- Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Events
- Director's Calendar, Oct. 20-24
- Information and Action Items from Library Management Team, 10/14/14
- Ellis Library Homecoming Open House, Oct. 25
- Healthy for Life Update
- Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Update
- Special Collections Participates in Inter-Campus Multispectral Analysis Project
- Earthquake Preparedness
- Flu Shots in Ellis Library on Nov 4
- Annual Enrollment
- HRS Training Conference
- Employment Opportunity
- Welcome to Michael Hopkins
- Muse Blog Posts
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Events
Live CAT-TV Interview: Aaron Astor On Missouri During and After the Civil War
Saturday, October 18
3:00 p.m.
CAT – TV Studio
Aaron Astor, author of Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872, will engage in a live interview and Q /A about post-Civil War developments in the state of Missouri, as Reconstruction was supplanted by a widespread movement toward “white man’s democracy.”
Co- sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County and presented as the October installation of "League Presents." Seecolumbiaaccess.tv/schedule for airing times.
In-studio attendance is by invitation only.
Movie: The Battle of Island Mound
Thursday, October 23
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Hulston Hall, Classroom 7
Bill Bryan, Director, Missouri Division of State Parks, will introduce The Battle of Island Mound, a movie commemorating the confrontation between Union and Confederate forces that was the first Civil War combat involving African-American troops. The Battle of Island Mound Historic Site is maintained by the Division of State Parks. A Q&A session will follow the movie.
Director’s Calendar October 20th – 24th
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, October 21st
2:00-3:30 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Friday, October 24th
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – MOBIUS Membership Meeting, Columbia
Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 10/14/14
Matt was in attendance to help discuss the Student Fee proposal. Matt will be taking a lead in promoting the fee to students.
INFORMATION ITEM: Further clarification from Rhonda Gibler about Missouri Senate Bill 389 and its impact on the Library Student Fee Proposal revealed that the Library Fee itself would not be capped by the same percentage of the previous year’s CPI (current price index). Instead, the bill would require a student vote to create the new fee. It would be a new expense for students (not part of the overall fee increase). If a library fee were to pass, any further increase would be limited by the CPI cap. These implications and an overall discussion of the fee and the need for a detailed proposal revision were discussed. Highlights of that discussion follows:
- A more fully developed vision of what the funds generated by the fees will be used for needs to be developed and captured in a revised report.
- A proposal revision needs to be completed as soon as possible.
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Before a full proposal revision can be finished, more Information/clarification is needed from:
- The Budget Office.
- The Chancellor’s Office
- Office of Student Affairs
- LMT – for various facilities and collection details.
- Matt will be seeking out individual meetings with LMT members who can meet this week to work toward completion of the revised proposal.
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The Student Library Fee Working Group will be meeting after LMT.
- Alysha O’Neil, of the Office of Student Affairs, will be in attendance.
INFORMATION ITEM: The MU Library Committee met on Friday, October 3rd. The committee, which is made up of faculty and student representatives from across campus, was still interested seeing lists of the items that will be destroyed due to the mold outbreak. The Libraries did not believe the lists were still necessary because the Mellon Grant and the partnerships with Missouri State University and Washington University (in St. Louis) reduce the items that will be destroyed to duplicates. The lists are being worked on and will be provided to the faculty later this month.
Ellis Library Homecoming Open House, Oct. 25
Healthy for Life Update
Weight Watchers at Work Information Sessions Announced!
Quarterdeck:
Date: November 3, 2014
Time: 12:00-12:30pm
Location: Quarterdeck room 162B
New! Women’s and Children’s Hospital:
Date: November 6, 2014
Time: 11:30am-12:00pm
Location: EMR 1251
University of Missouri Hospital:
Date: November 6, 2014
Time: 12:00-12:30pm
Location: Clinical Support & Education Building, room 332
Townsend Hall:
Date: November 6, 2014
Time: 12:00-12:30pm
Location: Townsend Hall Room 107
A minimum of 15 people is needed to hold each informational session.
Please contact Blaine Snow at SnowB@umsystem.edu or 573-884-2402 to register by October 30, 2014.
Root Cellar Local Food Box Delivery at Mizzou!
Through a partnership with Healthy for Life, the Root Cellar now offers delivery of their weekly local food subscription program at the University of Missouri and the University of Missouri Healthcare System. The Root Cellar Local Food Box program offers three weekly subscription options to make healthy eating convenient and affordable. Fall/Winter subscriptions are available for $33 plus tax per week from October 30 through March 27. Visit the Root Cellar Local Food Box webpage for more details, FAQ’s and to enroll.
Delivery points have been established at the following locations on Friday afternoons from October 30, 2014 to March 27, 2014:
Heinkel Building
201 S. 7th St.
Room 201, Healthy for Life Lobby
Mizzou North
115 W. Business Loop 70 W
5th Floor
Quarterdeck
2401 Lemone Industrial Blvd
1st Floor, Cafeteria
Parking Structure #7
1095 Virginia Avenue
Human Resources Services Lobby
Visit the Root Cellar Local Food Box webpage to enroll at a location convenient for you!
Questions? Contact Jennifer Oetting at oettingj@umsystem.edu or 573-884-7427.
Participate in a Physical Activity Class and Earn Tier 2 Points!
Check out group fitness classes taking place in numerous locations around the University of Missouri and University of Missouri Healthcare System. Engaging in a physical activity class on or off campus is just one way to earn tier 2 incentive points. Physical activity classes can be self-reported through the Healthy for Life Cerner portal.
