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home Staff news Scoville, Emerson, and James Win Research Poster Award

Scoville, Emerson, and James Win Research Poster Award

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Congratulations to Caryn Scoville, Katy Emerson, and Caroline James, who won the award for Best Research Poster at the 2017 Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association!

You can read more about the award here.  Their poster was titled “Almost One out of Five Requested Articles are Freely Available to the Public.”  Well done! 

home Staff news United Way Candy Jar Contest

United Way Candy Jar Contest

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Enter the United Way Guess How Many Candies in a Jar Contest! The contest will run until Friday, October 27, 2017. The winner gets the candy (not the jar). It is 25 cents per guess or 5 guesses for a $1. The candy jar is located in the Administration Office (on the same table as the shirts). People can contact Sheila Voss for further details.

All proceeds go to the United Way.

home Staff news Marketing Highlight

Marketing Highlight

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The Zalk Veterinary Medical Library is featured on the Mizzou homepage.

Kate Anderson states, “http://missouri.edu currently features Travis Inman, a non-traditional vet student. He’d wanted a picture of everyone in his family studying in the library.”

 

 

home Staff news Treats for Staff Appreciation Day, Oct. 19

Treats for Staff Appreciation Day, Oct. 19

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The Friends of the University Libraries would like to show their appreciation for library employees by bringing treats on Thursday, October 19, between 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Our Friends volunteers are coordinating with contact persons from each library. Your contact person will let you know when and where the treats can be picked up.

If you would like to thank the organizers for this treat, please send your emails to me. I will pass them on to the Friends.

Thanks,
Sheila Voss

home Staff news Barb Jones Receives MCMLA Award

Barb Jones Receives MCMLA Award

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Congratulations to Barb Jones, who was awarded the MCMLA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association’s Annual Meeting here in Columbia. The award was presented at the Welcome Reception on Monday evening at the Tiger Hotel.

home Staff news Citizenship Too Session, Oct. 16

Citizenship Too Session, Oct. 16

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In response to the call for a campuswide “training” that orients students to diversity and inclusion on our campus, I have worked with faculty and students to create the Citizenship@Mizzou program. Since the spring of 2016, this training has been presented to all incoming undergraduate students at Mizzou.  At each session, I am joined by a handful of faculty and the students of the band Talking Drum. Together, we present vignettes and musical performances that highlight our values of Respect, Responsibility, Discovery and Excellence.  Invariably, this leads us to a reflective conversation about Mizzou identity and culture.

In serving as a Faculty Fellow for the MU Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, I was asked to create a companion program specifically for faculty and staff. Starting this fall, CitizenshipToo will be presented to faculty and staff with the intent to share student perspectives of what citizenship means for the entire Mizzou community. Talking Drum will perform selected classics in an effort to engage faculty and staff in a discussion about their understandings of Mizzou’s core values, while allowing for the collection of ideas on ways to enhance the notion of citizenship on our campus. Faculty and staff will be better prepared to interact with students in the classroom and around campus.

We have two more sessions of CitizenshipToo scheduled this fall:

  • Monday, Oct. 16, 3:30 to 5 p.m. (The Shack, MU Student Center)
  • Monday, Nov. 20, 3:30 to 5 p.m. (The Shack, MU Student Center)

Seating is limited, so please register here:

https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5itG1QE4J1mEMzr

More information: (Flier is attached)

https://diversity.missouri.edu/education/citizenship-too.php

Please email questions about registration and session offerings to citizenship@missouri.edu.

To request accommodations for CitizenshipToo sessions, including captioning or interpretive services, please contact the MU Disability Center.

Thank you for supporting initiatives that aim to make our campus more inclusive. I look forward to interacting with you in one of three CitizenshipToo sessions this fall.

