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Information and Action Items from LMT 12/30/14

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Information Item: LMT discussed potential library renovation plans related to the Student Fee Proposal. 

  • The most compelling case to be made for the fee will be to illustrate to students how additional funding would create more study space and better access to instructional and student-centered services. 
  • A number of vague options and general directions for renovation need to be specified in order to finish the portion of the proposal that focuses on the physical layout of library space.

Several Issues and questions were raised that will be discussed further with Cyndi Curnutte of University Design Services on January 20th.

  • When enough specifics of the project are known, Cyndi can make estimates of the costs for the fee proposal.

    • She will also help produce promotional material such as “concept illustrations”.

 

Information and Action Items from LMT 1/6/15

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ACTION ITEM: LMT resolved to recommend Library representation on the following MU IT Transition Subcommittees:

  • Research
  • Technology – User, Device and App Support
  • Technology – Infrastructure
  • Organizational Design & Structure
  • Web Standards

INFORMATION ITEM: Jeannette Pierce officially proposed the reorganization of the RAIS division that has been developed over the past six months.  Jeannette will compose an announcement to communicate with staff and will possibly review during the All Staff Meeting next week, if there is time. 

INFORMATION ITEM: LMT discussed vacancies in various departments throughout the Libraries.  They highlighted temporary solutions and resolved to further discuss what might be done in the longer term at a meeting when all members are present.  (Ann Riley was absent from this meeting.)

INFORMATION ITEM:  LMT discussed the tentative agenda for the upcoming All Staff Meeting on January 15:

  • Introduce new employees.
  • Review of the budget presentation that Jim made to the BAAC.

    • Budget Allocation Advisory Committee
  • Student Library Fee update by Matt Gaunt.
  • Renew Mizzou update – if there is any new information on progress at Jesse Hall.
  • Update on mold remediation project.  
  • Other possible topics if there is time on the agenda:

    • RAIS Reorganization Proposal.
    • Centennial update

The agenda will be finalized and communicated to staff prior to the meeting.

INFORMATION ITEM: MU Libraries is assembling a chronology of what transpired between the time MU Libraries discovered the mold and the end of 2014.   

 

Director’s Calendar January 12th – 16th

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

Monday, January 12th
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – MU Alumni Association 2015 Geyer Award Reception, Jefferson City

Tuesday, January 13th
8:00-9:00 a.m. – UM Library Directors Meeting via TelePresence room, 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

Thursday, January 15th
2:00-3:30 p.m. – MU Libraries All Staff Meeting, Ellis Auditorium

Missouri College Advising Corps (MCAC) College Adviser Positions Open for Application

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The Missouri College Advising Corps (MCAC), headquartered at MU, hires recent college graduates in all academic fields, intensively trains them on all college-going processes, and places them in its partner schools as full-time, near-peer college advisers. College advisers are immersed in partner schools, work closely with counselors and school staff, and are able to focus 100% of their time and energy working with students and their families to assist them with navigating college planning, admissions, and financing processes. MCAC’s mission is to empower Missouri students to go to college and succeed. MCAC does not recruit students to any campus but rather is a “college match” and “best-fit” program, ensuring that students enroll at institutions at which they are most likely to persist and complete. MCAC advisees are enrolled at every campus in Missouri (technical, two-year, and public and private four-year).

In 2015-16, MCAC will partner with 41 high schools statewide, located in three cities, 12 counties, and 27 school districts and will be hiring 18-20 new college advisers.

Eligible candidates will be recent MU bachelor’s level graduates (May 2014, December 2014, Summer 2014, or May 2015). Candidates must apply through the Human Resources website. The position is listed as College Adviser. Applications are open now through March 6, 2015. The attached poster provides detailed information about the application process and can be passed along.

The college adviser position starts July 1, 2015, is compensated over 12 months, is a potential two-year commitment, and provides the opportunity for recent graduates to make a difference by helping youth realize their college dreams and serve their communities while themselves being developed as young citizen leaders.

For additional information on how to apply, please contact Moises Aguayo, MCAC Graduate Assistant, at 573-882-3539 or aguayom@missouri.edu. See the MCAC website for more details about MCAC – http://mcac.missouri.edu 

 

City of Columbia Recycling Announces Big Changes

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COLUMBIA, MO (January 6, 2015) – 

The Columbia Public Works Solid Waste Division is excited to announce that you now have more choices when recycling plastics! Beginning immediately, the City of Columbia will accept plastics labeled 1 through 7 in the recycling stream via curbside or drop-off collection.

 

You can now place plastics labeled 1 through 7 on the container in your blue bag for curbside recycling or place those materials in the drop-off recycling bins located in various locations in Columbia. A few examples of new materials collected include plastic drinking cups, plastic food containers such as yogurt cups, and empty plastic prescription bottles.

Plastics still not collected include plastic grocery/convenience store bags, plastic straws, plastic drink cup lids and plastic newspaper sleeves.

"Columbia's diversion rate, the items recycled and not placed in the landfill, is only 17 percent," said Barbara Buffaloe, Columbia sustainability manager. "Our goal, over the next few years, is to increase the diversion rate to or above the national average of 34 percent. Collecting more items is a great start!"

"We know our customers have been asking us to increase the types of plastics they can place in the recycling stream," said John Glascock, director of Public Works. "We're pleased that we have been able to reconfigure our Material Recovery Facility to accept these additional plastics and that we have been able to find a buyer for the materials."

The city's website will be updated soon to further assist customers in identifying what materials can be recycled, as well as those which can not.

Mandatory Training

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Please remember that you need to complete two training modules by Friday, January 30, 2015. 

Harassment: What it is and How to Stop It can be found at http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/hr/harassment_training. 

Mandated Reported Training can be found at http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/hr/titleix/mandated-reporter-training.  Note:  This training opens on a pretest.  The training material and mastery test will be available after you complete the pretest.  The pretest does not count towards the mastery test score.