Staff news
MULSA Thanksgiving Feast, Nov. 21
In the News
Sharon Kile, 1936-2019
Columbia Daily Tribune, March 22, 2019
Sharon was head of the shelving department for many years. She worked at Ellis Library for more than 40 years.
Josephine Johnson
Josephine worked in the Library Science branch at Ellis Library (4th floor) for many years and worked in ILL and in Reference.
Library Management Team Information and Action Items 10/28/19
Great University Libraries Bake Off!
As promised, here are some more details about our United Way bake sale next week. See the original post below.
- The bake sale will be in the Admin office, but we will send out photos each day. If staff who are not in Ellis want to participate, just email me with your request. We will try to make deliveries.
- If you want to buy baked goods, it will help if you have change. So plan ahead!
- Bakers, please bring your items to the Admin office in the morning. Also, please price your items and have them bagged or wrapped. We will sell large items, like cakes and pies by the slice. We can sell small items in groups, like 2 or 3 smaller cookies.
- Thanks to Gwen Gray and Sheila Voss who are helping out with the coordination of the bake sale.
- Can’t wait to see all the yummy treats!
To support United Way, we are going to have a bake off (really, it’s a bake sale) on Nov. 4-8. Please participate by bringing in your best bake goods or purchasing the yummy treats! All the proceeds will support United Way’s fight against poverty in Boone County.
To make it more fun and more like the Great British Bake Off, each day of the bake sale will have a theme!
- Monday: Cakes and Pies
- Tuesday: Cookies and Brownies
- Wednesday: Muffins and Scones
- Thursday: Free for All
- Friday: Leftovers!
I will send out more details soon!
If you would like to give to United Way right now, go to https://unitedway.missouri.edu.
New Muse Posts
In the News
“In making more room for students, MU libraries will move more print materials off-site”
The Maneater, October 29, 2019
RJI and University Libraries Receive Mellon Grant
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and University of Missouri Libraries received a $250,000 grant this fall from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help ensure the survival of today’s digital news record for future generations.
During a yearlong project, a team from the Journalism Digital News Archive, a joint initiative of RJI and University Libraries, plans to visit news outlets across the U.S. and Europe. Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at RJI and the University Libraries, said that during these visits, the team will identify what’s hampering the process of preserving online content by examining the outlets’ technology, workflows and policies.
This project builds on work done during the Journalism Digital News Archive’s five Dodging the Memory Hole conferences, which brought together librarians, memory institutions, newsroom leaders and others between 2014 and 2017 to have conversations about how to preserve and protect “the first rough draft of history.”
For more information, visit Mizzou News.
New Muse Posts
Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Out at the Homecoming Open House
We had a successful Homecoming Open House last weekend with a huge crowd. We helped visitors make around 130 library buttons, almost 100 mini pumpkins and lots of tiger masks. We also handed out tons of pencils, post it notes, Special Collections bookmarks and black & gold beads. Visitors enjoyed cider, coffee, pumpkin bars and more!
Check out pictures of the event at https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nT0kmnjnU/.
Thanks to the following librarians and staff who helped with the event:
Shannon Cary
Cindy Cotner
John Fifield
Matt Gaunt
Taira Meadowcroft
Ann Campion Riley
Ali Sauer