- Director’s Calendar: March 26-30
- MU Libraries Events Calendar
- Celebrate National Library Week, April 10
- MU Libraries in the News
- HSL Librarians Published in Consumer Health Journal
- Diane Johnson Appointed to Editorial Board of JMLA
- Current MUSE Posts
- Reminder DAC Invitation: Safe Spaces Training
- Competency Level Increase Request Deadline, March 30
- Faculty Lecture Series: Dr. Carol Ward, April 4
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Director’s Calendar: March 26-30th
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, March 26th
Out of the Office – Attending Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) Meetings in San Diego, CA
Tuesday, March 27th
Out of the Office – Attending Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) Meetings in San Diego, CA
(Jim will be back at Ellis Library Wednesday, March 28th)
Thursday, March 29th
Out of the Office – Visiting Kansas City to introduce Library Contacts and Supporters to Director of Development Nathan Marticke
MU Libraries Events Calendar
2012
April — National Poetry Month
April 4 – Faculty Lecture Series, Carol Ward; contact: Brenda Graves-Blevins
1-2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
April 8-14 — National Library Week
- April 10, 11:30 am-10:30 pm, National Library Week Celebration (colonnade); contact: Shannon Cary
- April 13, 6 pm, Nicholas Basbanes – Library Society dinner and lecture (Room 201); contact: Shannon Cary
- April 14, 10: 30 a.m., Donor Appreciation Ceremony (colonnade); contact: Shannon Cary
- April 14, noon, Ragtime musician- Friends of the Library luncheon (Room 201); contact: Sheila Voss
April 16—Undergraduate Research Contest paper readings; contact: Anne Barker
2-3 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
April 17—Holocaust Survivor talk; contact: Leo Agnew
2-3 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
April 19 – Faculty Lecture Series, Doug Randal; contact: Brenda Graves-Blevins
1-2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
April 24 — Toi Derricotte poetry; contact: Chris Montgomery
10: 30-11:30 am
Ellis Library Colonnade
May 3 — 150th anniversary of Gov Docs; contact: Marie Concannon
1:30 pm
Ellis Library Gov Docs area
*May 15-17 – Staff Recognition Week Arts and Crafts Showcase; contact: Sheena Waggoner
8 am-5 pm
Ellis Library Grand Reading Room
May 24 – Celebration of Service, contact: Mark Ellis
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Ellis Library Grand Reading Room
November 1—Flu Shot Clinic, contact: Deneal Sullivan
10 am to 2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
November 11-13 — Ediciones Vigia; contact: Alla Barabtarlo
2014
August/September — Exhibit in Colonnade “Lincoln – the Constitution and the Civil War”; contact: Paula Roper
2016
Ellis Library Centennial
Internal Events
March 28th – 2nd Annual MULSA Branch Open House – ENGINEERING, 2:30-4 pm
June 8th – MULSA Annual Picnic, 5-9 pm
Celebrate National Library Week, April 10
MU Libraries in the News
“Man, 54, sentenced in exposure incident”
Columbia Daily Tribune, March 20, 2012
HSL Librarians Published in Consumer Health on the Internet
Darell D. Schmick, E. Diane Johnson, Caryn L. Scoville & Prasanna K. Vaduvathiriyan (2012)
“Building a Google™ Custom Search Engine (CSE) for Foreign Language Health Information: One Library’s Effort to Create a New Tool for Health Professionals”
Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet, 16:1, 27-36
Our access to this journal has a 1 year embargo in EbscoHost, but anyone who would like to see a copy can email Darell.
Diane Johnson Appointed to Editorial Board of JMLA
Diane Johnson has been appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of the Medical Library Association for a 3-year term.
Current MUSE Posts
– March 2012 Spotlight Award Winner: Frances Rouse http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/muse/index.php/2012/03/20/march-2012-mulsa-spotlight-award-winner-frances-rouse/
– Video from 2012 International Tea: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/muse/index.php/2012/03/08/international-tea-2012/
Reminder DAC Invitation: Safe Spaces Training
The MU Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee invites you to learn to be a resource for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) and ally students, faculty and staff on campus. Safe Space is a training designed to give you the tools and knowledge you need to be an effective ally. This training session will be conducted by Struby Struble, coordinator of the LGBTQ Center. The session will take place March 29, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. room 4F51-A Ellis Library.
What is Safe Space? Participants in the training learn about the challenges of homophobia, campus resources, and how to be supportive to members of the LGBTQ community. At the conclusion of the training, participants have the option to display a Safe Space symbol as a signal to LGBTQ individuals that they maintain a safe and affirming environment. Homophobic and heterosexist comments, language, and actions will not be allowed in a Safe Space, but they will be addressed in an educational and informative manner.
The Safe Space symbol sends a message to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students, faculty, and staff that people displaying it are understanding and supportive resources for LGBTQ or ally individuals who are seeking help, advice or simply someone with whom they can talk. Those who identify as LGBTQ are members of often invisible minority groups and so are their allies and friends. The Safe Space Program is designed to help LGBTQ people identify supportive people and offices. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to become Safe Space allies in order to make the allies of the LGBTQ community more visible so that LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff can easily identify places where they can feel at ease because they know that they will not face discrimination due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
RSV’s are requested for head count purposes; send to Leo at AgnewL@missouri.edu.
Competency Level Increase Request Deadline Is March 30
A reminder that the deadline for submitting competency level increase requests is the end of this month. Information on the competency review process for the LIA/LIS title series is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/classification/reclassification.htm.