Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, July 22nd
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, July 22nd
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Caryn Scoville’s work was a acknowledged in this new case report published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association:
Neverman EM1, Clary K2.
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J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014 Jul;114(7):593. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.119.
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, July 15th
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
Wednesday, July 16th
8:00-9:00 a.m. – Jim will attend the beginning of the MU Librarians and Archivists Council, Ellis Library
Thursday, July 17th
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – MU Libraries and Enrollment Management Meet and Greet Diversity Event, Grand Reading Room (201), Ellis Library
Web tip of the week, July 7, 2014: No Call List
Please remember — You may submit your poems, stories, recipes, reviews, DIY tips, etc at any time. Faculty and staff from all branches of the MU libraries are welcome to participate in this creative outlet. Submissions may be sent to Erin Blower
MU Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee and the MU Library Staff Association (MULSA) invite you to participate in the Libraries’ Annual Diversity Event on Thursday, July 17th, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Along with celebrating diversity, the event will also provide an occasion for the staff of MU Libraries to welcome and meet the members of Enrollment Management who are temporarily located in Ellis Library due to the Renew Mizzou project. Refreshments will feature ethnic and personally meaningful foods from the employees of MU Libraries and Enrollment Management. Here are the details in a Q&A format:
When/where will it be held?
Thursday, July 17 in the 201 Ellis Library. The event will run from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Who is providing the food?
You! If you are willing to do so, of course.
What type of food should I bring?
Anything that represents any part of your heritage. Or a dish/beverage that has a special meaning to you. (Or that you just want to bring…)
Can I attend the event even if I don’t bring food to share?
YES! This is open to all MU Libraries and Enrollment Management employees, including students.
How much food should I bring?
That is up to you.
Should I let DAC know if I’m bringing food?
Yes, please contact Sheryl Cullina (cullinas@missouri.edu) with the name or type of dish and the estimated number of people it will serve.
Where will I warm up or prepare my dish?
In the Ellis Library Staff Lounge. There are plenty of outlets for slow cookers and a couple of microwave ovens.
Do I need to do anything after I drop off my dish?
Yes. We ask that you take responsibility for setting up the dish prior to the event.
Would it be okay for me to talk about my dish as people pass through the food line?
Absolutely. In fact, we encourage it!
COLUMBIA, Mo.− The University of Missouri (MU) Libraries have received $400,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support remediation or content replacement of materials damaged by an extensive mold outbreak in an off-site storage facility. This outbreak, discovered in October 2013, is presumed to have contaminated all of the approximately 600,000 volumes housed in that facility.
Partnerships with Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) and Missouri State University (MSU) will provide access to replacement copies of federal government documents and inter-library loan access to Missouri state materials, respectively. Subcontracts with these universities through this project will support the cataloguing, retrieving and preparing of relevant materials to share with MU Libraries on an as-needed basis. The funding also will help MU review the availability of online or print-ready copies of needed replacements through cooperation with membership organizations. WUSTL will benefit by regaining space vacated by federal documents transferred to MU, while MSU will benefit by having its Missouri state materials catalogued in order to provide access to MU and other area libraries.
“The MU Libraries are deeply grateful to the Mellon Foundation for their support of this project that leverages tools of digital librarianship to help preserve scholarship in traditional formats,” said MU Libraries Director Jim Cogswell. “Institutional partnerships will enable the preservation of regional documents collections. The Mellon Foundation funding will allow MU Libraries to remediate mold for key groups of materials, work effectively with partner institutions for resource sharing, provide continued access to needed content of the damaged materials, and support part of the recovery effort.”
MU Libraries also will spend up to $600,000 from a self-insurance fund; additional sources are being explored. MU Libraries has contracted with a company for remediation services and negotiated for rental of two storage spaces, one in which pre-treated materials will be stored until they are cleaned, and one for storage of the remediated materials. As a longer-term solution, the Libraries are working with University of Missouri (UM) System's risk and insurance management department to develop a new strategy for fully insuring all collections, including those in storage, and will work with campus and UM System leadership to restore a plan for building an expansion to an existing storage facility and to accelerate fund allocation for its construction.
The MU Libraries is currently accepting applications for the following position:
Library Specialist, Job ID 13743
For additional information on this position, how to apply, and application deadlines, please visit the MU Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/.
The latest Library of Congress Digital Preservation newsletter is now available!
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201407.pdf
In this issue
Sue Manus
Library of Congress/NDIIPP