Lunchtime, Me-Time Strength Conditioning
Location: Townsend Hall, Room 107
Date: Monday’s and Wednesday’s, August 18, 2014 – December 10, 2014
Time: 12:15-12:45pm
Cost: $1 per class. No registration is required.
Questions? Please contact instructor Nani Fudge at fudgek@missouri.edu.
Pilates
Location: Townsend Hall, Room 222
Date: Monday’s and Wednesday’s, August 25, 2014 – December 10, 2014
Time: 12:10-12:50pm
Cost: $3 per class. No registration is required.
Questions? Please contact instructor Tina Price atpricet@missouri.edu.
Yoga
Location: Townsend Hall, Room 223
Date: Tuesday’s, August 19, 2014 – December 9, 2014
Time: 12:15-12:45pm
Cost: $1 per class. No registration is required.
Questions? Please contact instructor Glenda Moum at moumg@missouri.edu.
Yoga, Gentle
Location: Dalton Research Center
Date: Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, ongoing
Time: 12:10-12:50pm
Cost: $3 per class. No registration is required.
Questions? Please contact instructor Sandy Matsuda at matsudas@missouri.edu.
Yoga
Location: Ellis Library, Room 5 State Historical Society Art Gallery
Date: Thursday’s, August 28, 2014 – December 11, 2014
Time: 12:15-12:45pm
Cost: $1 per class. No registration is required.
Questions? Please contact instructor Glenda Moum at moumg@missouri.edu.
Yoga
Location: Quarterdeck, Room 251
Date: Thursday’s, October 23, 2014 – December 4, 2014 (no class Nov. 27th)
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Cost: $18 for the 6 week series. Registration is required.
A minimum of 7 people is required to hold this class. To register or for questions please contact instructor Carolyn Oates at coates3308@gmail.com.
Zumba Gold
Location: University of Missouri Psychiatric Center Gym
Date: Monday’s, November 3, 2014 – December 15, 2014 (no class Nov. 24th)
Time: 5:15-6:15pm
Cost: $4 per class or $20 for the entire 6 week series. No registration is required.
Zumba Gold, based on the same Latin and international dance moves as Zumba, is designed for active older adults using less intense, lower impact moves. Raise your heart rate and improve your flexibility in a fun atmosphere in this easy-to-follow, dance-based fitness program. Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes. To register or for questions please contact instructor Susan Tharp at tharps@missouri.edu or 573-268-6568.
For questions about physical activity classes taking place on campus, please contact Sarah Ellis at elliss@umsystem.edu.
Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Update
It’s been a while since we submitted anything to the News Notes, but that’s because things have been hopping up here on 4 West! Here’s what the three of us have been up to since the semester started:
- Taught 30 classes in the reading room for over 440 students
- Hosted a field trip and made presentations for fifty 5th-grade social studies students from Grant Elementary School
- Mounted the “Books with Personality” exhibit in the Ellis Library colonnade
- Led a workshop for MU faculty and graduate students as part of the Fridays @ the Library series
- Presented a workshop on National History Day resources for middle school and high school educators, in collaboration with the State Historical Society
- Represented the Libraries on National Museum Day at Mizzou North by doing presentations and leading art activities on medieval manuscript production for kids and parents
- Hosted a drop-in mini-exhibit on banned comics and graphic novels on the first floor of Ellis Library for Banned Books Week
- Began participation in an inter-campus research project with UMKC – see our separate announcement for more details.
And we’re still keeping up with our social media outreach. Take a look at our top posts on Tumblr this month.
- Ma and Pa Ingalls
- Have we found a real-life Mr. Collins in Special Collections?
- Carroll’s Wonderland Menagerie
- Kellogg’s Jungle Book
As always, share with your friends! Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr
Special Collections Participates in Inter-Campus Multispectral Analysis Project
MU Special Collections and UMKC are involved in the Inter-Campus Research Program grant project named “Multispectral Analysis of Missouri’s Cultural Resources.”
The project has two primary aims:
1) to study rare manuscripts held by the MU Special Collections and in UMKC, using techniques of multispectral analysis, and
2) to develop an affordable mechanical apparatus and technology for its use that other libraries can adopt in order to advance the study of their own collections.
Multispectral analysis allows for the examination of ink application and prior removal of the text, of the compositional layering, and of “dirty” fingerprints in rare books that may reveal patterns of usage. Using the results gained from multispectral analysis, researchers and students can decipher a book’s production and reception history.
This past Friday the first meeting of both teams took place at UMKC, at which goals and plans were discussed, and the prototype of the apparatus viewed.
Earthquake Preparedness
Everyone, everywhere, should know how to protect themselves in an earthquake. Even if earthquakes are rare where you live, they may happen where you or your family travel. To learn move, visit The Great ShakeOut at www.shakeout.org.
Flu Shots in Ellis Library on Nov 4
There will be a flu shot clinic at Ellis Library on Nov. 4 from 9 am to 3 pm. Additional information, including a flu shot consent form, can be found online at http://www.umsystem.edu/curators/wellness/2014_flu_shots.
Any University of Missouri faculty or staff member, dependent, or retiree may get a flu shot at one of the campus clinics. If you are enrolled in the myOptions Health Plan (to be renamed the Healthy Savings Plan for 2015), the myChoice Health Plan (to be renamed the PPO Plan for 2015), or the myRetiree Health Plan, you are eligible for a FREE vaccine. If you are not enrolled in a University of Missouri (UM) medical plan, there will be a $20.00 fee for the vaccine.