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Centennial Committee Meeting, 8/24/15

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Attending: Shannon Cary, Sheila Voss, John Budd, Marie Concannon, Jim Cogswell, Gary Cox, Rebecca Graves

Centennial Kickoff on September 23, 2015

  • Shannon announced that the centennial t-shirts, frisbees, cups and bottled water have all been ordered for the kickoff on September 23.
  • Announcements about the Centennial Kickoff are listed on the MU events calendar and on the plasma screens in Ellis Library.
  • Sheila announced that the School of Music has confirmed that they can provide a jazz trio to play at the kickoff.
  • The Student Fee group still plans to create t-shirts for the student library fee campaign. They will try to have them available by the kickoff.
  • Gary suggested that stickers be added to the centennial posters to advertise individual centennial events. Marie will work on mock-ups of stickers.
  • Rebecca reported on the list of possible games that Rachel Brekhus compiled for the centennial kickoff. The committee recommended the bean bag toss, library trivia and a cartoon captioning game.  

MU Libraries Gateway Website

  • The committee recommended adding the centennial poster graphic to the MU Libraries Gateway website as well as listing all of the individual centennial events for the year.
  • The committee discussed ways to promote the centennial and the libraries on the website. Shannon will talk to Matthew Stephen about getting help to work on the website pages. 

Library Society Dinner on April 14, 2017

  • Sheila confirmed that the date for the 2017 Library Society Dinner will be April 14, 2017.
  • Marie will ask Ann Riley if she approves of the choice of Alberto Manguel as the keynote speaker for the 2017 Library Society Dinner.

Centennial Art Contest

  • Jim announced that he and Gary will be meeting today with Jo Stealey, head of the MU Art department, to discuss the centennial art contest. The theme for the art contest will be Library at Night, the name of Alberto Manguel’s book. Jim and Gary will review the prospectus to determine the rules and deadlines for the art contest. The submissions will probably be judged by faculty and administrators from allied departments, like art history and design. The committee agreed that winning submissions from the art contest should be displayed in Ellis Library.

Diversity in Action Seminars

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Hosted by the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, the Diversity In Action seminars are a series of research based seminars designed to informa dn engage scholars, students, and practitioners of diversity-related research at Mizzou.  The seminars’ format typically consists of a 40-minute presentation and a 20-minute question and answer session which offers presenters and participants an opportunity to exchange ideas. We hope this conversation will stimulate new research directions and identify practical applications.

The schedule for Fall Semester 2015 can be found online at http://cdi.missouri.edu/programs-services/diversityinaction/index.php.

Healthy for Life Update

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Complete Wellness Incentive Tier 2 by September 30
Don’t miss your opportunity. If you completed Tier 1 of the 2015 Wellness Incentive, you’re just steps away from receiving an additional $300 in your final October paycheck.* Simply complete 300 points in Tier 2 of the Wellness Incentive on or before September 30, 2015. With so many activities to choose from, there’s a path to wellness for everyone.

* Like your regular pay, taxes and voluntary retirement elections are deducted from your incentive earnings.


Walking Challenge registration announced!Sign up begins August 21 and ends September 14. Go to https://muhealthcare.cernerwellness.com to register your team. Healthy for Life will offer free manual pedometers for anyone participating in the walking challenge starting next week at events around campus. More information will be available next week.

Questions? Email stepupMU@health.missouri.edu


Register now for the Eat for Life online program
Have a history of chronic dieting, or eating when stressed, bored, unhappy? Enroll in Eat for Life now. Create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body.

Eligible first-time participants: Earn 100 pts. Toward the 2016 Wellness Incentive—paying up to $450 (http://umurl.us/incentive )

Program taught by Dr. Lynn Rossy, health psychologist. For more information: watch informational videos or find more details online. Or, direct questions to Dr. Rossy at RossyL@umsystem.edu.

Events at the State Historical Society

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Audubon’s Paper Menageries: Birds and Quadrupeds Walk-Through
August 29, 2015    1:30 p.m.
The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Research Center–Columbia

Join the State Historical Society of Missouri’s art curator Joan Stack at this free event to discover the stories behind the wildlife pictured in the SHSMO’s current exhibition, Audubon’s Paper Menageries: Birds and Quadrupeds. Over twenty original hand-colored engravings and lithographs from the 1820s through the 1860s showcase John James Audubon’s imaginative and engaging illustrations for his impressive multivolume works, The Birds of America and The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Experience the wonder nineteenth-century audiences must have felt as life-size birds seem to flutter from the pictures and wild creatures glower and hiss at their human observers.


Oral History @ Your Library: A Beginner’s Guide
August 31, 2015
12:00 p.m.
American Library Association Webinar

This free webinar offered by the American Library Association will provide an introduction to the ways in which libraries can use oral history for everything from collection development and programming to community engagement. Presenters Mary A. Larson, associate dean for special collections at the Oklahoma State University Library, and the State Historical Society of Missouri’s oral historian Jeff D. Corrigan will begin with the basics and offer programming ideas for all ages, information about related technology (what type of equipment to use in which circumstances), and a wide range of resources for those who would like to follow up on the topic. At the end of the webinar, participants should have a better idea of how they might be able to utilize oral history in their libraries, and they will have a basic sense of what steps they would need to take to implement that vision. Details available at http://www.ala.org/onlinelearning/oral-history-your-library-beginner%E2%80%99s-guide.