of web content for the Library’s collections. In her role, she has helped develop policies, workflows, and tools that have enabled the Library to collect and preserve web content. She has worked on a variety of collaborative web archive collections and projects, including the End of Term Government Web Archive since it began in 2008. Grotke currently serves on the Steering Committee of the International Internet Preservation Consortium and is on the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Representative Council.
James R. Jacobs (jrjacobs@stanford.edu) is the US Government Information Librarian at Stanford University Libraries where he supports the research needs of the university, and works on both traditional collection development as well as digital projects like LOCKSS-USDOCS and Web harvesting, including the End of Term Archive and FOIA. He received his MSLIS in 2002 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His passion and expertise lie in the realm of digital preservation, digital collection development, FOIA, and the expansion of the public domain and information commons. He is a co-founder of Free Government Information (freegovinfo.info) and Radical Reference (radicalreference.info). A longer bio including a list of his publications and presentations can be found at Free Government Information (http://freegovinfo.info/node/972).
Speakeasy Event Information:
When: Monday, July 22 starting at 12pm CT.
Where: Over Zoom.To register for the event, please click here.
The event will be recorded, so if you are unable to attend we will share the recording within this month’s newsletter!
If you have any questions, concerns, or issues registering for the event please email Amanda May at asmx67@umsystem.edu.
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