We would like to have a librarian serving on the 2009 Celebration of Service Working Group, which will be planning next year’s event. Current members are Shannon Cary, Mark Ellis, Colleen Smith and a member of MULSA yet to be determined. Please contact me by Dec. 1 if you are interested in serving on this group.
Shannon Cary
Today’s tech tip is also a green tip!
Check out this article at PCWorld: “Save Ink and Paper Every Time You Print”
Also, check out the comments where you can find more useful tips.
New computers for those with Dell GX 280s
UM Systems has increased the Desktop Enhancement computer replacement schedule from 3 years to 4 years. LTS is working to get our staff computers in compliance with these new requirements. Currently, computers due to be replaced are the Dell GX 280 series. Staff members with this series will be replaced over the next few months. The replacement machines are Dell GX 755s, running Windows XP. The systems have 20″ flat panel monitors.
Flat panel monitors for all
Working with LMT, LTS is prepared to replace staff CRT monitors replaced with flat panel monitors. LTS has acquired enough 17″ Dell flat panel monitors to replace those who do not already have Flat Panel Monitors. We have these monitors on site, so look for your replacement in the coming weeks.
LTS has instituted a laptop checkout program
Additional software may be requested, depending on licensing compliance. Laptops may be checked out directly from LTS. Make your request by emailing us at: asklts@missouri.edu.
We need your help with enforcing our food & beverage policy. As you all know the library itself and its contents can be easily damaged (books, computers, carpets, furniture etc.). So if you see a student not following the policy, just give them a quick reminder if you will. Here is a refresher on the library’s food & beverage policy for students. “No” food above the ground level and only approved beverage containers (examples: screw tops bottles plastic and glass, travel coffee mugs and water bottles) on floors 1 through 4. You can refer them to the displays at both entrances and by the second floor twin elevators on what beverage containers are approved and unapproved.
Thank you all for your support,
Ellis Library Security
Thanksgiving week –
Open Monday, November 24, 8am – 1pm
Tuesday, November 25, 8am – 1pm
Wednesday, November 26, 8am – 1pm
Closed Thursday, November 27th
Friday, November 28th
Saturday, November 29th
Open Sunday, November 30, 3pm – 11pm
Semester Break/Christmas week –
Close at 3pm Friday, December 19th
Re-open at 8:30am Monday, January 5, 2009
January 5-9, 8:30am – 1:30 pm
January 12-16, 8:30-1:30 pm
January 17-19, Closed
January 20, resume regular hours.
Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, the only day dedicated to nationally recognize and encourage both recycling and buying secondhand products. Established in 1997, the effort now has millions of Americans, including Mizzou students, faculty and staff, pledging to increase their recycling habits at home and at work. On any given day, Mizzou recycles about 5 tons and discards an additional 4 tons of recyclables. Get in and maintain the reduce-reuse-recycle mentality and activity. Help reduce MU’s waste-impact on our environment. To learn more, see www.cf.missouri.edu/ls/recycle. Every little bit helps. Thanks for doing your part. Ellis Library is going green, so staff notice where you can locate the nearest recycle bins by your department.
Research Specialist, part-time, Health Sciences Library.
System Support Analyst, Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books. Moved to ‘Hold’ status 6/3/08 – no new applications being solicited at this time.
The president of the University of Missouri system has donated $1 million to help finance a project to link students, professors and administrators at the university’s four campuses by creating virtual conference rooms. The MU virtual conference room will be located in Ellis Library.
The Government Documents Microfiche “Cave” on the 1st floor of Ellis Library is being dismantled in order to make space for this new video conferencing center. Some microformat collections are being moved from that room to off site storage, some collections are moving to the Engineering Library, some are moving to a storeroom on Ellis’ ground floor and a small amount of remaining collections will be moved closer to the Government Documents office. Shelves around the perimeter of Room 201 will be a temporary holding area for microcard collections which are destined for off site storage. The Documents Cave is scheduled to be cleared by the end of December. Construction on the new video conferencing center may begin as early as January 2009.
For more information about President Forsee’s gift to the University of Missouri System, you can read this St. Louis Post Dispatch blog post, “Forsee, the “Sprint guy”, gives $1 million gift to the University of Missouri to buy AT&T technology.”
On October 27th, the Preservation Committee traveled to Jefferson City to tour the Missouri State Archives. Lisa Fox, the Senior Conservator, lead the tour, which included the Reading Room, the Archives’ stacks and the Records Management area. The highlight of the tour, though, was the preservation lab where the Committee spoke with the on-staff conservators and saw some of the processes used at the lab.
For all the details, check out the report at: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/preservation/activities.htm