“Ellis Library repairs continue”
The Maneater, Oct. 18, 2011
“Arson fires at Ellis Library on MU campus still causing problems for State Historical Society”
KSPR.com (Springfield, MO), Oct. 13, 2011
“Event cancelled at Ellis Library”
ABC17news.com, Oct. 13, 2011
In response to requests from the membership, MULSA will be bringing back the pumpkin carving contest of previous years. Individuals or departments are welcome to enter. Small prizes for first and second in the categories of Scariest, Funniest, and Voter’s Favorite will be distributed after votes are tallied.
Pumpkin Carving Contest Guidelines:
(1.) Pumpkins may be any size, but must be real and all carving completed before the beginning of the party.
(2.) We don’t think we have to say this, but, please keep it clean. Spooky, scary, goofy, even gross are fine, but not obscene.
(3.) Candles of any kind are not permitted. Keep us out of trouble with Security! We have candle-style electric lights that can be used to light the pumpkins.
(4.) Pumpkins will be judged by popular vote during the party and by email vote (on photographs) after the party. Votes will be totaled Thurs, Nov. 3, to allow for the photographs to be sent around and give everyone a chance to vote.
There will also, as mentioned on the flyer, be a costume contest as in previous years.
You may have seen this message in the MU Info email.
Faculty and Staff Email Upgrade Coming
The Division of IT is upgrading email service to Microsoft Exchange 2010. Mailbox migration will start in late October or early November. There are two major benefits. First, your mailbox quota will increase from two to 15 gigabytes. Instead of archiving messages to your computer’s hard drive, you’ll be able to store messages, and even upload past archives in your much larger mailbox. On properly configured mobile devices you’ll have access to all your stored messages when working remotely. Another benefit will be retention folders to simplify compliance with records retention policies. You’ll be able to move email messages into time-categorized retention folders directly within your mailbox, facilitating periodic review and purging.
Announcement sponsored by Division of IT
The transfer ought to be seamless, as other departments have already been migrated with no problem.
Any users that need more than 15 gig of storage will be eligible for an increased quota. If you find you need an increase, contact LTS and we will facilitate it.
We don’t have much more information at this time, but will apprise you when we do.
If you have questions, feel free to contact us at asklts@missouri.edu or call 884-6404.
The carpet for DigiPrint/Copy Service and Circulation/Access Services/ILL has shipped and we are currently waiting for it to arrive at the installer’s warehouse. Allen Floors is scheduled to start Copy Service on Monday, 10/24. There may be some parallel installation work going on in 101/102/103 while Copy Service moves things around for their installation. We anticipate that the flooring installation will be complete in these two areas by Friday, Nov 4th. At that time, we would like to schedule for Circulation/Access Services/ILL to move back into their space, with their temporary furniture, if possible. There are still many things that have not been decided regarding the condition/refurbish/replacement of the systems furniture for this space and therefore, we will not be reinstalling that yet. Actual moving dates will need to be verified and confirmed with Moving Services/MR Installation, but the soonest that moving would start would be Monday, Nov 7th.
The carpet for Admin/Gov Docs is currently with Allen Floors for estimating and we anticipate those orders will be placed early next week. We anticipate that once Circulation/Access Services/ILL is back to their space with temporary furniture, by Friday, 11/11 at the latest, that Admin will be moved to CPRR with some of their furniture, if possible, or that there might be additional temp furniture for those that we can’t easily move and set up for use. I anticipate moving to start around the end of the week, 11/11 or even Monday, 11/14. Construction Work will be done to the Admin area and at this time, we don’t know that timeline, but I would at least estimate a minimum of two weeks and up to a month to be vacated from that space. We will schedule carpet installation following that work.
For Government Doc Stacks/OaSys, we are looking into the electrical that was there, what needs to be replaced, etc. and the round brass outlets that were uncovered when the flooring was removed. I don’t know the extent of that electrical work, yet. Once we have confirmation of a ship date on Gov Docs carpet, we can then narrow in on our approach to that space.
Human Resource Services is sponsoring its Annual Training Conference on November 1 & 2, 2011 at Memorial Union. Overall, there will be 50 sessions covering diverse topics for managers, supervisors, professionals, office, technical and service/maintenance staff. All sessions are free and this is a great opportunity to set aside a couple of days for personal/professional development.
The follow link goes to a HR website http://hrs.missouri.edu/training/all-employees/hrs-training-conference/index.php] where you can find a complete course description and a link to register on-line. Supervisor approval is required to attend. If granted, attendance is considered release time. As in the past, individuals with academic titles can register for any course and attendance will be considered by HR on a space-available basis.
With the Nov. 8, 2011 elections date just around the corner, it seems like a good time to review HR 411, the University’s policy on voting and related requests for time off. To highlight the main points:
MU Policy – HR 411 Voting
The main points:
Feel free to contact Leo at 882-9166 or agnewl@missouri.edu if additional information is needed.
Ellen McLain, a candidate for the Library Development Director position, will give a open presentation on the subject Challenges and Opportunities in Fundraising for Academic Libraries. The short presentation (15 minutes) will take place Wednesday, October 19th 2011, 4 PM, in 4F51A Ellis Library. It will be followed by a question/answer session. All MU Libraries employees are welcome to attend.
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Wednesday, October 19th
10: 00 AM Open Access Event – Speaker A. Townsend Peterson, Ellis Library Colonnade
11:00 AM Open Access Event – MU Panel Discussion, Ellis Library Colonnade
2:30 PM Meet Director of Library Development Candidate Ellen McClain, 4F51A Ellis Library
3:00 PM Meeting with LMT and Director of Development Candidate, 4F51A Ellis Library
4:00 PM Open Presentation and Q&A meeting – MU Libraries and Ellen McClain, 4F51A Ellis Library
The winners of the October 14th MU Libraries United Way participation drawing are Sue Barnes and Karen Eubanks.
Congratulations! Sue and Karen have each just won a pair of tickets to a performance of a Concert Series show at Jesse Hall Auditorium. We will be drawing two more names for concert series tickets next Friday, October 21st.
All Library participants will also be eligible for the following prizes which will be drawn at the end of the MU Libraries United Way campaign.
If you haven’t pledged yet, please go to www.unitedway.missouri.edu
Participants will also be eligible for the campus-wide “30 for 30” prize drawings.
Please let one of the MU Libraries United Way Tri-chairs know if you are having trouble with the online form or would like to pledge by paper card this year. MU Libraries United Way Tri-Chairs are Paula Roper, Mary Hainen and Ann Riley. You may also notify the MU Libraries United Way support person Mark Ellis.