Dr. Stephanie Shonekan
Chair, MU Department of Black Studies
Faculty Fellow, MU Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

 

home Staff news Emerson and Meadowcroft Present Poster at MLA

Emerson and Meadowcroft Present Poster at MLA

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Katy Emerson & Taira Meadowcroft presented this poster on our behalf at Missouri Library Association:

“Providing Service Through #MizzouPDF: Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery”
Katy Emerson, Taira Meadowcroft, Caryn Scoville, E. Diane Johnson

MLA #MizzouPDF

home Staff news New MUSE Posts

New MUSE Posts

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Web tip of the week, Oct. 9,  2017

Events for the weekend: Halloween fun, Pumpkin festival and Planetarium!

Recipe of the week: 20-Minute Crispy Pierogies with Broccoli and Sausage

home Staff news In the News

In the News

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“UM System establishes task force to promote use of open educational resources”
The Maneater, Oct. 11, 2017

home Staff news Staff Advisory Group Notes, 10/10/17

Staff Advisory Group Notes, 10/10/17

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  • General announcements & introductions: Kevin McFillen
  • Director’s report: Ann Campion Riley
    • Depository: We are on the approved capital list from the Board of Curator’s last meeting. Once Facilities gets subcontractors, they will bring their plans to the Board in Feb.  Following that, we will get the final approval.  We will get the money July 1st.  Thereafter, we will start construction.  We renewed the annual lease at the current UMLD II facility. We plan to move in late fall ‘18 or early spring ’19.
    • Lowry Mall construction: they are hoping to get open by the Homecoming parade.
    • Homecoming Open House 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m., game at 11:00 a.m., parade starts at 7:30 a.m.
    • Congratulations Barb Jones for Achievement Award for MCMLA and to Grace Atkins for Missouri Library Association: Outstanding New Librarian Award
    • Ann will attend the Dean’s Council strategic planning and retreat with Chancellor’s staff on Oct. 31.
    • Marketing and imaging campaign: retention and freshmen ACT is the highest in MU history.
    • Job Placement rate at Mizzou is above the national average.
      • University will be doing a large national job placement survey across campus in coordination with the Alumni Association.
    • Engineering Librarian and Head of Special Collections searches are going to be reposted.
    • Bird delay: the birds are not in as good of condition as we had thought. The campus photographer took pictures and we will put them on online auctions through Procurement. Ann hopes to get enough from the birds to pay for the move from UMLD2 to the UMLD expansion.
    • Some libraries are unhappy with iii and Mobius, specifically with available features and pricings. MU is staying with iii and there is a common libraries meeting in October to discuss their plans in continuing or changing these services.
  • RAIS quarterly report: Jeannette Pierce
    • Ithaka Survey launched last Monday to 6,543 graduate students and 3,090 faculty. We have a 5% completion rate as of last Friday. Oct. 27 is the end date of the survey.  We hope to have a 20-25% completion rate.  Ithaka will send out reminders, but our word of mouth is important as well.  The Gateway announcement can be sent out to inform people of the survey.
    • The question project: Jeannette is working to collect questions that are frequently asked so they can do some training with librarians and desk staff.
    • A new Senior Information Specialist and a part time employee to focus on the Hathi Trust materials have been hired.
    • Adrienne Arden is retiring Oct. 20th and the position description is in process.
    • There is a Life Sciences exhibit with a related lecture in Ellis 114 at 2:00 p.m., tomorrow, 10/11.
    • Microform readers have been moved from 403 to 404. Room 403 is closed for now with the hope of opening it in the future as office space.
    • Marie is helping to coordinate the Missouri State Government Information Conference on Nov. 3 in Jeff City.
    • Our Latin American student group is going to create memorials on Nov. 1 to be placed in an Ellis display cabinet.
    • GWLA white paper: information literacy paper shows positive correlation with library support and GPA / retention rate.
    • Nav is involved with badges and micro credentialing on campus.
    • Nav attended Campus Identity meeting specifically working with how we use our web image.
