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College Colors Day is August 29

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It’s COLLEGE COLORS DAY (CCD) time again and the Licensing and Trademarks Office is asking for help from your area to promote the event.  August 29th marks the 2014 annual College Colors Day, a tradition to promote school spirit and the start of college football season.  Students, staff, alumni & fans are encouraged to participate by wearing their BLACK and GOLD. 

Mizzou is participating in the third annual College Colors Day spirit competition and is asking for fan support to help win the national Spirit Cup award, which includes $10,000 toward the general scholarship fund as well as a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

The Spirit Cup is a points-based rivalry competition that utilizes social media platforms to crown its champion. Tiger fans can earn points for Mizzou by showcasing their school spirit on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtags #collegecolors and #mizzoumade. The Spirit Cup competition kicks off on August 1 and runs through August 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Winners of both the Spirit Cup competition and the College Football Playoff sweepstakes will be announced on College Colors Day, Friday, August 29, via CollegeColorsDay.com.

We encourage you to visit the official College Colors Day website, CollegeColorsDay.com for detailed information along with registering your department as a participant.   We would like to see several Mizzou departments registered!!!!   You can also post your pictures on the Licensing Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mizzou.truman.

Action and Information items from Library Management Team 7/22/14

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INFORMATION ITEM: MU Libraries Communications Officer Shannon Cary requested information to share at the Gathering. The Gathering is an informal meeting of student-centered departments at MU that meet annually before the start of each Fall Semester to share student-related information. LMT will ask Shannon to report the impact of Renew Mizzou and the Libraries’ implementation of LibAnswers.

ACTION ITEM: After LMT reviewed the MU Libraries Strategic Directions and Goals survey (Created in the web-based program Qualtrics), they made a few minor changes to the wording. LMT also resolved to move the “close” date of the survey from July 31 to August 5. The survey will be distributed as soon as possible after the recommended changes are made.

INFORMATION ITEM: INFORMATION ITEM: Jim is preparing a brief report for Interim MU Provost Ken Dean to discuss the Libraries’ budget situation. 

ACTION ITEM: LMT resolved to fill the Head of Access Services Librarian Position.  No other positions will be filled until a better grasp of the budget situation is established.

MULSA’s 3RD ANNUAL RAINBOW HOUSE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

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JULY 21-AUGUST 8, 2014

It’s time again to help the Rainbow House.  They will gratefully accept any donation of school supplies, but the following are the items they are most in need of:

Backpacks: New or used, but clean.

#2 pencils

2-pocket folders

8-count markers

12-inch rulers

Composition notebooks

Large erasers

Large glue sticks

Lined index cards

Liquid glue bottles

Pencil sharpeners

Scissors

Hand sanitizer

Facial Tissues (boxes)

 

Please bring your donations to Sue Barnes’s work area in the Technical Services/Acquisitions area of Ellis Library (#52).   

Please contact Sue for pick-up or give your items to the mailroom staff when they make their deliveries.

Monetary donations are also accepted.

Questions?

Sue Barnes

barness@missouri.edu

884-2368

Delivery is scheduled for 1 pm Friday August 8th.

Please have all donations in by noon on Friday, August 8th.

THANK YOU!!!

New Posts, July 14-18

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  1. Information and Action Items from Library Management Team, July 15, 2014
  2. MULSA Recovers Chairs in Staff Lounge
  3. Librarian Promotions
  4. MUSE Posts
  5. MU Libraries in the News
  6. Lactation Room Now Available in Ellis Library
  7. Special Collections Outreach Update
  8. Concannon to Chair Federal Advisory Committee
  9. Amigos Update
  10. Information and Action Items from Library Management Team, July 8, 2014
  11. Director's Calendar, July 21-24

Information and Action items from LMT 7-15-14

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INFORMATION ITEM – LMT continued the discussion about the tight budget outlook for MU Libraries.  MU Libraries will begin the new fiscal year with a budget deficit that must be addressed.  LMT reviewed reports comparing the expenditures of the past four years, and no one category or area of spending caused the deficit. Rather a continued low level of funding, together with increased demands on existing funds, has created the shortfall.  Discussion ensued about strategies to address the issue going forward.

INFORMATION ITEM: LMT reviewed and made changes to a survey related to the Strategic Directions for MU Libraries.  The survey will be distributed to MU Libraries staff next week, and responses are requested by the end of the month.

 ACTION ITEM: LMT resolved to create a master list of Committees.  Each Division Head will have a number of committees assigned to them to review.  Policies that relate to committees will also be reviewed.  LMT will discuss the topic again after reviews are complete.  Work on reviewing existing and creating new committees will take place over the coming fall semester.

INFORMATION ITEM: LMT reintroduced the topic of a Student Library Fee proposal, requested by Chancellor Loftin.  LMT will try to have an updated proposal drafted soon for broader discussion and ready to present to the Chancellor early in the fall semester. 

Librarian Promotions

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Congratulations to the following Librarians who have earned a promotion in rank effective September 1, 2014.

Darell Schmick, promoted to Librarian II

Amanda Sprochi, promoted to Librarian III

Felicity Dykas, promoted to Librarian IV