- MSA will hold an open forum about the student fee at Ellis Auditorium on April 23 at 7pm. This forum will be for undergraduate students. Matt Gaunt will present. The Libraries will distribute a short survey about the fee.
- The Libraries will pass out food and fliers to promote the forum next Wednesday and Thursday in Speaker's Circle.
- The Social Media Group took pictures of Truman the Tiger on April 15 in various locations throughout Ellis Library. These photos are already being used on Twitter and Facebook.
- Student fee information can be found at https://library.missouri.edu/yes/. This website will be redesigned once the campaign strategy has been finalized.
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 04/7/15
Bryce McDonald and Pat Jones Joined LMT for relevant portions of the meeting.
ACTION ITEM: LMT approved the proposed pilot program to install digital signage behind the Ellis Library Circulation desk and also resolved to purchase a second monitor to be placed in Ellis Library near the Reference Desk or in the colonnade. Expansion of the pilot will be explored as soon as the first two are in place. The next location considered will be the Health Sciences Library.
INFORMATION ITEM: The process of managing content of digital signage was discussed. LTS will provide programing. The Librarians and Social Media Task Force will help create content. Communications Officer Shannon Cary will help with design and ensure messaging is consistent with campus standards and guidelines. Keeping content current and up-to-date will be a shared responsibility.
ACTION ITEM: To ensure Library employees in Ellis Library and the Specialized Libraries are familiar with what to do in an emergency and what their roles are in regards to assisting patrons in an emergency, Ellis Library Security will schedule meetings with each Library Division to review and present the procedures that they currently review with new employees upon hire.
For the Specialty Libraries, LMT and the Libraries Safety Officer Pat Jones will work in conjunction with the building coordinators from the respective buildings to ensure procedures are known and communicated.
It was also resolved that full emergency drills will be conducted at the Libraries:
- One for evacuating out of the building – during Campus Fire Protection Week (Fall Semesters).
- One for evacuating to safe areas within the various buildings – during Severe Weather Awareness Week (Spring Semester).
INFORMATION ITEM: A proposal was submitted from ELSFAC to make a study room out of 4C51 Ellis Library (fourth floor). After discussion it was decided the room is needed for a staging area for items coming into the Catalog Department. (Large batches of items related to the Mellon Grant project will soon require space to store and process. No other area is immediately known that could serve this purpose.) The idea may be revisited at a later time.
ACTION ITEM: LMT resolved to make the intersession hours of Ellis Library more consistent. They recommend staying open Sunday through Thursday until 7:00 p.m.
INFORMATION ITEM: Jim asked LMT members to pass on to him their suggestions for the Top Ten list of most Notable Achievements of MU Libraries for academic year 2014/2015.
Staff Recognition Week Seminars
Human Resource Services and the MU Staff Advisory Committee are pleased to present training opportunities on Tuesday, May 19 and Thursday, May 21, 2015. All seminars are presented in rooms located in the south wing of the Memorial Union. For a complete list of seminars and to register, please visit https://iatsbase.missouri.edu/hrtraining/loginForm.aspx.
Staff Recognition Week
Staff Recognition Week will be May 18-22, 2015. All activities listed are free. For a complete schedule, visit https://www.facebook.com/MUSTAFFCOUNCIL.
Monday May 18
Online Auction Opens – 9am
Awards Ceremony – 1:30-3pm
Free MizzouRec Classes – various times
Tuesday May 19
HR Classes – various times
Arts & Crafts Showcase – opening at Noon – 5pm
Free MizzouRec Classes – various times
Wednesday May 20
Fun Day – 10am-3pm at MizzouRec
Free Mizzou Rec Activities include: climbing wall, swimming, MizzouRec Classes, volleyball, soccer, football, & tours.
Games, DJ, & lots of FUN!
