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 …

University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest Call for Submissions

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest recognizes and rewards outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri. Undergraduates in any discipline are invited to enter the contest, which will be judged by a cross-disciplinary panel of librarians. One $500 scholarship, and one $250 scholarship will be awarded to an individual or group project. The …

Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Make Escape Ellis Library So Successful!

We had a great turnout, over 175 new students, at last Friday’s Escape Ellis Library event for Welcome Week. It took a lot of time and creativity to put this all together. So thanks to the following people who created four escape rooms from scratch! Grace Atkins Shannon Cary John Fifield Taira Meadowcroft Also thanks …

MULSA Election Results

The MU Libraries Staff Association had its yearly elections recently, and the new MULSA executive board is as follows for 2019/2020: Ryan Bish – President Tom Barnes – Treasurer Rachel Brekhus & Mara Inge – Book Sales Co-chairs Ashley Granger – Community Service Chair Karen Eubanks – Courtesy Chair Gwen Gray – Staff Lounge Chair …

United Way Raffles and Request for Baked Goods

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Chili Kickoff! On Wednesday, October 24 please bring in your baked goods, individually wrapped and priced. We will hold our United Way bake sale in 104 Ellis Library all day or until the treats run out! Anyone who brings in baked goods or buys baked goods will be …

Request for Chili

For the past few years, the libraries have hosted a chili cook off to raise money to support the local United Way. I have the job of finding chili cooks for this year’s event which is on Thursday, October 18. So far, we have five pots of chili but need at least five more. Logistics …

United Way Chili Kickoff Is Oct. 18

The 2018 United Way campaign has begun! This marks the 71st year that Mizzou and the Heart of Missouri United Way have partnered together for this important cause. Similar to last year, each division on campus will be asked to focus on giving during a 2-week mini-campaign. The Libraries campaign will be from Monday, October …

University Libraries: United Way Festivities!

Happy Friday! Sheila, Gwen, Sheryl and I are gearing up for the University Libraries United Way festivities!  We want to let you know a bit more of what is being planned and how you can participate and #MizzouLU. The big event of course is the Chili and Cookie Cook Off on Tuesday October 17th. If …

University Libraries: United Way Kickoff!

Hello Everyone! The University Libraries is gearing up for this year’s United Way campaign. The University is doing things a bit different this year and giving each area of campus a section of time to run their campaign. Our campaign will run from October 16- 27th. This year’s United Way theme is, “Live Mizzou. Live …

Libraries will launch Ithaka Surveys in October

In August we announced our intent to survey faculty and graduate/professional students about how the libraries can best support their research, teaching, and learning needs. We are using survey instruments created by Ithaka S+R, a national non-profit that works with many libraries to gather evidence for use in strategic planning. Ithaka S+R is particularly well-known …