Did you know the Libraries’ Staff Development Committee maintains a web page that lists url’s to various training websites? You can access it at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/staffdevelopment/development_opportunities/training_URLS/default.htm. You can also suggest additions…simply e-mail Leo with information (AgnewL@missouri.edu).
Congratulations to Pat Jones on her reclassification to Security and Safety Coordinator. The title change recognizes the additional responsibilities associated with daily facilities maintenance and management. This is in addition to the responsibilities of serving as head of library security. Pat took on these duties following the vacancy of the Assistant Director for Administrative Services position.
Hello to Dirk Burhans, part-time, Research Specialist, HSL. The position works under the general supervision of the Health Sciences Library Research Consultant (p-t), and in collaboration with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Liaison representative, and with oversight from the Health Sciences Library Director. Primary duties include statistical data analysis, producing various reports and maintaining paper and electronic files related to library research project activities. Dirk has a Ph.D. in Biology from MU. Dirk has previously worked in ecological research and as a Library Associate at Columbia Public library. He is also a freelance non-fiction writer.
Make 2009 your tobacco-free year! There are resources available to MU faculty, staff and covered family members to help you quit now.
For employees & dependents enrolled in the UM Benefits Choice Health Plan administered by Coventry:
• Quit Net offers online support, nicotine replacement therapy and one-on-one counseling. QuitNet is offered at no additional cost to the employee and includes nicotine replacement therapy on request. Visit the Coventry Wellbeing Web site, www.coventrywellbeing.com or call toll free 1-866-577-8210 to enroll.
• New pharmacy coverage for Chantix and select other medications prescribed by your health care provider. For additional information regarding smoking cessation medications, contact Express Scripts, Inc. customer service at 1-800-955-1201.
For anyone, regardless of coverage:
• Freedom from Smoking Classes Wednesdays 5-6pm in Quarterdeck Room 113. Contact LinvilleJi@missouri.edu for more information.
• Nicotine Anonymous meetings Wednesdays 6-7pm in Quarterdeck Room 113. Contact LinvilleJi@missouri.edu for more information.
• Tobacco cessation counseling through the Columbia/Boone County Health Department is available to all persons, regardless of university benefits enrollment status. Enrollment is free and includes nicotine replacement therapy. Call 874-7355 to enroll.
You can hit the Control key and A key within a text document to “select all” the text. This is an easy way to select all the text in a word file or Web page in order to copy and paste it into another place.
• The University of Missouri is facing many challenges in the current budget climate…learn skills for partnering with the impact of change so that it becomes an opportunity, not just a problem. Join us for a Managing Change Effectively Workshop on Jan. 27 from 12 p.m.– 1p.m. at the Ketchum Auditorium in Lafferre Hall. This workshop is FREE and no registration is needed. Presented by Dr. Lynn Rossy, Health Psychologist for Healthy for Life, the T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program.
• The University of Missouri Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will provide a series of occupational stress workshops designed to help employees manage a wide variety of stressors connected to the work context. Pre-registration for each seminar is required and space is limited to 50 participants per session.
• Organizational Politics – Feb
• Consequences of Work Stress – Mar
• Interventions for Work Stress – Apr
These workshops are located in Memorial Union, Room S203 on the first Tuesday of Each Month from 11:00 – 12:00. To pre-register please contact Tammie Tilmon, Administrative Assistant at 882-6701 or tilmont@missouri.edu
• Weight Watchers Online now offers the opportunity to join at any time. Go to www.weightwatchers.com for more information on the Online Program. Healthy for Life recognizes that many off-campus employees won’t be able to join at At-Work meeting, so the wellness program is extending its 25 percent rebate to benefit-eligible employees who enroll in a three-month Weight Watchers Online course for $65 and miss no more than one class. Experience peer support from the comfort of your home or office. If you enroll online, please contact Melissa Willett to qualify for rebate. Turn in your completed log to Melissa, 205 Heinkel Building, Columbia, MO, 65211. Questions? E-mail Melissa at WillettMD@umsystem.edu or call her at (573) 884-1397.
• Indoor and outdoor walking trails are now available! For indoor trails please visit our Healthy for Life website at www.wellness.umsystem.edu and click on ‘Links’, then ‘Trails.’ For outdoor trails, please visit Mizzou Botanical Garden website at http://gardens.missouri.edu/map.php . The weather may keep you indoors now, but warmer weather is just around the corner. Get to know your campus inside and out!
• Time Change! You spoke, we listened. Country Line Dance now starts at 5:15. This should provide more time for participants to arrive at Memorial Union and park. The time change is on the attached flyer. Please do not forget about the Salsa and Tango classes that are still in session as well. If you would like a schedule or more information on these classes, please contact Jaclyn Heider at heiderj@umsystem.edu.
Diane Johnson had a review of Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences published in the January 2009 issue of Journal of the Medical Library Association.
The documents from Jim’s presentation at the January 15 All Staff meeting are now available on the Staff Web site.