Anderson Publishes in Zoonoses & Public Health

O’Connor AM, Anderson KM, Goodell CK, Sargeant JM. Conducting systematic reviews of intervention questions I: Writing the review protocol, formulating the question and searching the literature. Zoonoses and Public Health 2014;61 Suppl 1:28-38 doi: 10.1111/zph.12125. PMID: 24905994.

This article is part of ZPH’s Special Issue on Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Animal Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zph.2014.61.issue-S1/issuetoc

Upcoming FREE Events on Gen. Ewing & WWI

Join The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) at these FREE upcoming events!

Gen. Thomas Ewing: Beyond Order No. 11

June 21    1:30 p.m.    Research Center-Columbia

Many people best know Thomas Ewing as the general who issued General Order No. 11, a forced evacuation impacting four western Missouri counties in 1863. The famous George Caleb Bingham painting by the same name illustrates the repercussions of that edict. Guest lecturer Walter E. Busch, site administrator of the Fort Davidson State Historic Site, will discuss Ewing’s career in Missouri after Order No. 11, arguing that the controversial evacuation order has overshadowed the general’s important role in preserving Union control of Missouri in 1864.

Missouri and World War I Walk-Through

June 28    1:30 p.m.    Corridor Gallery    Research Center-Columbia

On this date 100 years ago, a single act ignited a chain of events that led to World War I. Join SHSMO in remembering the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria with a walk-through of a new exhibition. Missouri and World War I examines the Great War’s impact on Missourians’ daily lives through photographs and correspondence that provide firsthand accounts of their experiences, both on the home front and abroad.

For more information, visit http://shs.umsystem.edu or contact the Society at 573.882.7083.

NDSA Update

News

The NDSA Innovation award winners were announced. They will receive their award at the Digital Preservation 2014 meeting July 22, 2014. The winners are:

  • Institution: National Software Reference Library, National Institute for Standards and Technology
  • Project: XFR STN (Transfer Station), The New Museum
  • Individual: Trevor Muñoz, University of Maryland
  • Future Steward: Emily Reynolds, World Bank

Your Feedback Requested

Kim Schroeder from Wayne State University is conducting a survey about the obsolescent formats housed at organizations. This information will contribute to an article she is writing. You can participate here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BPFY3F6

Reports from recent meetings:

The Content Working Group June meeting featured two speakers discussing preservation of Research Data – this was the fourth and last in our series of talks about the Content Areas outlined in the 2014 National Agenda. Minutes from the meeting and presentation slides can be found on the NDSA Wiki:

http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=June_4_Meeting_Minutes

Standards and Practices WG call on preserving software-based artwork was packed with information and highly attended. A form to submit questions to the presenters and their slides from the meeting are available at the NDSA wiki: http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=Standards_and_Best_Practices_Working_Group

Upcoming Webinars:

Monday June 16, 1-2pm EDT

Standards & Practices WG call continuing discussion on preserving digital and software based artworks

Tuesday June 24, 2pm EDT

Infrastructure WG call featuring Dan Ryan from the Olive Executable Archive who will present and lead a discussion on the project.

More at the NDSA calendar: http://digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/calendar.html

Upcoming Meetings:

Digital Preservation 2014

Georgetown Marriott

July 22-24, 2014

Registration is full but you can add your name to the waiting list by emailing ndiipp@loc.gov.

CURATEcamp: Digital Culture

Catholic University Law School

July 25, 2014

Register ASAP https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WXnKRCdBZOULwzEjnO8hzaUlkkjcEfu901fzntpw6fI/viewform

Digital POWRR workshop

Sept. 9, 2014

San Francisco, CA

From Theory to Action: A Pragmatic Approach to Digital Preservation Tools and Strategies.

To register for this workshop, go to http://www.digitalpowrr.eventzilla.net/. If the demand for this workshop exceeds the number of participants allowed, the POWRR team will conduct another workshop the following day….so please add your name to the wait list, if necessary.

More at the NDSA calendar: http://digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/calendar.html

Abigail Potter

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)

Office of Strategic Initatives

Library of Congress

abpo@loc.gov

202.707.7371

Pay Advices Going Paperless

In an effort to support the University’s continued sustainability efforts and to provide easy and secure access to pay advices, online pay advices were introduced within myHR in spring 2009. Since that time, employees have been encouraged to opt-in to online pay advices in lieu of paper advices.  Your Pay Advice is summary information detailing gross income, tax withholdings and deductions for a given pay period.

Our campus has been working toward paperless pay advices over the last five years.  Many employees have already chosen that option. Currently, all students receive their pay advice electronically.

The next step in going totally paperless for pay advices involves converting all MU and Extension employees to the online delivery option for pay advices.  This change will take place with the last pay period in June.

  •   If you are paid biweekly, the change will occur on your 7/2/14 pay day.
  •   If you are paid monthly, the change will occur on your 6/30/14 pay day.

Linda Bennett Named Interim Title IX Coordinator

On Monday, June 9, Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin sent an email letting the campus know that he has established the Title IX coordinator as a full time position, and that Linda Bennett has agreed to serve as the interim Title IX coordinator.  In this position, she will be responsible for the following:

  • Oversee the university’s compliance efforts related to Title IX including coordinating any investigations of complaints and identifying and addressing any patterns or systemic problems revealed by such complaints;
  • Assist the chancellor in reviewing current policies and procedures related to Title IX compliance and developing appropriate campus organizational structures, policies and procedures to ensure Title IX compliance;
  • Develop training on Title IX issues for faculty, staff and students.   

Dr. Bennett’s contact information is 882-7915 or bennettli@missouri.edu.  Vice Chancellor Cathy Scroggs (882-6776 or scroggsc@missouri.edu),  Executive Associate Athletic Director Sarah Reesman (884-6428 or reesmans@missouri.edu) and Noel English (882-9069 or englishno@missouri.edu) remain deputy Title IX Coordinators for

UM System Rolls Out IT Security Training

University employees are an important line of defense against cyber-criminal attacks. To help educate you about your role in keeping information assets and IT systems secure, we have contracted with SANS, an organization that specializes in security training and research, to deliver a series of online information security training modules.

To access the training modules, please visit http://MakeITsafe.missouri.edu.  Go to the Security Awareness section and click on the “SANS Securing the Human” link.  You must complete four, brief modules by December 31, 2014 in order to comply with the training requirements within the UM Information Security Program.  The following modules, of which the longest module is 5 minutes and 30 seconds, have been selected for this first year of training:

• You are the Target

• Social Engineering

• Email and Instant Messaging

• Mobile Devices

Online resources related to this new training requirement are listed below:

UM MakeITSafe:  http://MakeITSafe.missouri.edu

SANS:  http://sans.org/about/

Mandatory training policy: http://infosec.missouri.edu/hr/security-training.html

UM Information Security Program: http://infosec.missouri.edu

If you have any questions, please contact Beth Chancellor at umciso@umsystem.edu or contact the Columbia Campus Information Security Officer (ISO), Brandon Hough, at 884-7562 or houghb@missouri.edu.