The search effort for the LIA position in Access Services, ILL-Lending, is on hold status. A short list of candidates will be identified from among the numerous applications submitted.
The search effort for the LIA position in Access Services, ILL-Lending, is on hold status. A short list of candidates will be identified from among the numerous applications submitted.
Human Resource Services is sponsoring its 4th Annual Training Conference, October 21-23, 2008, for Columbia campus staff employees. There will be over fifty training sessions covering diverse topics including topics such as leadership, supervision, personal financial planning, retirement planning, and time management. Also included is a session from Dewey Thompson on ‘True Colors.’
All sessions are free and this is a great opportunity to set aside a couple of days for professional development. All sessions will be held at Memorial Union and the speakers are mostly MU staff and faculty who are all experts in their fields. Sessions run concurrently but several topics are repeated over the two days.
For course information, and to register online, go to https://iatsbase.missouri.edu/hrtraining/loginForm.aspx. Release time is available with supervisor approval. As an FYI, employees in academic titles have been able to attend on a space-available basis.
The NIH Public Access mandate has been in effect since April 2008. We thought you’d be interested in what the MU Libraries have been doing to support NIH researchers on campus.
In addition to updating the MU Libraries Guide to the NIH Public Access Policy as needed (and continuing to monitor any legal challenges to the policy!), the Libraries have sent information to all NIH researchers on campus about the policy. Brenda Graves-Blevins, Diane Johnson, and Kate Anderson have spoken to a number of different groups, including: Life Sciences Center investigators; Council of Research Administrators; School of Medicine Research Council; and the Grant Writers Network.
When talking to researchers and support staff about this new policy, we emphasize that:
Thanks to all involved in providing NIH researchers with this information. Helping support this policy has been a good example of campus-wide collaboration, involving people from the MU Libraries, the Division of Information Technology, the Office of Research, and the Provost’s Office.
Submitted by Kate Anderson
Mary Aycock recently completed a five-week, online course in shareable metadata titled “Metadata for You and Me.” With aggregated repositories such as OAIster.org becoming more popular, ensuring that your metadata is shareable assumes greater importance. A classic example cited by Robin Wendler at Harvard concerns a record of a photo she encountered in an aggregated collection titled “On a horse.” Such a general title provides little information to a researcher regarding what the photo is. However, learning what local collection the photo came from provides the key to unlock the context: a collection of photos of Theodore Roosevelt (thus, the photo features Theodore Roosevelt on a horse). Shareable metadata find ways to address how to bridge the gap between what is sufficient in a local collection versus the needs of a wider universe.
This course will help support Mary’s work in developing metadata guidelines for MOspace.
Rebecca Graves has just published an article in the September issue of MLA News: “Technology: Are you Ready for the Semantic Web?”
It’s a boy!
Come and celebrate with us…
On the impending arrival of a baby boy for Nora Tamm and her husband Chris.
Date: Thursday October 16th 2008
Place: Ellis Library Staff Lounge
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm
Nora and Chris are registered at:
Babies R Us & Wal-Mart
Please check out the Banned Book exhibit at Ellis Library in the west freestanding case.
“Of Thy Noble Past: The Early Years of MU Football” is on display throughout the month of October in the Ellis Library Colonnade. The exhibit contains football photos and memorabilia provided by the University Archives.
On Monday, October 20 from 4-5 p.m., visit the Ellis Library Colonnade for a celebration of MU football. Todd Donoho, author and sports journalist, will be on hand to talk about the history of MU football and Truman the Tiger and to sign books. Truman the Tiger will also make a special appearance. And don’t forget to check out the special exhibit: “Of Thy Noble Past: The Early Years of MU Football.” Refreshments will be provided and children are encouraged to attend this free event.