Social Media Directory

MU is compiling a list of all social media that is being done on campus. If your department has a social media presence (separate from the main MU Libraries Twitter and Facebook accounts), please send me the following information by next Wednesday, Aug. 15. –Shannon

  • Department/program/entity
  • Type of account
  • URL/channel
  • Person in charge + contact info

ALA Online Workshop on Social Media, Sept. 12

ALA Online Workshop: A More Effective Social Media Presence: Strategic Planning and Project Management
A Workshop with Sarah Steiner and Cliff Landis
A 90-Minute Workshop on September 12, 2012 at 1:30pm (Central)
4F51A Ellis Library

Building a presence for your library on sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is a great idea, but how do you ensure that you’re doing so in a strategic way that maximizes the benefit to your library and effectively organizes staff time and responsibility? In this workshop, Sarah Steiner and Cliff Landis will show you how to design and implement a social media plan that meets the needs of your patrons and also fits the capacity of your staff. With guidance for assessing your library users’ needs and getting stakeholders on board, you’ll be able to build a strategy from the ground up. You’ll also learn how to manage projects effectively and keep your plan flexible so your library can keep up with the constantly changing social media landscape.

Sarah Steiner is the Social Work and Virtual Services Librarian at Georgia State University Library in Atlanta.
Cliff Landis is Technology Librarian at Valdosta State University’s Odum Library in Valdosta, Georgia.

Welcome to Sara Bryant, Shelly McDavid and Derek Wintemberg

Name: Derek Wintemberg
Position: Library Information Specialist I, Access/Circulation
Dept. Address:
101 Ellis Library, Columbia, MO 65211
Dept. Phone:
882-1101
Effective Date:
08/07/12

Name: Sara E. Bryant
Position:
Assistant Head Access Services Librarian
Dept. Address:
101 Ellis Library, Columbia, MO 65211
Dept. Phone:
882-9158
Effective Date:
08/01/12

Shelly McDavid will be joining the Circulation Department at HSL as our new LIA working nights and Saturdays. Shelly comes to us well qualified. She has an MLS and has worked as a Media Specialist for Columbia Public Schools and as the Hugh Stephens Library Circulation Manager. Shelly will begin work with us Tuesday, August 21.

Tech Tips

Snipping Tool – easy screen shots
On Windows 7 the Snipping Tool is available on the Start Menu, or by typing “snipping tool” into the search box. When you open the Snipping Tool a box will appear and the cursor will be ready to capture the image of whatever you select (the box will go away once you start to drag the cursor to capture the image). If you close the box it closes the program, so if you don’t want to see it as you decide what you want an image of, you can minimize it.

If you click on New you have the ability to change the shape you want to capture. Free-form will capture whatever shape you make with the mouse. Rectangular Snip will allow you to capture whatever size image you would like. This is an easy way to capture images if you only want part of the screen or the window you have open. Window Snip will capture the image of whatever window you click on, and Full Screen Snip will take the image of everything you have on the screen. The default is the Rectangular Snip (or whichever “snip type” was used most recently).
Once you have captured your image a new window will open with the image so from there you can save, edit (with pen or highlighter tools) email, or copy the image.

How to set up public folders in Outlook

  • Click on Calendar at the bottom left of your Outlook Window.
  • Click on the folder icon below  the Tasks option appears (the bottom left corner of Outlook).
  • Scroll to “Public Folders”. Click on the arrow next to Favorites to show the Folders you already have as favorites.
  • Click on the arrow next to “All Public Folders”. Click the arrow next to Columbia, then Departments, then scroll to MU Libraries and click the arrow next to it. That will open all of the calendars under MU Libraries. Right click on whichever calendar you would like to easily view and select “Add to Favorites”.
  • If you scroll back to “Public Folders”, you should see the new calendar added to your Favorites.