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Job Vacancy: Delivery Attendant

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Delivery Attendant – 50%, 20-25 hours/wk; M-F.  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 9AM-2PM, and Wednesday, 8AM-2PM; occasional need to adjust schedule to assist with special projects or coverage needs. $11.08/hr. Receiving Room, Ellis Library. (The job is posted through Human Resources https://jobs.missouri.edu/vacancylist.php.)

Duties: Perform a variety of tasks associated with sorting incoming and outgoing mail. Operate various specialized equipment. Perform daily internal mail delivery to all departments within Ellis Library. Receive and help unload incoming supplies, materials, equipment, etc.  Perform daily pickup of recycled paper throughout Ellis Library.  Work primarily in and around the Ellis Library receiving room and dock area. Functional contacts include co-workers, other department employees, and University staff, students, and the public. Other duties as assigned. See the detailed job description at .http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/positiondesc/Posdesc/Admin/51196.htm.

Minimum Qualifications: Ability to read and write.  One year driving experience.  Possession of a valid state driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications: Ability to work independently and under pressure.  Must be able to lift items weighing up to 100 pounds or more; use a pallet jack and other equipment used to move supplies, boxes, etc. between buildings, among levels within a building, between departments. One year of related work experience. The ability to read and write and comprehend typical communications with supervisors.  Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others and as a team. May use accessory equipment such as 2-wheel dollies, fork-lift and etc. in loading and unloading truck and associated duties. Maintain a working knowledge of current postal rules and regulations.

Reminder: May Training Programs From SDC

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SDC is pleased to invite library staff to attend two sessions in May led by Judy Maseles. Judy has offered to share information on the iPod iTouch and on LibX Training. Details follow; Outlook meeting notices will be sent to staff to help link the dates/times on individual calendars.

May 12, 2010 – Introduction to the iPod iTouch, a wireless hand held computing device that isn’t a phone.
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Place: 4F51-A Ellis Library
Presenter: Judy Maseles

What is an iTouch, what does it do and how will it and similar handheld computing devices impact library services?  Judy Maseles will demonstrate how the iTouch works and why we in the libraries need to know.  More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, education, text messaging, and entertainment. Release time is available with supervisor approval.

May 27, 2010 – LibX Training
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Place: 159 Ellis Library
Presenter: Judy Maseles

LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that makes it easy to determine whether the MU Libraries can provide access to a book or article that you have found cited on the web. Release time is available with supervisor approval.

News From Cataloging

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Sometimes people ask or wonder what really happens in Cataloging. The Department cataloged 31,537 new titles so far this year, including doing 4,508 original records. Most of what we catalog is books (print and online): 23,436 including theses and dissertations. GPO retro cataloged 11,785 titles. That is a big plus for access to our government documents collection. 7,032 titles of the 31,537 are online resources.

Breakdown by format, which shows the variety of material we catalog:
• Books = 22,782
• Serials = 4350
• Integrating Res = 107
• Visual Mat = 318
• Sound Rec = 277
• Scores = 99
• Maps = 2947
• Theses/Diss = 654
• Kits/Mixed = 0
• Manuscripts = 0
• Collections = 2
• Other = 1

Authority reports
For FY2010 so far: 15,969 bibs have been edited. That is a lot of MERLIN records that have been improved! 2,405 new authority records have been added to MERLIN, too. This is on top of what we get via our authority vendor.

NACO
NACO stats (through February), show 401 new authority records added to WorldCat. Last year we added 303 for the whole year. These numbers are from the official stats posted on the NACO web site.

MERLIN
2,464 volumes have been transferred + 17,873 volumes transferred to UMLD. We have a number of transfer and withdrawal projects, which is why our withdrawn statistics are up: 16,713 volumes have been withdrawn, compared to 14,022 for all of last year.

In addition, 117 volumes were reinstated and 110 replacement volumes were processed.

Projects
At one time there were more than pre-2008 10,839 temporary MARCIVE records for MU government documents in MERLIN. Now there are only 6,815!

We changed the way we process OCLC Bibliographic Notification reports, so we don’t know the number of table of contents and subject headings added to MERLIN. What we do know is that in March 5,314 record updates were processed.

Production continues to be strong – which is good!

Statistics don’t show the whole picture. From the numbers, you can’t tell the time spent in tracking down good subject headings, responding to requests from others, and participating in committees that benefit us all.

Notes From the Director, April 2010

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First, I would like to make an announcement about Mizzou Advantage. Kate Anderson has been selected to serve as the Mizzou Advantage Library Liaison. She will spend 50% of her time on Mizzou Advantage and the other 50% on her former duties at the Health Sciences Library (HSL) and the Veterinary Medicine Library. Her official start date is February 1. Due to Kate’s appointment and other changes at HSL that are listed below, I will be requesting an additional librarian position for HSL.

With the loss of the Assistant Director of User Services position, several organization and staffing changes had to be made. Deb Ward has been named Interim Associate Director of the Research and Information Services Division. This new division is made up of the Ellis Library Reference Department plus the remaining branch libraries, which are Engineering, Geology, Journalism and Math. Deb is still Director of the Health Sciences Libraries, which includes HSL and Vet Med.

To enable Deb to spend time in Ellis Library involved with her new duties, two more changes have been made. Diane Johnson and Rich Rexroat also have new titles and new responsibilities. Diane is now Assistant Director of Health Sciences Library Information Services and Resources. Diane will handle more external communications with users regarding information resources and services, in addition to managing the information services department. Rich is now also an Assistant Director, and is in charge of Circulation, with Terri Hall reporting to him. Rich is also assisting with HSL facility management and administration, in addition to managing HSL cataloging and collection management.

Ann Riley will serve as the Associate Director of the Access, Collections and Technical Services Division. This new division is the former Technical Services Division plus Access Services. Ann also chairs the Collections Services Committee, and Hunter Kevil now reports to her while also retaining his role in Reference.

Mike Holland’s title is Assistant Director of the Special Collections and Rare Books Division. There are no changes to the former organizational structure that affect this division.

In addition, Duane Bittle, Lead Delivery Attendant, will go back to reporting to Ellen Blair. Al Messner has been temporarily assisting Duane since Jeremy Clark’s resignation. We have received permission to fill a part-time (50%) position to replace Jeremy.

I want to thank everyone who is adjusting their duties to make sure that the MU Libraries continues to serve patrons effectively and efficiently. Please contact me or your division head if you have any questions.

I hope to see all of you on May 19 for a Mizzou Advantage strategy meeting.

What’s New in the MUSE?

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Haven’t looked at the MUSE lately? Make it a habit.

Time-sensitive announcements for awareness events, concerts, special deals and fundraisers are rotated out once their date has passed, so you need to look at the MUSE at least once a week!

Still-active posts you may not have seen include:

Staff Spotlight, April 2010: Ellen Blair & Julie Rogers
Staff Spotlight, March 2010: Alan Jones & Debbie Melvin
Books I’ve Stumbled Upon, Pt.II—Great or Near-Great Fiction, by John Wesselmann
Staff Spotlight, February 2010: Pearl Newbrough & Sheena Waggoner
Staff Spotlight, January 2010: Kris Anstine & Gena Scott

Visit us today at: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/muse/

Graves Nominated for the Excellence in Education Award

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On Tuesday, Rebecca Graves was recognized for being one of 20 MU faculty, advisers or academic administrators nominated for the Excellence in Education award. This award is given by the Division of Student Affairs and the MU Parents Association to faculty members, advisers and academic administrators who make “significant contributions to the out-of-class learning experiences of MU students and who have demonstrated a long-standing commitment to student learning and personal development.”