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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Halloween
Halloween is a fun holiday – we can dress up, eat candy, and glorify spooky and scary things. If you are planning to dress up in costume for the holiday, please remember to be thoughtful in your choices and respectful of your colleagues and our patrons. Costumes that are racially, ethnically, or politically based or overtly sexy are not appropriate in the workplace. If you have any questions about what you’ve chosen for yourself this year, please contact Sheryl Cullina.
Welcome to Pete Melvin
Pete Melvin is the Libraries’ new Maintenance Services Attendant. Pete started work on Thursday, October 13, 2016.
Employment Opportunities
The Libraries have an immediate opening for a part time Library Information Assistant in ILL Borrowing.
For additional information, including salary, work hours, and how to apply, please visit the Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/#staff_job_openings.
The Libraries have an immediate opening for a Sr. Business Support Specialist.
For additional information, including salary, work hours, and how to apply, please visit the Libraries webpage at http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/#staff_job_openings.
New MUSE Posts
New Posts, Oct. 2-7
Fourteen Students Receive Scholarships to News Preservation Event at UCLA
Fourteen graduate students from academic institutions across the U.S. have been selected to receive funding assistance to attend a conference next month where they will take active steps toward preserving digital news.
Each student has received a travel scholarship to help cover expenses to attend the Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving Online News forum Oct. 13 and 14 at UCLA. Students will work side by side with journalists, technologists, librarians and other stakeholders to craft a national agenda for preserving born-digital journalism — content created on a computer or digital sensor.
The forum is an initiative of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s Journalism Digital News Archive with funding from RJI and an Institute of Museum and Library Services Award. Additional support is being provided by UCLA Library, University of Missouri Libraries and the Educopia Institute.
It’s important to make future journalists, archivists and technologists part of the solution now, says Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at RJI and University of Missouri Libraries.
“It is critical we begin building awareness of the need to preserve born-digital news content today so that future generations will not suffer the looming ‘memory hole’ of lost journalistic reportage,” says McCain. “I’m delighted to have such talented individuals joining us as we work together to save online news.”
Attendees will hear from speakers from organizations including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Library of Congress. Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett will be a special guest speaker.
The scholarships are being funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from IMLS. The funding assistance was available to graduate students in the U.S. studying library/information science, journalism, computer science and other related fields.
As part of being selected to receive a scholarship, each student has been asked to propose and complete a project that supports one of the conference goals. They will also pitch their project ideas to the assembly during the forum.
Meet the scholarship recipients
Chris Allman of Charlotte, North Carolina, studies library and information science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He wants to learn more about how the local news startup Charlotte Agenda is preserving its born-digital news content, and develop additional guidelines for how Charlotte Agenda staff can improve those efforts.
John Berlin of Suffolk, Virginia, is a computer science student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he works for the Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group. His project goal is to improve the Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL) software system by adding a feature to enable users to specify criteria to track news or other content from media platforms such as Twitter. Once identified, this content could then be archived automatically.
Terry Britt of Sweetwater, Tennessee, is a doctoral candidate studying journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He will write a research paper on the significance of efforts to assure the lifespan and accessibility of local online news content.
Itza Carbajal of New Orleans, Louisiana, is an information studies scholar at the University of Texas in Austin. She plans to conduct a research project that lists tools such as ArchiveReady.com that measure the ability for a website to be archived properly. She then plans to assess the web archiving readiness of a variety of online news providers.
Jiwon Choi of Osan, South Korea, is studying convergence journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She plans to meet with international students from the University of Missouri to explore how to protect online media content and develop possible solutions.
Alison Guillory of Belmont, Massachusetts, is a library and information science scholar at Wayne State University in Detroit. She wants to determine which technologies have successfully protected content from the memory hole and which haven’t by studying how news saved in a digital format have fared over a 20-year period. She plans to document what she learns in a timeline.
Matt Hellman of Austin, Texas, is a journalism student at the University of Missouri in Columbia. His project involves a case study of how the Columbia Missourian photography staff is using open source software to provide access to and create a cloud-based long-term archive for digital content.
Shawn Jones of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a computer science student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. His project will explore the potential relationship between social media sharing of news articles and how quickly those articles are identified by web crawlers as candidates for archiving.
Mat Kelly of LaBelle, Florida, is a doctoral candidate studying computer science at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. His project addresses the need to provide individuals with ways to collect, archive and access news content they perceive as important. Kelly’s work is intended to supplement the large-scale collection work being done by institutions such as the Internet Archive and Library of Congress.
Eva Revear of Puyallup, Washington, studies journalism at New York University in New York. Her goal is to find a way to preserve data-driven news applications such as ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs. She is currently conducting a survey to collect data about news apps so she can devise ways to organize news app archiving systems. Her findings will be published as an academic paper.
Hanna Soltys of St. Louis studies library and information science at Simmons College in Boston. Her project examines questions surrounding how to create more complete preservation methods that accommodate the complexity of digital news platforms. She will also investigate why current archival practices are struggling to preserve online news content.
