MULSA & the Missouri Book Challenge

As a warmup to MU Libraries participation in the Missouri Book Challenge, MULSA has created its own local Book Challenge Blog at http://mulibrariesbookchallenge.blogspot.com.  There will be small prizes awarded monthly for most reviews posted, most pages read, and one random prize for which anyone who contributes that month is eligible.  For more about the Missouri Book Challenge, see http://mobookchallenge.blogspot.com.

Tech Tip – Dealing With Junk Mail

Junk mail and Spam are always troublesome and can clutter up your inbox. Here are a few suggestions for how to deal with these problems.  When you receive Spam, copy the text of the internet header into an e-mail and forward it, along with the e-mail in question, to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Spam should be sent to spam@missouri.edu, and any other problem email should be sent to abuse@missouri.edu.

If you receive junk mail in your inbox and would like get rid of it. Right click on the email and click on junk. This should open up several options for you to select, such as blocking the sender of that email. You can also select Junk Options where you can then add email addresses of junk mail senders so they will be blocked in the future, and add the addresses of safe senders that aren’t junk mail.

MU’s Archival Advantage: Digitizing Archival Resources on Campus

A Brown Bag Panel Discussion Organized by Print for the People
(Print for the People is an Mizzou Advantage Networking Group)
Wednesday, November 17th,  2010, 12-1 pm
Tucker Forum, MU School of Journalism

Panelists: David F. Moore (Western Historical Manuscripts Collection), Sean Franzel (German and Russian Studies), Noah Heringman (English)

David Moore will discuss the challenges and issues with past and current digitization projects undertaken by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia.  He will also discuss how WHMC-Columbia has tried to prioritize the collections that are considered for digitization.

Sean Franzel and Noah Heringman will discuss their research on German-language holdings at WHMC and the State Historical Society in light of the challenges and possibilities of digitizing historical materials for use by students, scholars, and the broader public.  Putting historical sources online represents an important way to make library holdings significantly more accessible, but it also requires renewed reflection on how to organize and present them.  Franzel and Heringman will initiate discussion by presenting their preliminary research on local holdings produced by Missouri’s extensive German-language publishing industry in the nineteenth century.  Our goal in this brown bag discussion is to focus on the process of selecting materials to digitize from MU’s collections.

The Technology Evaluation Subcommittee

The Technology Evaluation Subcommittee was created by the MU Information Technology Committee (MUITC) in order to assist in gathering information about new university process and technology needs to support teaching and learning, vetting potential technologies from a variety of perspectives, and to make optimal strategic recommendations for funding to the MUITC. The subcommittee meets monthly to examine proposed processes and technologies from a variety of perspectives, including university strategic direction, possible funding sources, support requirements, and depth and breadth of usefulness.

If you are an MU faculty, staff, or student and have an idea for a process or a technology that supports teaching and learning, you can submit it to the committee for consideration. Please fill out the form below, including as much detail as possible. We may contact you for further information or invite you to present your idea in person to the committee. Thank you for all you do to support teaching and learning at Mizzou!

http://committees.missouri.edu/mu-information-technology/technology-evaluation.php

HSL Poster Presentations at Toronto Medical Conference

Barbara Jones recently attended the Diagnostic Errors in Medicine Conference in Toronto.

Poster presentation  –  “Hospital Surveys: Health Sciences Libraries Influence Patient Care” (authors  – Deborah Ward, MaryEllen Cullinan Sievert, Dirk Burhans and Barbara Jones)

Panel presentation – “Can Evidence-Based medicine Help Reduce Diagnostic Error?” (Barbara Jones)

Healthy for Life Update

Weight Watchers Open House: Clark Hall, MU Campus
Join Weight Watchers on Nov. 17th at Clark Hall, Room 542 at 12:15 p.m. No need for pre-registration, just show up! This group has lost more than 500 pounds and four members have reached their lifetime goal. The 13-week series is open to everyone and costs $156. Faculty & Staff who miss no more than once receive a 25% rebate through Healthy for Life. Payment options are available–cash, check or credit card. Weight Watchers fees are fully reimbursable through the Flexible Spending Account with appropriate medical documentation. Visit Healthy for Life’s website for more information.

Workplace Fitness Opportunities—Fall Semester
Take advantage of these classes that fit your budget. Full payment is due at the beginning of the first class and space is limited. Please contact the instructor directly to register or for questions. All classes are designed so that exercises can be performed in work clothes.

Healthy for Life Fitness Class Registration Policy:

  • Reserving your space in a class requires a payment of the entire session.
  • Payment must be paid in full due on the first class and cannot be divided.
  • If you miss a class, you cannot make it up in another class.
  • If you choose to join a session in progress, it is your responsibility to pay the full registration fee.
  • Drop-ins are not allowed.

