Attendees: Jim Cogswell, Mike Holland, Ann Riley, Deb Ward
Guest: Ellen Blair
Support: Mark Ellis
INFORMATION ITEM – Jim Cogswell: LMT Invited to the Library Committee meeting scheduled for December 2nd, 2 pm, 159 Ellis Library. Current Chair Noah Heringman is trying to emphasize collaboration and communication between the Library Committee and MU Libraries.
INFORMATION ITEM – Jim Cogswell: Jim attended Deans retreat in Springfield, MO, November 8 and 9.
INFORMATION ITEM – Jim Cogswell: James Hunter will meet for the first part of the LMT meeting on Dec 7th. James Hunter is director of EAP. Topic: “reflective spaces.”
ACTION ITEM – Deb Ward: The Library Instruction Committee drafted a revision to the MU Libraries Mission Statement that included a mention of instruction in the text of the mission. The full text would read:
In support of the instruction, research, service and economic development programs of the University, the MU Libraries acquire, preserve, make accessible and provide instruction on scholarly resources; develop innovative services; and apply new information technologies to achieve a single overarching purpose: To serve the needs of our users.
RESOLUTION: LMT accepted the inserted text and instructed Mark Ellis to work with Shannon Cary to change the statement on the MU Library website.
INFORMATION ITEM: LMT and Library Fiscal Officer Ellen Blair further considered and discussed budget scenarios for the next 3 Fiscal years. This is in preparation for the upcoming meeting that Jim and Ellen will be having with Provost Foster and his budget staff on November 30, 2010.
It’s that time again, the “holidays”. Can you believe how early they started the commercials! And here I am adding to the fringy. But isn’t a nice way to begin the season, helping those who have less to look forward to. This year we are sponsoring two single parent families: Shirley and her children, James, Julia, Blake, and Austin; and Denetria and her daughter Talayjah. See the MULSA page for the wish list: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/mulsa/AdoptedFamilies/adoptedmaintmp.htm
Our delivery date is December 14th, which means we need your donations here by the 8th so that we can do any extra shopping needed before our wrapping day the 10th. Please join us in Cataloging during your breaks as we wrap the goodies. The VAC discourages the adults from asking for personal items so I’ve added gift cards for them.
If you’d like a printable list, I can email you a spreadsheet. I’ll be sending around donation envelopes as well for the shopping challenged.
Thanks, Ruthe
morsel@missouri.edu or 884-8757
Each year MULSA holds a food drive contest to benefit the Central Missouri Food Bank and Columbia Second Chance. This year was exceptional. We also decided to add points for volunteering (5 points for each volunteer hour). Here is a breakdown of what was accumulated in this year’s contest:
For the Food Pantry– $1469 cash, 201 # in food, plus 10 pts for volunteering
For the 2nd Chance– $109 cash, 6# in food, plus 25 pts for volunteering.
Congratulations to everyone who participated. A special congratulations goes to our contest winners:
First place to Ellis Acquisitions
Second place to Health Sciences.
Tammy Green
The MU Black History Month Committee invites all campus units, departments, and programs to submit events for February, 2011. We especially welcome events that address this year’s theme: “Civil War and the Struggle for Black Self-Determination.” To place your event on the calendar and/or to request funding to support your event, go to http://blackstudies.missouri.edu/black-history-month/theme.php and fill out the Calendar Submission Form and/or the Funding Request Form. For more information, email Ms. Erica Bruington bruingtone@missouri.edu or call 882-6229. DEADLINE: DEC. 10, 2010.
Dottie Heuer will be returning to her position as Student Security Supervisor.
Matt Stottle is moving from part-time Security Officer to the full-time, evening Security Officer (formerly held by Kat Koehn). Ryan Buttrey is moving from a student Security position to the late-night Security Officer position formerly held by Matt.
It’s getting close to the end of the tax year and we’d like take a moment to ask employees to verify or update their address(es) at https://myhr.umsystem.edu. This will help ensure correct delivery of W-2 forms next January. Addresses should be updated no later than 12/31/2010.
The “HOME” address is where W-2 forms will be mailed unless a “MAILING” address is provided. For example, if an employee, like a student, provides us with the following:
HOME: MAILING:
123 Providence 123 Quivira
Columbia MO Overland Park, KS
We will send the W-2 to the Kansas address.
Each year we are not able to process reprints of W-2s for any reason until the middle of February (a date determined by System Payroll). Thank you for your attention to this communication!
The next Lunchtime Leadership Book Talk session will take place Dec. 17, from 12-1, room 4F51-A Ellis. This is an opportunity for MU Libraries employees to gather informally over lunch and share quotes from books or articles on the topic of leadership or management that seem especially pertinent for MU Libraries right now. This is open to all library employees; Attendance is voluntary but compensable for non-exempt supervisors since the discussion applies to the workplace. As such, schedule adjustments may be needed to offset overtime considerations. Also, go to http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/committees/staffdevelopment/default.htm and click on “Lunchtime Leadership Book Talks” to access leadership/management information discussed at the Nov. session (you may need to enter username and password).