Carolina Vargas of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, studies journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She wants to reach journalism students with messages that increase awareness of the problem of born-digital content loss and provide options for solving this problem.
Tamar Wilner of Dallas studies journalism through the University of Missouri’s online journalism master’s program. She seeks to address problems associated with inaccurate and outdated news content by exploring technology that supports online correction methods.
Elizabeth Zirk, of Palatine, Illinois, studies journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She will help author and edit a white paper about the forum outcomes. This will include gathering details about the proposed national agenda for preserving born-digital news, projects proposed by working groups and reports summarizing panels and presentations from the event.
Libraries United Way Campaign – Week 4 Update
THANK YOU to those who have already logged into the MU United Way Giving Portal (unitedway.missouri.edu) to acknowledge your plan to ‘give’ or ‘not to participate’.
Either determination is important, so please ‘participate’ by at least logging in and selecting your ‘Pledge Option’ which will allow us to know that you have received the United Way message. When you ‘participate’ you will be entered in the daily drawing for one of the “30 for 30 Prizes” sponsored by the University.
Reminder: Beginning this Friday, the Libraries will be sponsoring a weekly drawing (for the next 5 weeks) of $10 gift cards to all library employees who participate in the United Way campaign by logging on to their website and completing the pledge process. Thanks again to MULSA who generously donated the money to purchase these gift cards.
Week 4: I’m pleased to announce that, as of October 3, the Libraries has a 19.83% participation rate and has raised $3,747.00 for the United Way so far!
THANK YOU! From all those who will benefit from your generosity in our community.
Heart of Missouri United Way Community has implemented the Community Impact service model in order to make a positive, lasting difference in the lives of the mid-Missouri people it serves. Rather than just alleviate its symptoms, Community Impact examines and addresses the root causes of poverty to bring about measurable and lasting change by focusing on Education, Income, Health and Safety Net Services.
Heart of Missouri United Way addresses the four key targets that contribute to poverty:
- lack of access to education,
- health,
- income and
- safety net services.
This approach is known as the community impact model.
Click here for a brief video which illustrates Community Impact in a way that's straightforward and uncomplicated. Check it out and please share!
All you have to do is Click Here and participate in the University of Missouri United Way Campaign 2016.
Thanks again,
Sheila
Wellness Update: Flu Clinics
Flu season is almost here, and with it comes the opportunity to receive your flu vaccination on campus.
Healthy for Life staff will be hosting flu shot clinics on your campus in October. Flu shots are free for faculty, staff, dependents 12+ accompanied by an adult, and retirees who are enrolled in a University of Missouri (UM) medical plan, so don't forget to bring your insurance card to the clinic. If you are not enrolled in a UM medical plan, flu shots are $20 and can be paid for with cash or by checks made out to Healthy for Life.
Eligible employees can also earn 50 points toward Tier 2 of the 2017 Wellness Incentive by receiving their vaccination. The points will be added in November when the incentive kicks off. The 2017 Wellness Incentive rewards you with up to $450 for taking steps toward a more healthy lifestyle.
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Date |
Time |
Location |
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10/06/2016 |
8 a.m. to Noon |
Memorial Union, Stotler Lounge |
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10/12/2016 |
8 a.m. to Noon |
Memorial Union, Stotler Lounge |
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10/14/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Veterinary School, 125 Veterinary Medicine Building, Adams Conference Center |
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10/26/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Townsend Hall, Lobby |
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11/01/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
School of Nursing/School of Medicine, Room S265 |
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11/02/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Lewis & Clark Hall, Lobby |
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11/08/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Ellis Library, Colonnade |
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11/10/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Reynolds Journalism Institute, Palmer Room |
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11/15/2016 |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Mizzou North, Room 707 |
Questions? Contact the HR Service Center at (573) 882-2146 or HRServiceCenter@umsystem.edu.
New Healthy for Life Campus Coordinator
Please join me in welcoming Amber Phelps as the new Healthy for Life Campus Coordinator! She will be your contact for any questions or programs under Healthy for Life. You are invited to stop by the Healthy for Life resource table at one of the upcoming Flu Clinics to meet Amber. Amber has worked for MU for 20 years, and has more than 10 years of experience providing training and health education programs. She has a B.A. in Psychology, and is pursuing a M. Ed. in Counseling Psychology. Her research interests include health risk and resilience behaviors. She is excited to help you meet your wellness goals!
Blaine Snow, while still with Healthy for Life, has accepted the role of Technical Coordinator after serving as the Healthy for Life Campus Coordinator for the past 5 years. In this new role he will oversee website administration, flu clinics, health screenings, and provide technical support of the Wellness Incentive.
In the News
"MSA considers new library fee to address reduced hours"
The Maneater, Oct. 4, 2016
The Student Voice – The Libraries
The Maneater, Oct. 6, 2016