Thank You to Show Me Mizzou Day Volunteers

Thank you to the following graduate students, staff members and librarians who volunteered to work at last weekend’s Show Me Mizzou Day activity at Ellis Library: Grace Atkins Tyler Blood Shannon Cary Cindy Cotner John Fifield Kelli Hansen Haley Gillilan Trevor Hook Jefferson Hulbert Nav Khanal Taira Meadowcroft Amanda Sprochi Kelsie Wilkins Michelle Zigler Around, …

Fall 2018 Library Connections Available Online

The Fall 2018 issue of Library Connections is available online. If you would like a print copy of the newsletter, please contact Shannon Cary or Sheila Voss. Past issues are also available online.

In the News and Marketing Highlight

The Mizzou Libraries Instagram account was mentioned in a BuzzFeed article last week! Congrats to our Instagram coordinator Taira Meadowcroft and the rest of the Instagram team, which includes Kate Anderson, Grace Atkins, Michelle Baggett, Abbie Brown, Shannon Cary, Eric Cusick, Ashley Granger, Mara Inge, Charlotte Landreth and Sean Witzman. Also thanks to the other …

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 …

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 …

Upcoming Events in Ellis Library

Here is a quick list of the events going on in Ellis Library this semester. If you have specific questions about an event, please contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu. September 24, October 1, 8 and 15 Entrepreneur Quest 114A Ellis Library 5:30 pm to 8 pm September 18 Wellness Resource Center De-Stress Event With Therapy …

Homecoming Open House: Call for Volunteers

The Libraries will host its annual open house at Ellis Library after the Homecoming parade on October 20. The parade time has not been announced yet, but the open house will probably run from 9 to 11 am. There will be refreshments and activities for families, including mini pumpkin and tiger mask decorating, coloring (thanks …

Marketing Update

The Marketing Team has created a marketing calendar that consists of regularly occurring events throughout the year that we want to keep in mind for marketing purposes. These include local events (e.g. True/False), national month/day observances (e.g. Human Rights Day), and some library specific events (e.g. Open Access Week). We can market library resources/services/events during …

All Staff Meeting Notes 8/16/18

Greeting and announcements – Ann Campion Riley, Vice Provost of Libraries and University Librarian Ann extended a special welcome to people joining us through Zoom. Since we have a lot of communication going out through monthly Staff Advisory Group Meetings and that Library Management Team notes are distributed in News Notes, Ann wanted to bring …

Annual Report 2017

The University Libraries 2017 Annual Report is available at library.missouri.edu/about. If you would like to request a print copy, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or 573-882-4703.