New Librarian Promotions

The following librarians have received promotions: Seth Huber, Promotion to Librarian III Taira Meadowcroft, Promotion to Librarian III Rae Thudium, Promotion to Librarian II

Thank You to Special Collections Field Trip Volunteers

Along with the museums, Special Collections hosted field trip visits for all the sixth grade classes in Columbia Public Schools during April and May. Over 1,300 kids and teachers visited and learned about palm leaf books from Southeast Asia, cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, and papyrus from ancient Egypt. We have gotten feedback that the …

Members of Journalism Librarian Search Committee

The search committee for the Journalism Librarian has been formed. Those serving are: Search Committee: – Vera Elwood, Chair, Head of Journalism Library – Chris Pryor, Director for Health Sciences Library and Associate University Librarian for the Specialized Libraries – Liz Brixey, Journalism School faculty representative – Peter Kouba, Journalism Library staff representative – Taira …

Thank You to All the Escape Room Helpers!

We had another successful escape room event during Welcome Week this year! We had 150 students register with a few dozen on the waiting list. The students had a great time and that is thanks to all of those who helped this year! You can see the photos of the groups and their different times …

Safe Space Training

Thank you to everyone who came to Safe Space Training! We had 14 people attend in person and 23 people online. We appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to engage in such important conversations. And mark you calendars for a presentation by Lily Hunter on October 25th. This presentation will focus …

Marketing Highlight: Posts to Promote

Here are some posts you can use to promote to users and/or your departments: Seeking MU Faculty Books for Exhibit at Ellis Library University Libraries Student Advisory Council (ULSAC) Book Project Open Education Week 2022: Introduction to Creative Commons Open Education Week 2022: Introduction to Open Educational Resources Partnership Brings Medieval Manuscript Collection into the …

Marketing Highlight: Valentine’s Day and Post to Highlight

We made some bookish themed valentines. They all got great engagement on facebook, twitter, and instagram The Health Sciences Library is working on an Increase Your Impact Series. : https://library.missouri.edu/news/tag/research-impact-series It’s easy to adapt these posts when you use the engaging emails template. Need help with creating an engaging email, contact Taira Meadowcroft. If there …

Marketing Highlight: Instagram Giveaway and Things to Promote

Thanks to Ying in Digital Services, we held an Instagram giveaway: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZIVRG5pdxt/. Ying designed this calendar out of images from the digital library. We had 77 people enter. This instagram post by Mara got some great engagement back in December: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXCb8-AF8Jd/ Here are some posts you can use to promote to users and/or your departments: …

Marketing Highlight: Posts to Promote

Here are some posts you can use to promote to users and/or your departments: Got A Project You’re Proud Of? Submit to the Undergraduate Research Contest Voice In: A project of the Digital Media and Innovation Lab Being Heumann: A Virtual Discussion with Judy Heumann, an Unrepentant Disability Rights Activist Screen Sharing Monitors Now Available …

Marketing Highlight: Posts to Promote

Here are some posts you can use to promote to users and/or your departments: Introduction to Open Educational Resources Native American Heritage Month Book Recommendations Recent Webinar Recordings 24/7 Pickup Lockers Now Available Provenance Learning and Storytelling Exhibit It’s easy to adapt these post when you use the engaging emails template. Need help with creating …