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Position Opening: Library Information Assistant

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A new position was posted on the Library Employment Opportunities web page 10/22/12.

The position ID number to use to apply with HR is # 8943 on the HR web page. http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/index.php

* Library Information Assistant – 100% FTE, M-F 8-5; $9.05 Interlibrary Loan Unit – Lending, Access Services Department, Access, Collections and Technical Services Division, Ellis Library

Duties: Process interlibrary lending requests received from other libraries, including obtaining call numbers using MERLIN (the library’s online catalog system). Retrieve books from the stacks utilizing alphanumeric call numbers. Update interlibrary loan requests on the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem and the RAPID System, using ILLiad on staff’s computer workstation. Check out books in MERLIN. Prepare books for sending including packaging. Assist in other interlibrary lending processes as needed. Work as a member of an efficient team and meet speed and accuracy goals as determined by department.

This position requires some physical stamina and involves moving materials and related physical actions part of the workday.  Must be able to move fully loaded book trucks (at least 200 lbs.). Must be able to read call numbers on books located on shelves at ground level and up to nine feet in height and where lighting is diminished; ladders and footstools are available.

Min. Quals.: A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.

Six months of responsible office experience is necessary.  Directly related education or training may be substituted for experience.

The ability to type may be necessary depending upon the position available.

Typing speed of 25-30 wpm.

Preferred Quals.: Demonstrated aptitude with clerical skills, attention to detail and ability to work closely with others.  Knowledge of library classification systems, prior library work experience and experience with computers helpful.

New Posts, Oct. 15-19

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  1. Homecoming Open House, Oct. 27
  2. Faculty Lecture Series Presents Dr. Devoney Looser, Oct. 23
  3. ARL Hosts Webcast on Landmark HathiTrust Decision and the Implications for Research Libraries
  4. Welcome to Peter Johnson
  5. Director’s Calendar: Oct. 22-26
  6. United Way: Aaaaand the Winner is. . . .
  7. LMT Action and Information Items, 9/11/12
  8. LMT Action and Information Items, 9/18/12
  9. LMT Action and Information Items, 10/2/12
  10. Webinar: RDA for the Non-Cataloger and More
  11. New MUSE Posts
  12. Name Change: Huntsucker Now Nelson
  13. Inclement Weather – Campus Closure Policies
  14. Schmick Wins MLA Poster Contest
  15. HathiTrust Update

ARL Hosts Webcast on Landmark HathiTrust Decision and the Implications for Research Libraries

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Please join us from 1-2 pm Central time in 4G41 on Wednesday, Oct. 24 to learn more about our use of the Hathi Trust.

Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a webcast on October 24, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time, to discuss the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and the implications of this victory for research libraries. The discussion will be moderated by Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL, and will feature discussion from:

• Jonathan Band, of policybandwidth, an expert in copyright law and the author of the Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in the HathiTrust case

• Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as co-facilitator of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries and a member of the legal team that represented the National Federation of the Blind

• Dan Goldstein, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, acts as counsel for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and has initiated a national legal campaign to ensure access to technology

• Jason M. Schultz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law

Background
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer handed down a landmark fair use decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case. The HathiTrust was created by university libraries as a collective storehouse for digitized works from their collections, including millions of volumes digitized in partnership with Google. In 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust and several ARL member institutions claiming that they committed copyright infringement on a massive scale by using these digital scans for preservation, to power a search tool, and to provide accessible versions of books for print disabled patrons. The NFB intervened in the case to defend the accessibility aspect of the project. The Library Copyright Alliance filed an amicus brief on behalf of libraries, and a group of digital humanities scholars filed a brief in support of the search functionality enabled by the HathiTrust database.

In a striking victory for libraries and their users, Judge Baer rejected the Guild’s claims in the starkest possible terms, saying, “I cannot imagine a definition of fair use that would not encompass the transformative uses made by Defendants’ [mass digitization project] and would require that I terminate this invaluable contribution to the progress of science and cultivation of the arts that at the same time effectuates the ideals espoused by the ADA.”

For more information, please visit http://www.arl.org/news/pr/hathidecision-11oct12.shtml.

United Way: Aaaaaand the Winner is…..

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The winners of the third MU Libraries United Way participation drawing are Karen Witt and Rachel Brekhus.

Congratulations!

  • Karen just won a pair of tickets to the Concert Series performance: Vilde Frang with Michaeil Lifits.  They will be performing at the Missouri Theatre on March 12th.
  • Rachel won a pair of tickets to see Parsons Dance.  They will be performing at Missouri Theatre on November 14th. (A previous winner of these tickets could not use them and so we selected another name…)

We will be drawing more names for concert series tickets at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 25th.

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.

  • $25 Bookmark Café gift Card
  • $25 University Bookstore Gift Card
  • $30 Target Gift Card
  • $100 cash (cash equivalent) to be used anywhere

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.

If you would like to pledge by using a paper United Way form, you may print one from the United Way website and send it to Mark Ellis, 104 Ellis Library.

~  MU Libraries United Way Tri-Chairs Paula Roper, Mary Hainen and Ann Riley

Action and Information Items out of LMT 9/11/12

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Attending: Jim Cogswell, Deb Ward, Michael Holland, Ann Riley (Supp0rt: Mark Ellis)

Information Item:  Nathan Marticke, Library Director of Development is leaving to become an Associate Director of Development for Parks College in Kansas City, MO.  His last day at the Libraries will be 9/20/12.  He leaves on good terms.  A search again for a replacement ASAP.

Information Item: Jim Cogswell Reported on the Dean’s retreat that took place in St. Louis, August 30-31, 2012. Among the topics discussed:

  • MU’s AAU status (the high costs of research)
  • A need for MU to engage in cost accounting for more complex budget analysis.
  • Pending retirement of MU Budget Officer Tim Rooney (December 31, 2012).
  • Development  report – Tom Hiles =  MU needs more large gifts and to think of the big ideas that inspire them.

Information Item:  Jim Cogswell Report from SPRAC – Legislative Update, Campus Budget report, enrollment report.

Action Item: LMT discussed the recent Digital Humanities initiative on campus and how it fit in (or didn’t) to the MU Libraries strategic goals and objectives and the staffing plan.  It was resolved that Anne Barker should be invited to one of the next couple Library Management Teams to discuss her activity with new initiative and the potential/possible role of MU Libraries.

Action Item:  LMT discussed the Assessment Committee, Assessment Report and an Assessment position.  It was resolved that LMT would create a description for a 50% FTE Assessment position for current Library employees to apply or express interest in. This would be on top of current duties.  Would include a stipend of some kind.  Next Step – Jim Cogswell will draft position description.

Action Item: It was resolved that LMT would rotate the task of giving Management Team report at the MULAC monthly meetings.  Jim attends and reports at every other MULAC meeting.  The task of giving the report at the alternate meetings will be shared and rotated by Ann, Deb and Mike.