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University Librarians at ACRL in Baltimore

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  • Freddy Martinez-Garcia led a round table on ACRL’s Diversity Standards, and Noel & Felicity presented a poster session on their project to digitize 4H Circulars.

Re-steering the Standards:  Revisiting ACRL Diversity Standards and Cultural Competencies
The ACRL Diversity Committee has been tasked with revising the ACRL Diversity Standards. The feedback gathered from a survey initiated in the summer of 2015 presented key issues currently missing from the standards. This roundtable discussion will discuss the implications of revising the Diversity Standards, share new and revised concepts and terminology, and have participants critically examine their own work institutions and its commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice.

  • Noel Kopriva  and Felicity Dykas presented a poster session on their project to digitize 4H Circulars.

Bringing a Piece of 4H History into the 21st Century:  Creating a 4H Circulars Digital Collection at a Land-Grant Library
In 1922, the Missouri Extension Service published its first circular aimed directly at children, the Boys’ and Girls’ 4-H Club Circular. Like other Extension and 4-H serials, this circular was printed with two issue numbers, as an Extension publication and as a 4-H circular. Other issues are reprints, with handwritten notes about original publication dates. This project digitizes the entire eclectic run of the circulars in the Library’s collection and attempts to clarify its publication history.

  • Grace Atkins and Kate Wright received scholarships to attend the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthy for Life Update

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NEW! 2017 Step Challenge
Step into summer with the 2017 Step Challenge! MU Health Care and Healthy for Life are committed to helping employees live healthy lives, both on the job and at home. You are invited to join the 2017 Step Challenge, along with your friends and family, which runs April 3 – June 25. It is a progressive step challenge with daily goals beginning at 5,000 steps per day and increasing each week. Throughout the challenge, all participants will be eligible to earn prizes. Eligible university faculty and staff participating in the Wellness Incentive can also earn 50 points in Healthy for Life-sponsored wellness challenge category.

TO PARTICIPATE:

  • Form your team  

    • A designated team captain can form a team and invite other team members to join.
    • Teams may have up to 5 members.
    • Anyone can participate, but each team must have at least 2 University of Missouri employees.
  • Register now through March 31

    • All team members must register by the deadline for the team to participate.
    • You will register in the MU Healthcare Cerner Portal, which is separate from the Healthy for Life Cerner Portal.
  • Track your steps

    • You can either manually log your steps on the MU Healthcare Cerner Portal or sync a device (i.e. Fitbit, Garmin, iHealth, and more).
    • NOTE: Your device can only sync to a single Cerner Portal at a time. If you sync to the MU Healthcare Cerner Portal and were previously synced to the Healthy for Life Cerner Portal, then your device will be disconnected from the Healthy for Life Cerner Portal.
    • Check out the Mizzou Store for discounts and rebates on Fitbits.
    • If you do not already have a step-tracking device, please contact me to request a basic pedometer.
  • Start moving
  • You are challenged to walk 882,000 steps during the 2017 Walking Challenge by walking an average number of steps each week to meet the overall goal.
  • There will be weekly prize drawings for teams and individuals who reach the average daily step goal for the week.
  • Eligible faculty and staff can earn 50 points toward the 2017 Wellness Incentive for walking a minimum of 500,000 steps during the 2017 Step challenge. Additionally, you must register for the 2017 Step Challenge and use your UNIVERSITY EMAIL to receive the wellness incentive points.

To learn more, visit www.umurl.us/steps or view the 2017 Walking Challenge FAQ and Timeline. If you have any additional questions or need assistance, please feel free to email us at mustep2017@health.missouri.edu.

Ask. Listen. Refer.
The University of Missouri Suicide Prevention Training Program was designed to help faculty, staff, and students prevent suicide by teaching you to:

  • identify people at risk for suicide
  • recognize the risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs of suicide
  • respond to and get help for people at risk

Click here to access the program which takes about 20 minutes to complete. It is intended to be educational rather than therapeutic, and it must be completed in one sitting.

Eligible employees can earn 10 points for participating in diversity and inclusion activities, with a maximum of 100 points in this category. Employees must self-report diversity activities on the Healthy for Life Wellness Program website. Contact wellness@umsystem.edu for questions about the Wellness Incentive.

Stay Strong Stay Healthy

Level 1
Employees, retirees, and community members are all invited to participate in this eight week strength training program. It can get your fitness journey (re)started, right on campus! Participants will be guided safely by a trained instructor through warm up, 8 muscle strengthening exercises and cool down. Geared toward older adults or sedentary middle-aged females who want to improve strength, balance and flexibility. All equipment provided.