    • Joe Askins hosted an instruction forum and reported 120 instructional sessions were held this semester.
    • Cindy is doing tours and user engagement through user access instead of through instructional services.
    • RapidR is going into effect this week.
    • LGBTQ month posters and articles about court cases are up to celebrate Coming Out Week, Oct. 9-13.
  • Specialized Libraries quarterly report: Dorothy Carner
    • Reviewed fax machines and phone lines this fall.
  • Michelle and Kate are doing outreach for first year students, newsletter submissions and COE digital signage.
  • Noel met with evaluators from the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology, to answer questions about how the people and resources in Ellis and the Engineering Libraries support the educational needs of the College of Engineering’s students.
    • Our HSL is hosting MCMLA in Columbia for the first time since the 1970’s.
    • HSL is working with a School of Journalism Strategic Communication Capstone project this fall.
    • National Network of Libraries of Medicine, graduate assistant started this week to lead this year’s NNLM project.
    • Journalism working with AdZou to remarket JAM program.
    • Edward and Dorothy have been collaborating with IFLA and IIPC colleagues on an international survey of national and state libraries concerning current legal and electronic-legal deposit laws.
      • Dorothy presented parts of the survey at the most recent CRL eDesiderata webex conference on digital news last Wednesday.
    • ACTS quarterly report: Corrie Hutchinson
      • We have a lot of work to do to get ready for the expansion; cleaning out duplicates and working to clean out cataloging projects; Dan will be moving to the Depository to help with this project.
      • Ruthe will be helping with some projects at HSL.
      • Geoffrey Preckshot from UMLD recently retired; we wish him the best.
      • We are looking to get a new Link Resolver.
      • We are thankful to the Provost’s commitment to filling our deficit in the collections budget.
      • Corrie is the Chair of Merlin Standalone Taskforce with Julie and we have new products that are being installed.
      • Unexpected Sierra upgrade: please email Corrie with problems.
      • Site coordinator duties have been transferred from Wayne to Corrie.
      • Our new problem ticketing system, called JIRA, will start in January.
      • Encore is coming to Merlin at some point. Rhonda is our campus representative for that project.
    • Ellis/facilities updates and reminders: Kathy, Dana
      • The cameras are being installed on the exterior of the building. They are working on wiring before they install cameras.
      • ID Card upgrade starts on Thursday. We will get cards with chips, strips and iClass notation.
      • We hope to have the doors converted to read these cards at the end of Thanksgiving break.
      • Nametags will be ordered soon. They will be metal and magnetic.
      • Steam tunnel repairs should be completed Oct. 20 and Hitt street should be open for the Homecoming parade. 9th street will be closed soon, with expected completion April 1st.
      • ULSAC is working on new furniture for room 114. Grace is getting feedback from students to hear what they want. We hope to get the first set of furniture by spring break and the second set by summer break.
      • The Museum is displaying vases in Ellis cabinets.
      • New One Cards process will be implemented Oct. 31st
      • 1st we will have Amazon implemented on ShowMeShop.
      • Ellis location signage should arrive any day. They have been delayed due to staffing changes at Campus Facilities.
    • HR Updates, upcoming events: Sheryl, Sheila, Ruthe
      • Ruthe: we will have a Halloween Party. More details will come soon.
      • Denise Atkins presentation on The Allure of Romance Novels or, Why Sex Sells tomorrow, October 11th at 2:00 p.m.
      • 18 at 5:00 p.m., Mizzou One Read Program: How Fear Leads to Atrocity, MU faculty panel discussion.
      • Annual HR training conference will come out soon.
      • United Way Campaign Oct. 16-27. Oct. 17 is Chili Cook Off and Cookie Bake Off
        • Penny Wars: Change collection and departmental competition
        • Candy guess jar
  • Chair closing remarks: Kevin McFillen
    • Chancellor Cartwright will be visiting the Libraries at Ellis on Nov. 6th and will be meeting staff and students from 2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in 114A.
  • Next SAG Town Hall – Thursday, November 16th at 2:00pm