Book Recomendations in Honor of Mizzou’s 175th Anniversary

Dear Colleagues:

Please take a survey at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BookSuggestionsFromMU

Your feedback will help us compile a list of book recommendations from MU faculty and staff that will be featured on a poster in honor of Mizzou’s 175th anniversary. And we might also add some films and documentaries to the list. The poster will be distributed to high schools, libraries, Mizzou Alumni Association chapters and MU departments this fall.

The books should be easily attainable, well-written and influential in society or in your personal life.

A committee of Kemper Fellows and representatives from Ellis library, the University Affairs division and other campus departments will weigh everyone’s suggestions and finalize the list (making sure it includes diverse authors and a balanced mix of topics).

Please give us your feedback by Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Questions? Contact Laura Roloff at 573-882-9143 or via email at RoloffL@missouri.edu.

 

Tech Tip, How Criminals Guess Your PIN

By Gina Smith, ANewDomain.netTech Page One 01/04/2013

aNewDomain.net – Forget the security issues surrounding the ecosystem surrounding the nascent epayment economy for a minute. There’s a bigger problem – and it’s as obvious as your Personal Identification Number, or PIN.

Odds are you’ve used a four-digit PIN a lot. And that means a field day for criminals. Plain and simple, as the infographic below demonstrates, most folks don’t care or don’t bother to set up a four-digit PIN that’s difficult to guess after about 20 tries.

Try this on for size. According to a study of 3.4 million PINs by Data Genetics, nearly 27 percent of PINs could be guessed at correctly after just 20 tries. That isn’t just because popular pins like 1234 and 8888 reign – the most popular 1234 PIN accounted for 10 percent of the exposed PINs it studied. It’s also because, with four digits, there are only 10,000 possible combinations. Couple the two and you’ve got a situation that stands to expose an awful amount of people to a whole lot of felony theft — all over a PIN.

What to do? Check out the infographic below and make sure your PIN isn’t among the most popular. Never write yours down. Change it frequently. And don’t be lazy about it. PIN theft is booming, for sure. But it takes two – you and the PIN thief working in concert – to tango.

More…http://www.techpageone.com/technology/with-holiday-shopping-well-upon-us-criminals-celebrate-too-are-they-using-your-pin-to-do-it-heres-a-great-infographic-with-facts-and-analysis-around-the-question-of-how-safe-your-pin-is-reall/#.UXVOwUqAY11

HathiTrust Update

Hello Colleagues,

HathiTrust has released an updated, stylish new design and new features for its website. The new design incorporates feedback submitted by HathiTrust users and input from HathiTrust’s User Experience and Communications working groups. Some of the highlights include:

  • Look and feel – HathiTrust has been given a fresh, user-friendly design that unifies all parts of the website.
  • Accessibility – HathiTrust continues its tradition of style with function, paying particular attention to accessibility in major and minor functional components of the interface.
  • An engaging homepage – A consolidated search area and prominent links to user collections, hand-picked books, and our mobile interface, invite users to explore the HathiTrust collection. Links to social media, the HathiTrust Research Center, and HathiTrust projects provide updates on activities and invite engagement.
  • Login benefits – Users can now log in from anywhere on the site, and the login area of the homepage highlights the benefits of logging in to users from partner institutions.
  • Improvements to the reading interface – Our new online reading interface increases the amount of space available for reading books, while still keeping reading controls and bibliographic information readily accessible.
  • Persistent tabbed search box – Options for searching the bibliographic catalog and full-text of works have been combined into a single tabbed search, with help information to guide users in deciding which search to use. A persistent search header allows searches to be performed from any page on the website.

Special thanks to the University of Michigan programmers, designers, project managers, and systems staff who made the new design happen.

The HathiTrust Research Center has announced new tools today:

http://ovpitnews.iu.edu/news/page/normal/24146.html

Best,

Heather Christenson, on behalf of the HathiTrust Communications Working Group

MU Libraries in the News

Angels in performance: Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner will speak on campus
Mizzou Magazine, April 22, 2013

Columbia man found guilty of 2011 Ellis Library arson
Missourian, April 24, 2013

Federal jury convicts Mo. man of arson
SFGate, April 25, 2013

Jurors convict campus arson suspect
Columbia Daily Tribune, April 25, 2013

Donated books enrich Missouri
ChinaDaily USA, April 26, 2013

Ellis Library arsonist convicted
The Maneater, April 26, 2013

Mizzou Advantage Day, April 30

Mizzou Advantage invites faculty, staff and students to our 3rd annual Mizzou Advantage Day on April 30.

1:00-2:30 pm – Guest Speaker Dr. Holly Falk-Krzesinski “Resources, Funding and Tools for Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research”
2:30-5:00 pm – Poster Session/Photo Booth/Refreshments
4:00-5:00 pm – “Dialogues About Breast Cancer” performed by the MU Interactive Theatre Troupe
5:00-6:00 pm – Catered Reception with Live Music

This event is open to all faculty, staff, students and community members. Be sure to come with your friends and colleagues to get your picture taken in the photo booth!

If interested in participating in the poster session please contact LeAnne Stewart at stewartle@missouri.edu to reserve your easel.