Volunteers for Reverse Trick or Treating

The Child Life specialists at Children’s Hospital are planning this year’s Halloween festivities for their young patients, and you’re invited to join in the fun from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. Reverse trick-or-treating allows staff dressed in costume to deliver treats and small treasures to children in their hospital rooms. This events allow …

Librarian Promotions

Please congratulate the following Librarians on their promotions.  These are all effective September 1, 2018. Taira Meadowcroft: Promoted to Librarian II Rachel Brekhus: Promoted to Librarian III Kelli Hansen: Promoted to Librarian III  

Newshub Guide Updated

The Newshub Guide has been recently updated: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/NewsHub It is for all library employees and newshub reporters. If you are not a newshub reporter, it gives you background on what the newshub can do for you, how to help your newshub reporter with creating content, your part in the Cycles of Success, and gives a …

Call for Mizzou Libraries Instagram Volunteers and Vacation Pictures

We are looking for volunteers to help create content for the Mizzou Libraries Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mizzou.libraries/ . What would you need to do as an Instagram creator? Good question. Post on your scheduled day. Right now we have a few volunteers and they post once every 7 days. Show all the sides of the library. We …

Sharing Days Poster Help

Do you have a project that has shown significant process in the past year? If so, why not share your poster during the 5th Annual Sharing Days May 1-3 2018. The Powerpoint for Posters guide provides resources for design tips, templates, MU Logos and Colors, infographics, and much more. Of course, there are other ways to create posters, …

Marketing Highlights

Thanks to the wonders of technology our Social Media Team has made sure we will have new content on our social media feeds during the break. So check out the University Libraries Instagram when you need a break from the holiday festivities! We are up to 286 followers, and we get an average of 30 …

Marketing Highlights

We have our first Libraries’ Mizzou Made story on the campus Mizzou Made page. Mizzou Made stories are what we call Cycle of Success stories, but specifically focusing on students. You can see the story on the Newshub: http://library.missouri.edu/news/lottes-health-sciences-library/mizzou-opens-up-horizons and the Mizzou Made page: https://news.missouri.edu/category/mizzou-made/. We have more of these success stories of current and …

Faculty: Funding is available to help you lower your students’ textbook costs

Health Sciences, Nursing, and Medicine Faculty- Funding of $1000-$10,000 is now available to faculty who adopt, adapt or create free or low-cost textbooks and course materials for their classes. Priority will be given to grants for high-impact courses with a large number of students, and to courses with exceptionally high textbook costs. The amount awarded …

Health Sciences Library Hosts MCMLA 2017

October 9-11, 2017, the librarians from the Health Sciences Library hosted the Mid-Continental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MCMLA) annual conference, at the Tiger Hotel. Some conference highlights included: Two posters were presented by library staff, with one winning the award for Best Research Poster. “Using MailPoet to manage faculty publications alerts and track …

Open Education Resources (OER) at the Health Sciences Library.

With Dr. Choi’s recent announcement of the University of Missouri System’s recent commitment to adopt OER to reduce the cost of textbooks and course materials, the Health Sciences Library is ready to help our faculty find appropriate resources for their courses. MedEdPortal is a good starting point for locating open educational materials in medicine and the …