Nora Tamm and Suzy Bent have joined the Usability Section of the Web Advisory Group.
The Office 2007 migration is in progress. We will be contacting staff members individually to schedule a time to migrate files and e-mail.
If you are interested in receiving training on Office 2007, you may register for a DoIT session at http://DoIT.missouri.edu/Training. If we get at least 8 people interested in getting training at once, we can get DoIT to have a custom course here in Ellis Library. LTS is also willing to have open labs to answer questions people may have.
I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers while I was away. My recovery is going well, and I hope to be back to full strength real soon.
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LTS has provided Copy Services with Flash Drives that will be made available to patrons for $10 each. They are 512MB drives and are intended to help patrons save files from machines, such as the digital scanner machines, that are not connected to the network.
Don’t miss Nicola Benedetti’s free mini-performance and audience Q&A at the Colonnade by the west entrance of Ellis Library on the MU campus Wednesday at 1 p.m. Ms. Benedetti has been performing on the violin since age five. She recorded her debut album in 2005, which received critical acclaim and debuted at Number 1 on the British Broadcasting Company Music charts. She has since captivated audiences worldwide with her performances.
She will be performing Wednesday night in Jesse Hall with pianist Pei Yao Wang. For ticket information, please visit
http://www.concertseries.org/event-details.php?id=103&view=day&date=2008-01-23
Adrienne Arden and June DeWeese have joined the Communications Committee. Their terms will run from January 2008 to December 2009.
For more information about Communications, visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/communications/communications.htm
Jack Batterson joins June Deweese as an MU Libraries representative to the Retirement, Health and Other Benefits Advisory Committee. This is a University of Missouri Standing Committee made up of 4 staff, 4 faculty, 4 retirees, 1 Ex Officio Human Resources, and 1 Ex Officio Administrative Services.
Below are links to more information that might be of interest to those people who are retired or are approaching retirement:
Missouri University Retirees Association http://mura.missouri.edu/membership.html
Membership is open to all University of Missouri staff and faculty who are 55 years old or older whether retired or still working. Membership is available to Extension, USDA, Hospital or System faculty/staff.
Retiree Benefits & Services
http://mura.missouri.edu/benefits/um-system.html
This has links to the retirement benefits handbook, and retirement plan annual report (23% of the MU Pension is in International stocks – see page 9 for the asset allocation).
MU Retirees Association newsletter (2005 to 2007) http://mura.missouri.edu/newsletters/
Join Leo Agnew to learn 10 proven methods for working with others to generate ideas, evaluate processes, and reach consensus on the next steps. Session 1 will review methods that can help get new ideas off the ground. Session 2 will cover techniques for assessing existing processes.
The material covered in the sessions can be applied to meetings, to managing projects, and to help groups with their approach for generating ideas and assessing processes. Course material is taken from the book The Library’s Continuous Improvement Fieldbook: 29 Ready-to-Use Tools, Sara Laughlin et al; ALA, 2003.
Release time is available per supervisor approval. RSVP’s are requested by not required. Please RSVP to Brad Winter at WinterBA@missouri.edu. Participants are not required to attend both sessions.
Session 1: Feb. 5, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 4G41 Ellis
Session 2. Feb, 12, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 4G41 Ellis