“Six things to do on mid-Missouri campuses this week”
Columbia Missourian, Feb. 5, 2018
Columbia Morning with David Lisle
KRFU.org
Interview with Chancellor Cartwright mentions the Libraries
Staff news
Notes from the Director, 2/2/18
Hello everyone,
Today is cold and sunny, a classic winter day. I think we all welcome the sunshine, no matter how cold, after all the cold gray days we had last month.
Some of you know I was out with the flu earlier this week, and I am glad to be back and better. I hope everyone is taking care, washing hands frequently and getting enough rest as we hear there is at least another month left of flu season.
There is probably at least another month to wait until we hear the campus budget assumptions for the coming year. Lately the news has not been too bad, and enrollment is projected now to be up for the fall, so we can hope to avoid another major cut, but we don’t know yet. Our plans for the depository continue, as do our other projects that we discussed last month at the All Staff meeting. Jim Spain is now the Interim Provost, and we know he is a friend to many of us and to the libraries, so we hope little will change from the great support we had from Garnett Stokes. I know some of you attended her farewell. She will be missed.
This week starts Black History Month, and there are many interesting events taking place on campus in commemoration. I hope you all find time to attend some. There are calendars of events that should be posted soon.
This coming Tuesday is the monthly Staff Advisory Group meeting, and I hope to see many of you there. Maybe I will have more news then, but for now, I don’t have much. We continue to be busy in Ellis and all the locations, which is good news.
Ann
2018 Black History Month at Mizzou
This year’s Black History Month theme is “War, Peace & Black Progress.” The University Libraries are proud to sponsor the following exhibit and event.
Feb 5 – Feb 28 Exhibit: War, Peace and Black Progress
Images on display at Ellis Library from the State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri Libraries. Sponsors: University Libraries and Missouri State Historical Society.
Feb 28 6pm Black History & Culture Trivia Night
Join local celebrities at the Columbia Public Library for a fun and competitive evening of history, culture and prizes. Sponsors: BHM Committee; Columbia Honda; Daniel Boone Regional Library; University Libraries; Paramount Marketing Group.
Check out missouri.edu/blackhistory/ for information about all of the events happening this month.
In the News
“Mort Walker, Creator of Beetle Bailey, Dies Aged 94”
Bleeding Cool, Jan. 27, 2108
Employment Opportunity
The Libraries have an immediate opening for the following staff position:
- Library Information Assistant, Evenings: Health Sciences Library Circulation
- This position is open to current University employees only.
For additional information, including the job description, salary, and shift, please visit the Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/#staff_job_openings.
New MUSE Posts
Registration Is Open: Fourth Annual Black History and Culture Trivia Night
Since 2015, the University of Missouri Libraries and the MU Black History Month Planning Committee have hosted Black History Trivia Night on the last day of the culture-packed month of February. This year, for the first time, the event has co-sponsors that will make it a true “town/gown” event spotlighting local minority-owned businesses. Black History and Culture Trivia Night 2018 will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday February 28 in the Friends Room at Columbia Public Library. Extra-special prizes for the winning and second place teams are being donated by corporate sponsors Columbia Honda and Parmount Marketing Group. Dr. Cyntha Frisby of the MU School of Journalism and longtime local columnist Bill Clark will share “celebrity emcee” honors.
Participation in Trivia Night is free; maximum team size is five players. On the registration form, players are given a choice of local business owners for whom they’d like to play, or if they wish, they may register a team of five and name their own captain. A light supper will be served before the game begins, which will allow for plenty of time for mingling among and across teams, as all participants enjoy a fun and competitive evening full of heroic feats of memory, entertaining multimedia questions, and many chances to acquire new knowledge.
Registration is online at library.missouri.edu/trivia by phone at 573-443-3161 (Columbia Public Library), 573-642-7261 (Callaway County Public Library) or 573-657-7378 (Southern Boone County Public Library).
Marketing Highlights
Hope you were following the Libraries’ social media accounts on MO Libraries Snapshot Day! Here’s a glimpse of the photos of our librarians and staff at work.
#MOLibraries Snapshot Day, which was on Jan. 24, is a social media activity designed by the Missouri Library Association to advocate for libraries through increased visibility using the hashtag #MOLibraries.
The statewide collection of library snapshots can be found at https://storify.com/MOlibraries.
New MUSE Posts
Employment Opportunity
The Libraries have an immediate opening for the following staff position:
- Library Information Assistant – Ellis Library Circulation/Reserve
For additional information, including the job description, salary, and shift, please visit the Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/#staff_job_openings.