When:

Mondays & Wednesdays, 04/03/17 – 05/24/17

Time:

12:00 pm

Location:

McKee Gymnasium

Cost:

$50

Registration:

Online by April 1st

 

Level 2
Employees, retirees, and community members are all invited to participate in this eight week strength training program, a follow-up to Level 1. It is for those who want to challenge themselves a bit more! In order to enroll in the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy–Level 2 program, you must have completed the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy-Level 1 program at least twice and/or have approval from the instructor. All equipment provided.

When:

Mondays & Wednesdays,

04/03/17 – 05/24/17

Tuesdays & Thursdays,

04/04/17 – 05/25/17

Tuesdays & Thursdays,

04/04/17 – 05/25/17

Time:

5:15 pm – 6:15 pm

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Location:

Med School

McKee Gymnasium

McKee Gymnasium

Cost:

$50

$50

$50

Registration:

Online by April 1st

Online by April 1st

Online by April 1st

For more information contact Kelsey Weitzel at weitzelkj@missouri.edu or visit http://extension.missouri.edu/hes/wellnessclasses.htm.

As a Healthy for Life sponsored program, eligible employees can earn 100 points for attending at least 14 of the 16 sessions during the 8-week Stay Strong, Stay Healthy program. There are a maximum of 200 points possible for this category.

Financial Wellness Seminar
Cultivating financial wellness can be as easy as completing a few steps annually. Check out the financial wellness webpage to access your one-stop-shop for financial information, tools, and events.

Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings

When: March 29, 2017

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm             

Location: Ellis Library 106A and UM University Hall (Telepresence) 

Registration: Online or call 800-642-7131 

As a Healthy for Life sponsored workshop, eligible employees may earn 25 points for participation in the Financial Wellness Workshops. There are a maximum of 100 points possible for this category.

Classes on Campus
Did you know a variety of low-cost and free physical activity and stress management classes are offered on campus? View the calendar of events to find a class near you or check out a few opportunities below:

ZUMBA Gold

When: Mondays, 03/27/17 – 05/08/17

Time: 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm

Registration: Contact Susan Tharp at tharps@missouri.edu

Cost: $25 for 7 sessions

Where: Missouri Psychiatric Gym (located on the 1st floor at the University Hospital)

Eligible Faculty and Staff can earn up to 100 points for engaging in physical activity. Participation in physical activity classes must be self-reported in the Cerner Wellness Portal in the ‘Engage in Activity’ category to receive incentive points. Visit www.umurl.us/Wellness to discover other activities and resources to help you Be Active.

MU Libraries, MU Extension and MOspace

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In the March 2017 issue of Prime Magazine, Publisher Fred Parry extols the contributions of MU Extension.  He describes his involvement with the 4-H program while growing up and the contribution that MU Extension makes in Missouri today.  For example he notes that, “Statewide, their business specialists helped companies increase sales by $186 million last year while creating or retaining 7,766 jobs.” 

MU Libraries supports MU Extension efforts through its inclusion of MU Extension publications in MOspace. Working with Extension, Digital Services collected and added archival Extension publications to MOspace and continues to add new and revised publications as they are made available.  MOspace now includes 2,400 Extension publications, dated 1932 to 2017.  To give an idea of the range of subjects covered by Extension, here are the titles of a few of the 2016 publications:

In addition to these publications, nearly 200 4-H Circulars were added in 2016-2017 with funding from a Project Ceres grant.  Ranging in dates from 1922 to 1967, the 4-H publications give an interesting snapshot of agriculture and farm life during that time period.

More information:

 

Annual Report 2015-2016 Now Available

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The first annual report that has been produced by the University Libraries in a long time is now available in paper and on our website. If you would like a paper copy, please email me.

Thanks to everyone who provided ideas and content or helped to edit the document. Special thanks to Dani Gomoll, our student designer.

–Shannon Cary

Employment Opportunities

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The Libraries have an immediate opening for a Business Support Specialist II in ACTS – Accounting. 
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 an Assistant or Associate Director for Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books (SCARaB).
For additional information about the position and how to apply, please visit the Libraries webpage at  http://library.missouri.edu/about/employment/employopp/.

Endangered Data Week

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The first annual Endangered Data Week will be held from April 17-21, 2017. As noted on the DLF Endangered Data Week wiki page, “Endangered Data Week is a national series of independently-organized events intended to raise awareness of threats to publicly available data, discuss the power dynamics of data creation, sharing, and retention, and work to make endangered data more accessible and secure.”

More information:

Endangered Data Week website:  http://endangereddataweek.org/

Twitter site:  https://twitter.com/search?q=%23EndangeredData

Digital Library Federation resources page: https://wiki.diglib.org/Endangered_Data_Week