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Healthy for Life Update

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a way to a healthy life
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Workplace Presentations
Wellness is a way of life. Do you and your colleagues want to learn more about Healthy for Life? Our goal is to help offer you the resources you need to make lifestyle changes to become healthier and happier. If you would like a presentation in your workplace about our wellness programs, contact Jenny Workman, MU Program Manager, at workmanjl@umsystem.edu or Armine Alioto at aliotoa@umsystem.edu for UMHS presentations.

MizzouRec Summer Stimulus Program
All faculty, staff, retirees, and non-fee paying students are invited to take advantage of a special summer stimulus package. MizzouRec Complex will offer the chance for all faculty, staff, retirees, and non-fee paying students with a current valid MU ID to use the Rec Complex at a minimal fee of $2/per person per day from May 18th- August 13th. MizzouRec has worked hard to provide this opportunity without compromising students, the fee structure, or non-student members.

The Stimulus Partners: May 18 – August 13, 2009
MizzouRec Services & Facilities and the MU Student Rec Complex
$2/day memberships

Healthy for Life, The TE Atkins Wellness Program
Health Screenings at The Rec Complex at selected times

Campus Dining Services & Truman’s Take-Out
Campus Dining Services will be offering $.39 coffee and fountain drinks from Truman’s Take-Out Monday – Friday from 9-10AM and 2-3PM

The University Bookstore
Friday 50% off clearance rack from 8AM – Noon

Tiger Team Store
Saturday 25% off any one single item 10AM – Noon

MU Intercollegiate Athletics
Selected home football game special ticket rates for faculty/staff/retirees
Bowling Green, 09/12/09 @ $22 (regularly $44)
Furman, 09/19/09, $17 (regularly $39)

Endorsements
MU Division of Student Affairs
MU Rec Advisory Committee
MU Staff Advisory Council
MU Retirees Association – Benefits Committee
MU Intercollegiate Athletics
Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness Program

Visit the Healthy for Life website
Have you been to our website yet? If not, check it out at http://wellness.umsystem.edu. If so, keep going back to see what’s going on in the wellness world. Check out the indoor and outdoor walking trails, Mindfulness Practice Techniques, and numerous links to other health and wellness websites. There are faculty and staff success stories, events, class schedules, program information, links and access to take the online health risk assessment.

Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound
Are you looking to make a new friend or two? Help a shelter dog get some much needed exercise and fresh air while walking for better health in the Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound program. Participants receive a t-shirt and leashes and dog treats are provided. Participants will meet at the Central Missouri Humane Society. To register, call Parks and Recreation at 874-7460 or go online to www.gocolumbiamo.com.

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MOBIUS Presentation: What’s New in Cataloging

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Wayne Sanders and Felicity Dykas presented a session at the MOBIUS Annual Conference 2009 on June 3 entitled “What’s New in Cataloging 2009.” They gave a whirlwind tour of changes that have taken place in descriptive and subject cataloging standards and in the MARC format. They also reviewed relevant changes that have occurred at places such as the Library of Congress, OCLC and GPO.

For additional news from the Catalog Department, visit their news blog.

Time and Labor ‘Live’ Training for Supervisors

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Payroll will sponsor two training sessions for supervisors that features Time and Labor in live mode (see below). These sessions are for anyone who approves a bi-weekly time sheet and/or a monthly absence form. Please plan to attend; rsvp’s are not required. Thank you.
Leo

June 23rd at 9:00 a.m. at Ellis Auditorium
June 30th at 1:30 p.m. at Middlebush Hall, room 12

Reminder – June Library Issues Forum

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The MU Libraries’ Staff Development Committee invites you to a panel discussion on the topic of the Google books settlement. The session will take place June 30, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Jesse Wrench Auditorium, at MU. Audience members will leave the session with a better understanding of issues surrounding the settlement, including those issues to be clarified over time. Release time is available with supervisor approval.

Panelists include:
Randy Diamond, Director of MU’s Law Library;
Diane Johnson, Head, HSL Information Services;
Chris Le Beau, SISLT;
Ann Riley, Assistant Director for Technical Services.

If you would like to read comments on the Settlement prior to the sessions, you might consider these links:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6650383.html

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6658504.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=695446462

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/its-not-just-microsoft-thats-balking-at-googles-book-plans/

Leo Agnew
Chair, SDC

Promotion Announcements

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Congratulations to Gwen Gray, Wayne Sanders, Caryn Scoville and Rhonda Whithaus on their promotions. Gwen, Caryn and Rhonda move to Librarian III, and Wayne moves to Librarian II. Their new titles are effective September 1, 2009.

This official validation by professional colleagues and the University administration recognizes performance and accomplishment and gives us opportunity to thank and applaud our colleagues for their contributions.
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The Promotion Committee reminds those considering applying for promotion this year that the deadline for receiving dossiers is October 1. Details of the promotion process can be found in “A Governance System for Librarians and Archivists at the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries”. Members of the 2008/2009 Promotion Committee are Kate Anderson (Chair), Trenton Boyd, Rachel Brekhus, Janice Dysart and Anselm Huelsbergen. Dossiers can be submitted to any member of the committee. We are happy to encourage the professional development of our colleagues and look forward to hearing from you.

Time & Labor Training Update

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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