Arts & Crafts Showcase – 8am-5pm
Ice Cream Social – 11am at Mizzou Rec
Thursday May 21
Free Lunch at the Student Center – 11am
Lunch includes: BBQ pork, black bean burgers, live music
Arts & Crafts Showcase – 8am-5pm
HR Classes – various times
Free MizzouRec classes – various times
Friday May 22
Free MizzouRec classes – various times
Online Auction Closes – 4pm
MU Libraries in the News
"MU Libraries proposes fee for expanded hours, upgrades, collections"
Columbia Missourian, April 15, 2015
Notes from the Director, April 15, 2016
Hello everyone,
Some of you know that several LMT members and I had our annual budget meeting with the Provost this past Monday. No surprises; we knew we had to take a 5% cut to our total budget, and that is what we showed in the spreadsheets we presented to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Finance. We included all the cuts we’ve discussed before, to library hours and to our collections budget.
Most of you know that MERLIN has been looking at its relationship with MOBIUS for the last five years or so. In this time of extreme budget scrutiny, the MERLIN directors have decided to seek a more affordable way to participate in MOBIUS, perhaps through a direct contract with Innovative. We remain committed to state-wide borrowing and are working with the MOBIUS Board to find a solution that brings Merlin system cost closer to the market rate for our ILS services. More information should be available in a few months.
Today in a few minutes I will attend the Mizzou Remembers event to honor the memory of students who died this year. Special thanks to Sean Witzman, Corrie Hutchinson and Cindy Cotner for helping to provide books in memory of the deceased.
Tonight is the annual Library Society dinner at which we honor donors to the libraries. Thanks to all of you who help with that, too.
Ann
New Posts, April 6-13
Director’s Calendar April 13th – 17th
Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Tuesday, April 14th
3:30-5:00 p.m. – Student Fee Working Group, Ellis Library
Thursday, April 16th
2:30 P.m. – Douglas Niedt: A Classical Guitar Performance, 201 Ellis Library http://library.missouri.edu/announcements/2015/04/06/douglas-niedt-a-classical-guitar-performance-april-16/
Douglas Niedt, A Classical Guitar Performance on April 16
Join us in Ellis Library’s Grand Reading Room for a performance by Douglas Niedt!
This special event is sponsored by Friends of the MU Libraries, with reception to follow.
“Mr. Niedt is not only a brilliant master of his instrument, but a performer of great sensitivity. The wealth of sound and the dynamic finesse which he elicits from the guitar make him a worthy companion of the few great guitarists such as Andres Segovia and Julian Bream."
Student Fee Working Group Meeting
4/7/14, 4-5 p.m.
159 Ellis
Attending: Nancy Messina, Shannon Cary, Matt Gaunt, Freddy Martinez-Garcia, Brian Cain, Jeannette Pierce, Kimberly Moeller, Nav Khanal, Mark Ellis, Ann Riley, Bryce McDonald, Isa Dasho, Kat Stone Underwood, Deb Ward, Jim Cogswell
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One large general open forum about the Proposed Fee to be held in April.
- Hosted by MSA and possibly GPC.
- Will take place in Ellis Auditorium.
- Will be 90 minutes or so somewhere between 4:30 – 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23rd
- The MU Libraries Events Team will work with the students chosen from MSA/GPC to plan the details of the forum.
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Shelby Catalano’s draft of the referendum text was submitted to the MSA Senate:
- The deadline for having it read three times before it makes it on the ballot had arrived.
- Small adjustments can still be made.
- LMT is in the process of making their recommended wording suggestions.
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Fee Type – Still an unkown.
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At the time of the SFWG meeting the fee was leaning toward being an “Education Fee”.
- With possible oversight by a reconfigured Library Committee that had more student representation.
- UPDATE: as of 4/10/15, the latest suggestion was to not specify the fee in the referendum but spell out that the Student Fee Review Committee will have oversight.
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At the time of the SFWG meeting the fee was leaning toward being an “Education Fee”.
- Matt to meet with the Graduate/Professional Council general assembly on April 7th. Hope to get a letter of support from GPC for the referendum.
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Creative Portfolios Class – Curtis Taylor Jr. will accompany Matt Gaunt to review of the results of assignment related to the Library Fee.
- Matt presented the Proposal for a Student Library Fee to the class of Mark Swanson, an MU School of Journalism Strategic Communications Professor.
- Ten sets of 2 students will propose a promotional plan as a class assignment.
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Sharing information and opportunities to be involved beyond the Working Group.
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Individuals outside the working group can be assigned to a task group or subcommittees as needed.
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Individuals outside the working group can be assigned to a task group or subcommittees as needed.