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Join Us for an ALCTS Webinar: The Art of Scanning

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August 24, 2011  1:00-2:00 p.m.
Ellis 4G41

From the session description:

Scanning is not so much an art as it is a craft. This webinar offers practical advice based on actual experience gained in scanning published and original material to create PDF files of documents for deposit or publication in the institutional repository.

Information about equipment and software will be offered with an emphasis on the Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and InDesign.

Learning Outcomes:
Attendees receive information on how to:

* make high-quality digital files (pdf) from hard copy originals
* use Adobe software in preparing documents for an IR
Who should attend: Digital librarians, IR managers, digitization workers, anyone with an interest in learning how to produce high-quality digital files.

Presenter: Paul Royster is the manager of UNL Digital Commons, the institutional repository at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, one of the nation’s largest IRs.

Paul received his PhD from Columbia University in English and Comparative Literature and had a successful career in publishing before joining the UNL library faculty as the Coordinator for Scholarly Communication.

Paul is a frequent presenter on topics related to managing and enhancing institutional repositories and has authored or edited material on a variety of other subjects.

For additional information on Paul and his areas of interest, see:
http://www.unl.edu/libr/liaison/facultysites/roysterPaul/proysterCV.pdf

Healthy for Life Update

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MU Farmers Market
Delicious prepared foods and produce await you at the MU Farmers Market Thursday Aug. 25th on Lowry Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors will be from the Columbia Farmers Market and Boone County Farmers Market. Bring cash or check (no student charge accepted) for mouth-watering and locally grown produce, baked goods, hamburgers and more to sample and purchase. For more information and dates through the MU Farmers Market season go to www.wellness.missouri.edu. The MU Farmers Market is brought to you by the Wellness Resource Center, Department of Student Life. Healthy for Life will also have a table with pedometers and odometers for sale and the opportunity to enroll in our programs.

Workplace Fitness Opportunities
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.

  • August 15-Oct. 10: Hatha Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Gym. Class meets on Mondays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. and costs $24 for the eight-week session. Develop flexibility, fitness and relaxation skills. Class is suitable for all fitness levels. Learn from a yoga teacher with more than 30 years experience and is a world champion powerlifter who emphasizes total workout and stress management. Pre-registration is required. Click here to sign up with Kate Walker. Cash is preferred.
  • Aug. 19-Oct. 14: Hatha Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Gym. Class meets on Fridays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. and costs $24 for the eight-week session. Develop flexibility, fitness and relaxation skills. Class is suitable for all fitness levels. Learn from a yoga teacher with more than 30 years experience and is a world champion powerlifter who emphasizes total workout and stress management. Pre-registration is required. Click here to sign up with Kate Walker. Cash is preferred.
  • Aug. 30-Sept. 27: Core Conditioning. Memorial Union Various Rooms. Class meets on Tuesdays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. and costs $15 for the five-week session. Pre-registration is required. Working to build more than definition, get strong and centered feeling authentically and responding honestly for integrity, self awareness and playful curiosity to become part of your daily life. A yoga mat is highly recommended. Email Ashley Jenkins to enroll.
  • Aug. 31-Sept. 28: Foundations of Power. Memorial Union Various Rooms. Class meets on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. and costs $15 for the five-week session. Pre-registration is required. Create a health discipline by utilizing a set of postures to relieve the effects of sitting all day, to access and purify the body, gaining more focus, clarity and peace of mind. A yoga mat is recommended. Email Ashley Jenkins to enroll.


Beat the heat—pools are open
Beat the heat by enjoying some water fun at one of Columbia’s public pools this month. Click here for a list of facilities, operational hours and their fees. There’s something for everyone in the family—from adult laps times, to little swimmers and even pooches can splash around. For more information about Parks and Rec, visit http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/ParksandRec/.


Healthy Steps Class
A medically-based therapeutic movement program designed to be physically, mentally & emotionally beneficial to a wide range of folks regardless of physical ability.  This program has been used for several decades by folks recovering from surgery, injury & chronic illnesses.  Don’t simply survive – THRIVE. Registration REQUIRED.   Contact Victoria at 573-447-0220 regarding fee structure.  For more information about Healthy Steps visit www.gohealthysteps.com

Next six-week session begins Saturday, August 27th.

All sessions held at the Unity Center of Columbia at 3 p.m.

Action and Informational Items Library Management Team – 8/9/11

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LMT members in attendance:  Jim Cogswell, Ann Riley, Deb Ward, Mike Holland

Support: Mark Ellis

Informational Item:  LMT discussed the Email sent to MU Library employees regarding salary increases.

Informational Item:  LMT recommended up to 2% increases for returning students based in merit at the discretion of the student supervisor.

Informational Item:  Jim C. will present LMT’s Staffing Strategy to MU Libraries employees during the All-Staff Meeting taking place 8/18/11, 2-3:30 pm, in Ellis Auditorium.

Informational Item:  Along with the staffing strategy, LMT discussed topics related to that subject such as:

  • Career Step-down strategies – How to help employees who are considering retirement ease into the transition:
    • Offering reduced FTE.
    • Assuring employees that their position will not be eliminated as a result of retirement.
    • Balancing between openly helping employees make retirement decisions while not offending them or making them feel rushed or unwelcomed to stay.
    • Enlisting potential retirees to train/orient replacement staff and to benefit from their valuable experience.
    • “Receding services” – some staff members have said that, as MU Libraries respond to demands for new services, some lower priority functions will need to be reduced or eliminated.
      • What are these receding service functions?
        • Print acquisitions
        • Binding
  • Changing the nature of certain services:
    • Shift from print Reserves to e-reserves.
    • Patron photocopying changing to personal digitization.
      • Microfilm/fiche digitization rather than print.
      • Personal library tours reduced.
      • Reference desk staffing (shared more by GLA’s, other students,).
      • Expanded access (beyond books and journals).
        • Digital nature of library resources.
  • We need to shift our capacities to other functions rather than reduce our workforce
    • Staffing Plans should reflect meaningful input from staff.
    • LMT to review notes of 7/21 All Staff Forum and Mark will send out to all staff.

LMT will meet on August 16 to review Staffing Strategy and All Staff Meeting material.

Hello to Paige Dainty

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Hello to Paige Dainty, LIA, Access Services-Circulation, evening supervisor. Paige has a Bachelors in Art History with a minor in Classical Studies from UMKC. Her work experience includes student assistant appointments at UMKC with the Classics Department and with the Miller Nichols Library.  Paige completed a Study Abroad program in Greece in the summer of 2010.

ALCTS Webinar: Recommendations From the RDA Test: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Date: August 31, 2011
Time:  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Ellis 4F51A

Description: RDA, Resource and Description and Access, is the name of the cataloging rules that are slated to replace AACR2.  This webinar will review the findings and recommendations concerning the implementation of RDA presented in the Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. Key findings will be highlighted along with the basis for those findings. The rationale behind the specific recommendations and timelines will be discussed as well as what individuals and/or institutions can do to prepare for the implementation of RDA.

Audience: Anyone wanting to learn about RDA.

Presenters: Barbara Bushman is the Assistant Head, Cataloging Section, National Library of Medicine. Regina Romano Reynolds is ISSN Coordinator at the Library of Congress and former head of the National Serials Data Program, now called the U.S. ISSN Center.