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Staff news
In the News
“Floor damage closes section of Ellis Library study room”
Columbia Missourian, Oct. 10, 2019
Employment Opportunities
ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN – Job ID# 31770
The University of Missouri Libraries (Columbia, MO) has an immediate opening for an Acquisitions Librarian. Primary function is to administer and provide leadership for the Acquisitions unit of Acquisitions, Collections, and Technical Services (ACTS), in University Libraries.
Apply online at http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/academic with Job ID 31770.
LIBRARY SPECIALIST — Job ID# 31752
The Libraries’ Digital Services department has an immediate opening for a Library Specialist to add harvested and submitted content to the MOspace Institutional Repository and the HathiTrust, and increase access to online resources by enriching bibliographic and authority records.
Apply online at https://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/staff with Job ID 31752.
New Muse Posts
Notes from the Director 10/8/19
Hello everyone,
This semester seems to be vanishing more quickly than ever before, most likely because it’s my last one at MU. Thanks to all of you for keeping up with the demands placed on us as the semester unfolds.
Today I want to invite you all to an informal gathering I’m hosting before my official farewell party in the Staff Lounge which is from 2-4 on Nov. 22. The informal gathering will be a happy hour in the U Club dining room at Reynolds Center, from 3-6 on November 20. I hope you can join me for both. Plan now to write a little bit about working in the University Libraries in the Memory Book I’m going to bring to both events; a paragraph or so of what you love about the Libraries (or what you remember, anyway) is the only thing I want from anyone to mark my time at MU.
In good news, we have several new librarians as a result of our recent searches. I hope you’ve seen the announcements. I have one more—John Henry Adams joins us in Special Collections on Nov. 1, replacing Tim Perry. The Acquisitions Librarian search has begun recently, too.
The Open Access Task Force I was chairing for the UM System is issuing its final report, and we are NOT recommending cutting off our Elsevier contract. We are recommending increasing emphasis on Open Access education for faculty and researchers, and an eventual move toward fewer paid subscriptions. I don’t know how much money we will be able to get from campus or the System to renew Elsevier, but we hope to know soon. The Libraries still have a 500K reduction for this fiscal year, so some cuts are still necessary. More, much more on this, later on.
On this Thursday, Vice Chancellor for Finance Rhonda Gibler will be the speaker at our Staff Advisory Group Town Hall meeting in 114A at 2pm. She will be talking about the new campus budget model and taking questions. Currently I don’t think the new budget model will be harmful to the Libraries, and I hope we can all listen to her and ask frank questions without negativity. She makes decisions and we need her good will, whatever happens. The big positive of the new budget model is transparency—it should be more objective than the current budget process, and more clear and understandable.
As you all read in the announcement of my retirement that the Provost sent out last week, a national search for my successor will take place in the coming spring. I’ll share word on who the acting Vice Provost and University Librarian will be just as soon as I know it.
Thanks,
Ann
Welcome to John Henry Adams
We are excited to announce that John Henry Adams will be joining the Libraries as Research and Instruction Librarian for Special Collections on November 1. Thank you to the search committee and to everyone who participated in the hiring process.
Fight Poverty in Boone County: Support United Way
Hope can be hard to come by for people born into generational poverty in Boone County. In other words, if you are born poor in Boone County, you are likely to stay poor. In the national Opportunity Atlas, Boone County is at the 15th percentile nationally for likelihood to escape generational poverty. [www.opportunityatlas.org/] We are second to only the City of St. Louis when we look at GENERATIONAL POVERTY.
United Way fights to improve lives in our community and brings together more than 200 companies, the City of Columbia, Boone County, stakeholders and service agencies to address pressing issues in our community.
We know that in our community:
- Unemployment is 2% BUT
- 40% of households reporting income earn under 200% of the federal poverty level.
- ($24,120 for an adult, $40,848 for one adult with 2 kids)
- More than 40% of children in Columbia Public Schools are on free or reduced lunch.
- 51% of households in Columbia are “cost burdened” – where more than 30% of their income goes toward paying for their home (compared to 43% in Missouri).
- The child poverty rate in Boone County is 15.2%.
- Last year, a total of more than 200 kids in the Columbia Public Schools were listed as not having a stable place to sleep at some point during the school year.
- 40% of households reporting income earn under 200% of the federal poverty level.
If you would like to support United Way, go to the 2019 Mizzou United Way Campaign.
New Muse Posts
In the News
Welcome to Jennifer Thompson
I’m very excited to announce that Jennifer Thompson will be joining the University Libraries as Electronic Resources Librarian on October 15th. Thank you, on behalf of the Search Committee, for your participation in the interview process.
Corrie Hutchinson