Please respect this policy so that we may continue to enjoy physical education sessions for the bargain.

Please note that each instructor is a private contractor. They are not paid by the University of Missouri but are willing to offer faculty and staff a very discounted rate.

  • Drop In, ongoing: Lunchtime-Me Time Strength Conditioning. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Monday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Nani Fudge. If you have questions, click here to email Nani.
  • Drop In, ongoing: Lunchtime-Me Time Strength Conditioning. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Wednesday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Nani Fudge. If you have questions, click here to email Nani.
  • Nov. 9-Dec. 14 (no class Nov. 23): Well Defined Arm. Physics Library Room 223. Class meets Tuesdays  from 1:10-1:50 p.m. $10 for the five-week session. Pre-registration required last day to register is Nov. 5. All levels welcome, options for all. Click here to sign up with Ashley Jenkins.
  • Nov. 11-Dec.9 (no class Nov. 25): Core Conditioning. Lewis Hall Room 3. Class meets Thursdays  from 12:10-12:50 p.m. $8 for four-week session. Pre-registration required, last day to register is Nov. 9. All levels welcome, options for all. Click here to sign up with Ashley Jenkins.
  • Nov. 18-Dec. 16: Holiday Help. Ellis Library Room 4G41. Class meets Thursdays from 11:10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. $8 for the 4 week session (no class on Thanksgiving, 11/25). Perhaps you cruise through this time of year stress free with ease. Perhaps you don’t. Either way, come release stress and learn techniques to squeeze in fitness and relaxation into your day on your own minimal time for this time-crunched season. Classes will include a combination of various styles of exercise, from yoga to full body strength work. All levels welcome, options for all. Click here to sign up with Rebekka Mars.
  • Nov. 29-Dec. 20: Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Gym. Class meets on Mondays from 12:10 to 12:50 and costs $8 for the four-week session. Hatha Yoga class includes breath control, postures for flexibility, toning, and strengthening, as well as relaxation techniques. Class is suitable for all levels. Instructor emphasizes individual’s needs in correct posture and balance in these areas. Pre-registration is required and registration deadline is Nov. 27. Click here to sign up with Kate Walker.
  • Dec. 3-Dec. 10: Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Gym. Class meets on Fridays from 12:10 to 12:50 and costs $6 for the three-week session. Hatha Yoga class includes breath control, postures for flexibility, toning, and strengthening, as well as relaxation techniques. Class is suitable for all levels. Instructor emphasizes individual’s needs in correct posture and balance in these areas. Pre-registration is required and registration deadline is Dec. 1. Click here to sign up with Kate Walker.

Come Join the Celebration
The Health Connection, University of Missouri; School of Health Professions is celebrating 20 years! Join them for these great activities on the Stephens College Campus, Hillcrest Hall:

  • Nov. 8th-12th: Free access to THC gym & classes to all non-members; daily give-a-ways
  • Nov. 12th: Anniversary Party 9-11 a.m. with guest speaker Dean Richard Oliver

For More Information call:  573-882-1718


Million Step Pedometer Program

Walk your way to good health!  Pedometers can be purchased for $15, and a full refund is given at the completion of one million steps. To purchase a pedometer, send a check for $15 (our cost, made payable to Healthy for Life) to 205 Heinkel building. For more information, click here.

Has your department always wanted to start a walking challenge, but didn’t know where to begin? Now is your chance! Healthy for Life has Walking Tool Kits hot off the press that will provide you with the tools to begin a walking group or walking challenge in your department. Get your colleagues moving, building camaraderie, and getting healthy. If you would like a copy of the Walking Tool Kit sent to you through campus mail, please email Dee Sanders.

New Posts, Nov. 1-5

  1. Winners of the MULSA 2010 Halloween Costume Contest
  2. Tech Tip – Print Preview in Outlook
  3. Nancy Mullins, 1945-2010
  4. Update on Elevator Renovation
  5. New Web Page/Path for MU Job Searches
  6. November Library Start Date Recognition
  7. Benefit Deadline
  8. Job Posting: Security Officer
  9. Diversity Action Committee Invitation
  10. Job Posting: Fiscal Assistant
  11. Congratulations to the Winners of the United Way Drawing
  12. Lunchtime Leadership
  13. Library Assembly Minutes, Oct. 26
  14. Web Feedback Site for Library Staff
  15. Healthy for Life Update
  16. Current MUSE Posts

Tech Tip – Print Preview in Outlook

The option of “print preview” is not available in Outlook. This isn’t  needed in Outlook since the image of your page can be automatically viewed on the right hand side of your screen when you click File and then Print.  At the bottom of the page, there are three buttons that allow you to view several pages of your email at once, zoom, or just view one page at a time.  A set of arrows permit you to scroll through individual pages of your email document.