MOspace is now linked on the MU Libraries home page. For more information about MOspace, visit https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/pages/about.
The MU Libraries are currently surveying users through a series of pop-up questions on the Libraries Web site. The questions are designed to gather quick feedback on user preferences. The information gathered will inform decisions the Libraries make regarding allocating resources and setting priorities for Ellis Library and the branch libraries. The pop-up question will change every two weeks. All participants, who choose to enter their e-mail addresses, will be entered in a random drawing at the end of each two-week period. The winners of the drawings will each receive a $15 gift certificate to the University Bookstore
Here’s a really handy tip.
• Locate a file anywhere on your hard drive that you want to e-mail, right-click the file’s icon, click Send To, and then click Mail Recipient. A new mail message will open with the file attached and ready to send. But what’s really speedy about this tip is that your mail program doesn’t launch. This action creates only a single new mail message.
• Now, to send your attachment, simply type the recipient’s e-mail address in the To text field, add any accompanying message, and then click the Send icon. The subject and attachment fields are already set.
These tips are from the book, Windows XP Killer Tips by Kleber Stephenson, ISBN 073571357X.
PT Martin
Contact Gena Scott at scottgl@missouri.edu if you are interested. For more information about the concert, visit the University Concert Series Web site.
Preservation 101
Wednesday, March 4
9-10 a.m.
4G41 Ellis Library
Come join the Preservation Committee to learn how you can help keep the MU Libraries’ collection in great shape. Key topic areas include:
This is useful information for new employees, student assistants, and anyone who touches a book in the course of their work day. Plus, you can pick up tips for preserving your home library and ask questions about book preservation. Release time is available with supervisor approval.
Can you answer the following questions correctly? Find out on March 4.
Which of these activities is considered always harmful to a book?
a. Using sticky notes to mark pages
b. Taking a book outside when the temperature is below 60◦
c. Using highlighters to mark text
d. Using book ends made out of obsidian
e. Reading a book near radiator pipes
Which of these should you report to Physical Processing?
a. Musty smell emanating from a book
b. Dried, brown stains on several pages of a book
c. A tear along the spine of at least.375 centimeters in length
d. A malfunctioning ‘HOBO’
e. A shelved book wrapped in pink thread-like material
The Staff Representative Committee meets at 9:30am the first Wednesday of the month in the staff lounge.
*SRC meets regularly to discuss issues pertinent to employees of the Libraries.
*SRC is charged with serving as a resource to LMT & the Director regarding library employee’s opinions and concerns.
*If the SRC cannot immediately answer your questions, our task is to seek clarification from the appropriate authorities and pass that information onto you.
*Contact your SRC Representative with your comments and suggestions. If you wish to anonymously contact us, we maintain a suggestion box in the Ellis Library Staff Lounge and a Comment/Suggestion form on the web.
* Alan Bloom <blooma@missouri.edu> (07-10)
* PT Martin <martinp@missouri.edu> Chair (09-10)
* Debbie Melvin <melvind@missouri.edu> (07-09)
* Will McCrary <mccraryw@missouri.edu> (07-09)
* Ross Taylor <taylorrb@missouri.edu> (07-09)
* contact:MartinP@missouri.edu <martinp@missouri.edu>
The MU Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee invites you to visit its Web site for information on programs, members and mission statement.
March 5, 2009
Time: 10:00 – 11:00am
Place: 213 Ellis Library
Presenter: Mary Barile, Grant Writer, MU Libraries & MU’s Office of Research
Ready to write a grant? Then you may want to learn more about: setting up grant timelines; creating a narrative that intrigues the funder; soliciting and using feedback.
Release time is available with supervisor approval. Please RSVP for headcount purposes.
The Libraries (along with all other campus divisions) have been asked to return funds to the Provost in anticipation of a rescission by the Governor. This spreadsheet outlines how the Libraries will find the $338,000 (5.6% of non-salary expenditures) requested by the Provost. Please refer to Chancellor Deaton’s January letter, which lays out the rules for cutting spending in the non-salary portions of the operating budget.
Jim Cogswell