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Updates from the Ellis Library Space and Facilities Advisory Committee

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Projects Completed:

  • A chair rail has been added to the Bookmark Cafe seating area next to the Security Office to prevent damage to the walls from the chairs. Chair Rail Chair Rail
  • The first floor women’s restroom has been renovated. The only remaining task is to put sconces on the walls next to the mirrors. Thanks for your patience! Door Mirrors Mirror Large Mirror Stalls Stalls Fancy Hand Dryer
  • Unused shelves have been removed from the wall near Digiprint. The wall has been painted, and one section of shelving remains for reshelving purposes. Reshelving Wall
  • The door to the Men’s restroom on the first floor now has an automatic door.

Projects in Process:

  • The area in 1 Central is currently undergoing renovation. Electricians are currently updating the wiring in order to have enough power for the computers. This tentative floor plan shows the general location of computers and study areas. Note: the furniture shown only represents the type of furniture to be used. The final selections have yet to be made by the interior designer. The area will include fixed computer stations, soft seating and study tables. No estimate has been given for completion of the renovation.
  • Paper signs around Ellis are currently being replaced with laminated signs with a consistent design.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Freeman Completes Quality Matters Training

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Annelise Freeman our E-Learning Librarian recently completed training for Quality Matters Applying the QM Rubric.  This two-week workshop focused on assuring quality in online courses through consideration of alignment between objectives, resources, technology, and assessment. The University of Missouri is a member of Quality Matters and uses its standards for course review.  The instructional designers and academic technology liaisons with ET@MO are also trained with Quality Matters rubric.  Annelise works closely with ET@MO and fills a similar role at the library as the ATL’s do with their departments. This training provides support for designing online courses and will help the libraries meet standards when working with faculty using library resources in their online courses.

Ellis Library ILL Receives Two Stars for Best Practices in Resource Sharing

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The Ellis Interlibrary Borrowing and Lending Units participated in a survey over the summer and received our certificate last week.  “The Rethinking Resource Sharing STAR Checklist provides library staff an opportunity to review and reflect on the policies and processes that comprise the resource sharing service they provide. The STAR Checklist is designed to be aggressive, challenging library decision-makers to live on the front lines of rethinking resource sharing. There is no expectation that a single library will meet every item on the list. While aggressive, the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative also recognizes that achieving STAR status should be attainable.” (From the document accompanying the survey). Several SEC libraries have completed the survey. We have been grouped with Southeastern Libraries and are the 17th library in that grouping to have completed the assessment.

We scored 98 out of 128 points and received Two STAR status.

 

June DeWeese, Head of Access Services

Holiday Food Drive

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MULSA will be sponsoring a food drive and contest to benefit the Columbia Area Food Bank, as well, as Second Chance (for animals), beginning Friday November 16th and culminating on Thursday, December 13th, just before the Winter Holiday Party.  A raffle will be conducted this year.  One ticket given for each non-perishable food item (3-5 tickets for large bags of dog food or kitty litter); $1.00 = 2 tickets (example: $10 = 20 raffle tickets).  Over the next four weeks we encourage library staff to bring in and donate non-perishable food items, or, if you prefer, cash. A drop off area will be in the Acq. Dept. by Sue Barnes’ desk area.  Branches, if you are unable to deliver your items, Sue will make arrangements to have them picked up.  The raffle winner will be announced at the Winter Holiday Party, the prize being a University Book Store gift card.

If you have any questions please contact Sue Barnes (Acq. Dept., Ellis Library), 884-2368 or barness@missouri.edu.

Nov. and Dec. Webinars on Digitization and Text Mining

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Role of Long-Term Storage in Digital Curation
Sponsor: ALA Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
November 14. 1:00-2:00 pm
Ellis 4F51A

Introduces considerations for the long-term storage of digital content selected for preservation. This content must be stored in ways that align with good practice. The session addresses issues related to the development of storage management policies, including file formats for deposit and preservation, the preservation of multiple copies, the locations of those copies, the characteristics of those locations, and the means for meeting long‐term storage requirements.  (Description from website)

More information:  http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/pres/111412


Text Mining Opportunities and Challenges
Sponsor:  Center for Research Libraries
Wednesday, December 5, 10:00-11:00 am
Ellis 4F51A

Text mining enables researchers to extract valuable information and data from large bodies of text, but also presents formidable technical and intellectual property challenges for libraries. This CRL webinar explores recent trends in text mining, and how publishers and libraries are responding to those challenges. Presenters from Elsevier and Gale Cengage, as well as collection development experts, will discuss:

  • * the types of resources being “mined”, including e-journal databases and digitized newspapers and archives
  • * recent text-mining projects
  • * the challenges and issues these present for database publishers
  • * what role, if any, libraries can play to support these activities
  • * what new services are envisioned and what is in the pipeline.
  • (Description from website)

More information:  http://www.crl.edu/events/8391