The questionnaire for the Staff Representative Committee is currently posted. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mulSRCsurvey
There is a need to know how the Libraries staff wants to proceed with the Committee. If you’ve received an invitation to this survey, please take the time to fill it out. A low response says as much as the responses to the questions.
All answers to this survey are anonymous.
This survey will close at 12:01am on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, April 30th
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Library Committee Meeting, 159 Ellis Library.
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Council of Deans, Memorial Union
Tuesday, May 1st – Friday, May 4th
Jim Cogswell travels to Chicago, Illinois, to attend the Association of Research Libraries.
“There’s an App for that!” Safeguarding your Mobile Device
http://makeitsafe.missouri.edu/topics/index.html
Mobile devices are products such as smartphones, media tablets, media players, and e-readers. Many users overlook the fact that they are carrying a device with the same functionality and processing power of any other networked computer, thus placing themselves at great risk for exploitation. With new vulnerabilities discovered every day, there is a need to protect the data saved, accessed, and distributed from mobile devices.
To ensure that you are protected, follow these 10 simple best practices:
10. Know the policy.
For a full explaination of these suggestions, go to the DoIT Make It Safe website: http://makeitsafe.missouri.edu/topics/index.html
Listen to Radio Friends with Paul Pepper on KBIA (91.3) at 8:50 am on May 2. Paul will be talking with Marie Concannon about the MU Libraries’ 150 years of participation in the Federal Depository Library Program. If you miss the show, you can listen to (and view) the segment at http://www.kbia.org/programs/radio-friends-paul-pepper.
Marie will continue her discussion with Paul on the June 28th issue of Radio Friends.
At the National Library Week Celebration on April 10, we asked our patrons to “Tell us why you love MU libraries.”
Here are some of their responses:
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, April 24th
10:30-11:30 a.m. – Toi Derricotte Event, Ellis Library colonnade.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Library Assembly, 159 Ellis Library
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Strategic Planning and Resource Advisory Council (SPRAC), Reynolds Alumni Center
5:30 p.m. – Toi Derricotte Event at Berlin Theatre, Columbia, MO
| 2012 employees | Benefit-eligible date | Number of Years |
| Ruth Feldkamp | 5/7/07 | 5 |
| Dorothy Carner | 6/1/07 | 5 |
| Shannon Cary | 11/10/07 | 5 |
| Ann Riley | 6/11/07 | 5 |
| Joni Blake* (GWLA position) |
7/1/07 | 5 |
| Jim Cogswell | 4/15/02 | 10 |
| Dan Akins | 8/19/02 | 10 |
| Anselm Huelsbergen | 9/9/02 | 10 |
| Mat Miller | 11/4/02 | 10 |
| Michael Holland | 1/21/97 | 15 |
| Deb Ward | 7/1/97 | 15 |
| Michael Spears | 08/18/97 | 15 |
| (Ivy) Oi-chi Hui | 02/15/97 | 15 |
| Nina Johnson | 8/1/97 | 15 |
| Tony Schwartz | 1/5/87 | 25 |
| Felicity Dykas | 05/18/87 | 25 |
| Mary Hainen | 8/17/87 | 25 |
| Shelley Worden | 9/13/82 | 30 |
| Mary Ryan | 2/1/1972 | 40 |
| Total years of service | 285 |