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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 1/27/15
INFORMATION ITEM: Sheryl Cullina joined LMT to discuss personnel related issues. Among the topics discussed were:
- The current and upcoming vacancies within and across MU Libraries.
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How to proceed regarding the vacancies in light of upcoming budget challenges:
- An upcoming acquisitions deficit due to inflation.
- The 2% campus give-back.
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The campus directive to create FY2016 salary increase pools internally.
- No money from central administration is expected.
- The need to hire replacement staff for bare essential coverage.
- The need to cut Acquisitions if there is not an increase of funding.
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How the student fee will influence funding and vacancies if the currently drafted version should pass.
- A preview of salary adjustments and increases (if fee is passed as currently written).
- A list of what current and new positions would be filled (if fee is passed as currently written).
- What positions to post, if any, in the meantime when we do not know the outcome of the student fee proposal.
Discussions remain ongoing.
INFORMATION ITEM: Matt Gaunt joined the LMT meeting to discuss the Student Fee Core Messages. He led LMT on a brainstorming session that he planned to replicate in the Student Fee Working Group. The eventual outcome will be a prioritized list of 5-10 essential messages that MU Libraries want to communicate about the student fee proposal. These will be used to create promotional material of various lengths for various intended audiences.
Director’s Calendar February 2nd – 6th
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, February 3rd
2:00–3:30 p.m. – Library Management Team, Ellis Library
4:00-5:00 p.m. – Student Library Fee Working Group, Ellis Library
Wednesday, February 4th
11:00 a.m. – Student Fee Library Student Worker Forums
3:00 p.m. – Student Fee Library Staff Forums
Thursday, February 5th
9:00 a.m. – Student Fee Library Staff Forums
3:00 p.m. – Student Fee Library Student Worker Forums
Opening Reception of The Nook, Feb. 12
Please join MU Libraries staff for the opening reception of The Nook, 4th floor NE, Ellis Library. The reception will be held at 3:30, Thursday, February 12, 2015.
Funding to create this new study space in Ellis was made by a generous award from the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee. The Libraries would like to thank them for continuing support.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Upcoming Black History Month Events
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Michael K. Honey Presents A Sharecropper’s Troubadour
7 p.m., Allen Auditorium, Arts & Science Building
Honey, an award-winning distinguished professor, recounts the life of John Handcox, his work as an organizer for the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and songs he used to tell the stories of laborers badly in need of an organization to negotiate on their behalf. Honey provides an unusual
lecture format by combining the narrative, based on oral history, with an accompanying musical performance.
Sponsored by the Black History Month Committee
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Black AIDS Day
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2205 A&B MU Student Center
Come learn about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and update your status with free, rapid, and confidential HIV testing administered by the Boone
County Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Sponsored by the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative, Multicultural Center, and Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
Racial Democracy in Cuba: Lessons from the Cuban Revolution
5:30–8 p.m., Leadership Auditorium, MU Student Center
Professor Alejandro De La Fuente, Robert Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics at Harvard University, will discuss race relations in contemporary Cuban society and the complex links between economic justice, access to basic goods and services, and racial inequality.
Sponsored by the Afro-Romance Institute and the Black History Month Committee
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Black Faith/Black Radicalism
4 p.m., Second Missionary Baptist Church, 407 East Broadway
Carl W. Kenney II, MU journalism instructor, author, and pastor, will reflect on the history of activism generated from the Black church, and how theological and ideological shifts re-frame the terms of social justice movements led by Black pastors.
Sponsored by the Black History Month committee
Boyd Wins Distinguished Service Award
MU Distinguished Librarian Curator of the Medical and Veterinary Historical Collections C. Trenton Boyd received the Missouri Veterinary Medical Foundation's Distinguished Service Award at an awards banquet held during their annual convention in St. Charles, MO on Jan. 22-25. The award was presented to Trenton "With gratitude, for creative initiative and undying determination in service to the Foundation's goals."
New Posts, Jan. 20-23
Director’s Calendar January 26th – 30th
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday, January 26th
3:00-5:00 p.m. – Council of Deans, Memorial Union
Tuesday, January 27th
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. – Student Library Fee Working Group, Ellis Library
Information and Action Items for Library Management Team 1/20/15
Information ITEM: LMT and Matt Gaunt discussed various issues related to the Student Library Fee Proposal. Some of the issues discussed were:
- The proposal will suggest a $5 per credit hour fee that will increase to $15 per credit hour over 6 years instead of 5.
- If a library fee is put in place after a student vote, it would be considered a Student Activity Fee and be subject to the Student Fee Review Committee (SFRC) for further increases. But only after it was fully implemented.
- LMT agrees it needs to share the final proposal to MULAC and staff as soon as possible.
INFORMATION ITEM: Cyndi Curnutte, from MU Design Services, joined LMT to talk about the space component of the Student Fee Proposal. Cyndi will try to get a reasonable cost estimate back to the Library by February 2nd.
Schiefer Wins ACRL Conference Scholarship
Congratulations to Sandy Schiefer! She’s been awarded an ACRL 2015 Early-career Librarian scholarship:
“On behalf of ACRL and the 2015 Scholarship Committee, thank you for your interest in the ACRL conference and all of the time and hard work you put in to your application.
The purpose of the scholarship is to provide opportunities for librarians with less than six years of post-MLS experience to update their skills and knowledge by participating in an ACRL professional development experience. We hope that you enjoy this unique opportunity and make the most of all of the educational programming and networking events ACRL 2015 has to offer. We had 263 applicants this year, and awarded 120 scholarships in this category.
This scholarship provides you with a complimentary registration ( $385 value), and a $250 travel stipend to defray your conference expenses.”