Monday, February 25
“We Always Swing Jazz” Series
Terell Stafford’s “History of Jazz Trumpet”
Friends Room, Daniel Boone Regional Library
11:45 am- 1:00 pm
Free
Monday, February 25
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series
Master Class/Clinic
MU School of Music
Loeb Hall
2:30 pm
Tuesday, February 26
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series
Annual Children’s Concert
Hickman High School Auditorium
10-10:50 am
Contact 449-3001 to reserve space.
Wednesday, February 27
Brown Bag Luncheon Series
“Malcolm X: Revolutionary for the Ages”
Guest Speaker: Addae Ahmad
Ellis Library, Room 159
Noon
Thursday, February 28
Black History Month Knowledge Bowl
For more information or to register your team, call 882-2664.
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
7:00 pm
For more information, visit http://blackstudies.missouri.edu/events.htm.
MU Libraries offered an 8-week workshop, “Global Reach, Local Touch: Library Research for International Students” during the Fall 2007 semester. The workshop met once a week for an hour and included topics such as “How the MU Libraries work: identifying the best information sources for research,” “Finding books, articles and dissertations,” “Plagiarism and copyright,” and “People who can help you with your research.” The course was so successful that it will be given again during the Fall 2008 semester, and the enrollment will be increased to handle overwhelming demand.
MU librarians continue to participate in international activities both on and off the MU campus. Rachel Brekhus and her husband hosted two Taiwanese grad students at their home during October and November as part of an Asian Affairs Center and Department of Counseling Psychology joint initiative. Jim Cogswell, the Director of Libraries, arranged a tour of Ellis Library for a contingent of visitors from Panama hosted by the International Center during the summer.
Librarians from the University of Missouri also continue to participate in the Global Scholars Program. The libraries have been involved in the program since its inception, and this year two librarians from the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library will be participating in programs in Mongolia and Peru. Overseas experience allows Mizzou librarians to better understand and serve their international students, faculty and staff.
CHICAGO-The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Karen Darling, head of acquisitions at the University of Missouri Libraries, to receive the 2008 Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 29, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
The Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, sponsored annually by Harrassowitz, is given to a librarian to recognize contributions and outstanding leadership in the field of acquisitions and includes a $1,500 gift.
Darling has a strong record of dedicated service to all of the institutions in which she has worked and the associations with which she has been active. She brings a global perspective to her work in Missouri through her international affiliations (and through the fact that she earned her advanced degree in London). Darling has demonstrated leadership in developing electronic collections at Missouri and has, in the words of one of her nominators, “helped faculty see librarians as moving the campus forward in electronic access, leading change rather than defending the status quo.”
Darling has had a long and distinguished career. She is currently the head of the acquisitions for the University of Missouri Libraries at Columbia and has held positions at the University of Oregon, the University of Texas at Austin and also the University of Arizona. Darling has presented many papers at ALA and at IFLA on serials and acquisitions management. She has been involved with ALCTS for many years in both the Acquisitions and Serials sections. Most recently, she has served on the ALCTS Board as director at large. She has also served on the ALCTS nominating and membership committees. In addition to being active in ALCTS, she has been on IFLA committees dealing with serial publications and has been a valued member of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG).
“Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award presented to Karen Darling.” American Library Association. 2008.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/february2008/darling08.htm (Accessed 21 Feb, 2008)
One resource being used by the Web Advisory Group (WAG) for making decisions about the MU Libraries Web site is the book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug. Two copies are available on 7-day reserve if any non-WAG staff are interested. It is a quick and pretty enjoyable read.
Wayne Sanders presented the paper “Libraries and Their Role in Icarian Utopias of the United States,” at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association’s Annual Conference in Albuquerque on Feb. 15th.
Wednesday, February 27
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm
Place: 4th floor Conference Room
Presenter: Sarah Cron
All of us are polite and friendly to those library users.And each of us can give examples of times we went out of our way to satisfy a patron’s needs. That’s been true in libraries for decades. As libraries and universities have changed dramatically in response to changes in the environment, needs of constituencies, technological possibilities and the very nature of our users, has the definition of what constitutes user centered changed as well? Do we and/or should we have different classes of users? If we develop a unified vision statement describing services to users across all of the MU Libraries, what should it include?
Release time for staff to attend this program is available with supervisor approval.
– Staff Development Committee
Monday, February 18
The History of Hip-Hop
Guest speaker, local Hip Hop artist W-A-R-R-I-O-R
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 21
Third Thursday
“Soulphistication”
Come meet and mingle while enjoying free soul food and great music.
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 21
“The Essence of Liberty: Free Black Women During the Slave Era”
Dr. Wilma King, MU History Professor
Missouri State Archives, 600 W. Main St., Jefferson City
7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 22
DWELE Concert “Night of Neosoul”
Jesse Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
For ticket information, contact 882-4640.
Friday, February 22
Kids Day, Moving Ahead Program
Children ages 512 will portray great African-American achievers.
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
6:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 24
Black History Month Art Show Reception
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
3-5 p.m.
Sunday, February 24
Gospel Explosion & Soul Food Celebration
St. Luke United Methodist Church, 204 E. Ash
3:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 24
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series
Terrell Stafford Quartet
Murry’s
3:30 & 7:00 p.m.
Ticket information at 449-3001.
For more information, visit http://blackstudies.missouri.edu/events.htm.
Congratulations to Sam Napier and his wife, Kari Wilborn. Andrue Gregory Napier was born on Feb 13, 2008 1:33AM. He was 8.46 lbs and 21.5 inches long.