Hello everyone,
Finals week is here on Monday! Most of you know we will open all four floors of Ellis for our extended hours again for finals. I told someone today, “Everybody take a deep breath.” It’s busy time of year and tense for our students. I’m delighted that we will have therapy dogs in Ellis next week for a while. That’s fun for students. Thanks to the User Engagement librarians in RAIS (Cindy, Grace and Mike) for doing this.
Other good news is that the Libraries are set to receive an additional $650,000 from the Information Technology Fee funds to help us avoid immediate acquisitions cuts, and the Provost has indicated she will help more as needed. We are still pursuing other options for next fiscal year, but that’s good news for now, and I’ll take it!
Mark your calendars for Jan. 14 at 2 pm for our all staff meeting. An Outlook invitation will be out soon. Our Centennial Re-dedication ceremony will be the next day, Jan. 15, in Ellis 201 at 3. You will also be invited to that soon and I hope as many of you as possible can attend.
Special thanks this week to Ruth and Sharon in Physical Processing for their vigilance on environmental conditions throughout the Libraries, and to Kathy Peters and Susan McCormack for their continuing good work on transitioning to using MERLIN for payments from LSO.
We’ve also been asked to submit a formal request to move the Archives from Lewis Hall to the SHS space. No word on when that might occur, but it’s great to think it may move forward.
The Friends of the Libraries organization is planning a fund-raising concert at the Missouri Theater on March 20, 2016, with country music. More details will come out later, but some of you are likely to be interested!
See you all at the holiday party next week; best wishes for the season if I don’t. As always, email me with questions or concerns.
Ann