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Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 12/2/14

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INFORMATION ITEM: Budget Review report and invitation to BAAC.

Jim and Ellen Blair met with the Interim Provost and Campus Budget Officer Rhonda Gibler to review the MU Library budget projections.  No new reaction or news to report. Jim and Ellen have been invited to discuss the MU Libraries Budget at the December 17th meeting of the campus BAAC – Budget Allocation Advisory Committee.  

INFORMATION ITEM:  The MU Libraries All Staff Meeting will be scheduled for January 15th, 2-3:30 p.m., in Ellis Auditorium.  A tentative agenda was discussed.

INFORMATION ITEM: LMT discussed holding a mold program to follow-up on the Mold situation which would allow a time to give a detailed update and further thanks to those who did so much work in response. (Like was done for the Ellis Library fire.) Mid-June was discussed as a time to schedule. 

Director’s Calendar December 8th-12th

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Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries

Tuesday, December 8th     
1:00-2:00 p.m. – Library Assembly, Ellis Library

2:00-3:30 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library

4:00-5:00 p.m. – MU Library Student Fee Working Group, Ellis Library

Friday, December 12th   
12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m. – Library Committee, Ellis Library

Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 11/18/14

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INFORMATION ITEM: LMT met with Ellen Blair to finalize material for the 11/19 Budget Review with the Provost and Campus Budget Officer. 

INFORMATION ITEM: MU Libraries has been invited to meet with the Budget Allocation Advisement Council (BAAC) on December 17, 2014. 

  • The BAAC has been charged with making recommendations on all aspects of the campus budgeting process.
  • They have invited the Libraries to the meeting to inform the members on the current state and strategic needs of the MU Libraries.
  • More news about BAAC can found here: http://mubudget.missouri.edu/budget%20committe.php

HSL Walking Team Exceeds Goal in Fitness Challenge

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Amanda Sprochi’s team, One Health Wanderers, finished 146th of 464 teams participating in MU Healthcare’s “Work Together, Walk Together” walking fitness challenge this fall. 

Averaging 10,972 steps a day, they exceeded their team goal of 10,000 steps a day, for a total of 1487 miles. Other team members included Laura Buck, Diane Johnson and Caryn Scoville. 

https://cernerhealthwins.com/competitions/work-together-walk-together-grudge-match/teams/one-health-wanderers

ALCTS Webinar: Use of Social Media in the Library

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4F51A Ellis Library
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
1 pm Central and last about an hour

Social media has the potential to facilitate much closer relationships between libraries and their patrons. Current usage of social media by the library community generally remains ad hoc and somewhat experimental, but the uptake of these tools is accelerating, and they will likely play an increasingly important role in library service provision and outreach in the future.

Taylor & Francis has produced a white paper that analyzes current practices relating social media’s use in the library and how this differs by librarian job role. The sample was taken from academic librarians around the world, which also allows us to examine differences by geographic location. The goal: to establish how librarians are currently using social media in their roles, the most useful social media tools and best applications for these tools in a library setting.

In this webinar, we will present our findings from the white paper, as well as tips and lessons learned from our detailed case studies. The webinar will also outline common practices for using social media in the library, as well as strategies for effectively incorporating social media tools into your own library.

Learning Outcomes
The webinar will allow participants to:

  • critically examine common practices associated with use of social media tools in the library;
  • learn how to incorporate social media strategies into marketing plans effectively, understanding the capabilities of different channels and how they can be tailored to suit your library’s individual needs;
  • understand how trends in librarianship affect social media usage, how use of social media can vary by job role, and how you can transfer this knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of your role.

Who Should Attend?
All practicing librarians and library staff who have an interest in social media; this includes those currently using social media in the library or those who would like to learn more about how social media is currently being used by librarians in various roles.

Presenter
Stacy Sieck is the Library Communications Manager at Taylor & Francis Group and is responsible for managing the library marketing and communications activities for North and South America. She first joined Taylor & Francis in 2008 as the manager of the library and information science journals portfolio. Prior to coming to Taylor & Francis, Stacy worked for Merion Matters, the media, marketing, and merchandising company behind the popular ADVANCE brand.