MU Journalism Library to be Rededicated to Freedom of the Press Defender
Kansas City infoZine, May 14, 2009
Library Administration staff will hold three training sessions in June on Time & Labor for supervisors of hourly-paid employees (both classified staff and students). We’re targeting these supervisors first as their role with payroll, under Time & Labor, will change more than the role of supervisors of monthly-paid employees. The dates, times, & locations are listed below. I will send Outlook schedule-a-meeting notices; simply RSVP to the session that best fits your schedule.
Subsequent training sessions will be scheduled for other supervisors and for all non-supervisory employees. See News Notes from 5/15/09 for a summary of our move to Time and Labor to track hours (see ‘HR Related Updates”).
Leo
Training info
June 4, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.; 4F51-A Ellis
June 9, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m., 4F51-A Ellis
June 11, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., 4F51-A Ellis
One question I’ve received pertains to accessing the myHR website which is the entry to the new timesheet form. We won’t start using the new form until the middle of July, but if you’ve not accessed myHR yet, you might do so between now and July. The instructions follow:
1) Open Internet Explorer
2) Type https://myhr.umsystem.edu in the address field (or click on this link) and hit Enter
3) Type your userid and password (the same as your e-mail information) and hit Enter
4) On the left side of the screen, under ‘Menu,’ click on ‘Self Service’
5) Click on the link ‘Time Reporting’
6) You will see a link to ‘Timesheet’ – it’s not active yet but it will be when we go live.
Other info: You probably noticed a link to ‘Personal Information’ on the ‘Self Service’ page. That link is active and you can click on it to view and actually update personal information. You can also access your Benefits information on the ‘Self Service’ page. Go ahead…try it, you’ll like it.
Leo
1. June 10 ethnic luncheon: If you prefer, feel free to bring any dish… the dish could represent a region of the country you fancy, e.g., southwestern; or, the dish could simply be an ethnic food you like. All library employees are welcome to attend regardless. If you haven’t done so, please rsvp to Leo at AgnewL@missouri.edu regarding both attendance and food contribution.
2. Access a free, online copy of Diversity Executive magazine at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/affirmativeaction/default.htm.
3. Diversity Survey – The DAC is looking at the results of the survey it sponsored in March. We are identifying potential action items from the responses to the open-ended question ‘What does the library need in order to be a diversity resource?’ We look forward to sharing our thoughts with library employees.
NEWS RELEASE
May 26, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368
Under Construction: Images of the Gateway Arch by Art Witman opens June 20 at the Society
By The State Historical Society of Missouri
COLUMBIA, MO—The 630-foot Gateway Arch dominates the St. Louis skyline, and images documenting its construction will cover the walls of the State Historical Society’s Main Gallery when Under Construction: Images of the Gateway Arch by Art Witman opens on June 20, 2009.
By its completion in 1965, the Gateway Arch had been 30 years in the making. President Franklin Roosevelt named the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial the first site under the Historic Sites Act in 1935, but it was not until 1947 that architect Eero Saarinen won a design contest to construct the memorial, and work on the Arch did not begin until 1963. St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Art Witman joined workers high above the city and took breathtaking shots of the monument’s various stages of creation. The resulting mural-sized, full-color photographs were donated by Witman to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis in 1984.
Under Construction will be on display through September 5, 2009. The State Historical Society of Missouri is located in Ellis Library at the intersection of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri campus, with parking available in three nearby garages.
About The State Historical Society of Missouri
Founded in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and a trustee of the state since 1899, the Society is the preeminent research facility for the study of the Show Me State’s heritage and a leader in programming designed to share that heritage with the public. Through educational outreach, such as the Missouri History Speakers’ Bureau and genealogy workshops, or the performing arts, like MoHiP Theatre, the Society not only brings Missouri history to the state’s citizens, but also gives Missourians the tools to uncover the history in their own lives.
* Security Officer (part-time) – 60% FTE; work week nights primarily; Sunday- Thursday (9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.) hours are subject to change based on the needs of the libraries. Some weekday and weekend hours may be scheduled on occasion; $10.50/hr. Administration, Ellis Library. NOTE: Anticipated start time is the first week in August to allow for training prior to the start of the fall semester. Training will take place during the day shift. Late-night shift begins with the start of the fall semester.
Duties: Maintain the security and integrity of the library, its employees and its patrons after library administration’s regular hours. Responsible for hourly rounds, closing procedures, locking and unlocking doors as needed, assisting patrons and staff, setting/disarming alarm systems, and responding to any emergency or situation as needed. Provide security assistance and protection for library staff, patrons and materials and enforce library and security policies and procedures. Conduct regular building patrols, open and close Ellis Library, prevent improper removal of library material, process lost and found articles, investigate and report security incidents (e.g., policy violations, thefts, emergencies, etc.). Perform special projects as assigned. Initiate communication with supervisor regarding security issues, project difficulties, etc. Flexibility in scheduling is essential; must also be willing to respond on short notice to requests for coverage. Must be able to work with minimal direct supervision.
Minimum Qualifications: A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience. (No driver license is required for our security staff.)
Preferred Qualifications: Strong interpersonal skills; ability to both follow established guidelines and appropriately respond to unique situations; effective communication skills; ability to work in various situations. Must be reachable outside of work hours when in the general area. Prior security experience helpful. Basic computer/keyboarding skills are required. Must be able to pass standard First Aid and CPR courses as well as a security background check as a condition of employment. Ability to meet project deadlines. Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff.
Goodbye to Michael Kauffman, late-night, part-time, Security Officer. Michael left to pursue a degree in criminal justice at Central Methodist.
MU Libraries present an online exhibit that documents the journey of the library of Geofroi Jacques Flach, a renowned bibliophile and professor of law, from France to Ellis Library in Columbia, Missouri. For forty years, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Professor Flach collected books on the political history of Europe, Mesopotamia, Russia, Japan and Ireland on the subjects of religion, feminism and other social causes. Especially notable are the St. Raymond de Peñafort manuscript Summa de poenitentiate et matrimonio, dating ca. 1200 AD, and Disputatio Inter Clericum et Militem, a rare incunabulum published in Paris in 1498.
Henry Ormal Severance, director of Ellis Library from 1907 until 1937, acquired the library of Professor Flach in Paris in March of 1920. This collection of approximately 6,000 volumes, many of which have Professor Flach’s original bookplates, is housed in Ellis Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
The online exhibit is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/flach/index.htm.
Visit the new Catalog Department blog for information on Catalog Department activities and projects. Department staff will post news about projects they are beginning and have completed, records loads, MERLIN updates, staff news, etc. In the right-hand column you will find a link to “Useful links.” These links will take you to pages on the Catalog Department website that provide information of interest to others, including MERLIN location codes and MERLIN record create dates. Please let Felicity Dykas know of other links or information that you would like to have added to the “Useful links” page.
You can access the blog via the RSS feed on the Catalog Department homepage at mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/catalogdept/catalogdeptmain.htm or you can link directly to the blog at mulibraries.missouri.edu/blogs/catdeptblog/