- TechnologyTip
- Job Vacancies
- 2008 Homecoming Open House a Huge Success
- United Way Pledge Cards Due Today for Early Bird Drawing
- Goodbye to Julie Cooper
- Reversing the Ratchet
- In Memoriam: Amy Arnott
- Update: Electronic Time Processing
- Reminder: Student Excellence Award
- Job Vacancy, Library Information Assistant
- NACO Series, MU Libraries Now Independent
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Technology Tip, Outlook Calendar
Did you know you can make an appointment on your calendar from an email someone has sent? Simply highlight the email and drag it to your calendar icon in the lower left side of outlook and unclick. A new calendar event will spring up based on the email.
Job Vacancies
Library Information Assistant, Access Services, ILL, Lending (posted 9/30/08). Update: The search has been moved to ‘Hold’ status; a short list of candidates will be identified from among the numerous applications submitted.
Research Specialist, part-time, Health Sciences Library (posted 9/26/08)
System Support Analyst, Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books. (Posted 4/30/08); Moved to ‘Hold’ status 6/3/08 – no new applications being solicited at this time.
2008 Homecoming Open House a Huge Success
On October 23, the MU Libraries held its 7th annual Homecoming Open House after the Homecoming parade. Well over 500 attendees enjoyed cider and coffee, muffins, family activities and some fun library giveaways. Thanks to all of the Library Staff who helped out with this event:
- Cindy Cotner helped our visitors get in the spirit by making tiger masks.
- Libby Myre applied “Go Tiger” temporary tattoos to many of the children in attendance.
- Kathy Peters handed out cool tiger stripe balloons.
- Liz Criswell, one of our Student Ambassadors, greeted visitors and guided tours.
- Gary Cox set up a display of University Archives MU football memorabilia.
Attendees were grateful to the Libraries for providing refreshments and family activities after the parade, and they were very interested in the MU football display. This has become a great Homecoming tradition. If you didn’t make it this year, don’t miss it next year!
United Way Pledge Cards Due Today for Early Bird Drawing
Don’t forget to turn in your United Way pledge card to Mark Ellis (104 Ellis) by the end of the day Friday, Oct. 31st, to be eligible for our Early Bird Prize drawing! Please contact Nora Tamm, Michelle Baggett or Paula Roper with any questions about the United Way or the Campaign.
Giving to the United Way through payroll deduction provides a painless way to have a major impact on the lives of people in our community. Read on to find out how even a small gift can make a big difference… When you give $1 per month, the Central Missouri Food Bank and Pantry will feed a family of three five meals… that’s 180 meals you will provide for hungry people in our community in one year. And a single $20 donation buys 400 pounds of food!
- When you give $5 per month, the Family Health center can provide medication for 60 low-income people with chronic illnesses.
- When you give $21 per month, OATS can provide work transportation to eight people for one week.
- When you give $28 per month, Salvation Army Harbor House can provide 2 weeks of shelter to 2 homeless families.
Goodbye to Judie Cooper
Goodbye to Judie Cooper, LIA, Access Services, Circulation. She accepted a LIS II position with Extension & Agriculture Information.
Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers
Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers
Date: November 7th, 2008
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Place: Library Instruction Room 1 (4G41)
Presenter: Steven Bell
This Web page features the following description as well as additional material:
Are you feeling more pressure in your library to keep up with the latest technologies?Library workers must constantly learn the latest techno-tweaks to their familiar information systems, but they also face ongoing tension from the expectation that every new technology must be applied to enhance library services. In a technology landscape where gadgets, gizmos, software and Web 2.0 innovations hit us at an ever accelerating pace, how do we successfully manage technology adoption in our libraries?
This Soaring to Excellence presentation addresses the challenge of the technology ratchet and how to keep it from tightening its grip on library workers. Steven Bell will share ideas and techniques for regaining control over library technology with an exploration of better ways to identify, adopt and leverage the technologies that make sense for us and that create a better library user experience for our communities. With the right attitude and approach every library worker can develop a personal professional development strategy for keeping pace with the technology curve.
Release time is available for this program with supervisor approval.
— Staff Development Committee
In Memoriam: Amy Arnott
Amy Arnott, dean of UMSL libraries, passed away Tuesday, October 28. Amy had worked at UMSL for three decades, beginning as a student employee in 1978.
Update: Electronic Time Processing
The MU Campus is moving forward on improving the process for recording and reporting hours worked and paid leave. The goals include eliminating paper-intensive processes, expediting leave time reporting, and eliminating areas where double data entry occurs.
Several options are available to departments for electronically recording hours worked. The MU Libraries will utilize the electronic time sheet method. Will this change how staff record time? Not really. Non-exempt employees will continue to enter their hours online and exempt employees will access an online ‘Monthly Absence Summary’ form. The change will be the next step – instead of printing out the time sheet or Summary form for signatures, they will be reviewed online by supervisors, corrections made if needed, and then sent on to Payroll for processing. The campus will provide training to supervisors, managers, fiscal officers, and HR staff regarding their role in the process and I’ll pass along dates/times/locations when that information is made available.The current, targeted implementation date for the new time processing method is sometime in 2009. I’ll keep you posted on developments.
Leo Agnew
HR Manager
Reminder: Student Excellence Award
A reminder that nominations are being solicited for the fall 2008 Student Excellence Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize those student assistants who are dedicated, creative, and/or industrious. Any student assistant employed in Ellis Library or in any of the branches is eligible for consideration. The recipient will receive a $25 gift certificate to the MU Bookstore. The award will be announced in November and will be presented to the student in his/her own department.
The nomination deadline is Friday, Nov. 7. Please forward nominations to Leo Agnew, 104 Ellis Library. The nomination form can be found here. In the event of multiple nominations, the ‘extra’ forms will be retained for consideration for the spring 2009 student award.