The LIS I position at HSL-ILL has become open again. The hiring department has elected to repost the position with campus HR (http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/index.php). Applications are being accepted; previous applicants are not required to reapply.
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Author: Shannon Cary
New Posts, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
- Winners – MULSA 2011 Halloween Costume & Pumpkin Contest
- Update on Ellis Library Renovation
- Discovery Tools Presentations
- Reminder-Diversity Action Committee Invitation
- November Library Start Date Anniversary Recognition
- Healthy for Life Update
- Welcome to Annelise Freeman
- UM Benefit Plan Reminder
- Business Policy 1:010 -Canceling Classes and Suspending Operations Due to Inclement Weather
- Student Excellence Award
- LIA/LIS Level Increase FYI
Winners — MULSA 2011 Halloween Costume & Pumpkin Contest
Costumes:
Pumpkins:
Additional pictures will be on the MUSE site.
Update on Ellis Library Renovation
Starting today, Nov. 4, the Administration Offices are being moved temporarily to 102 Ellis Library (Access Services). 103 Ellis (ILL) will be used for Administration storage space. In the next several weeks all renovation of 104 Ellis (Administration) will be completed. This is primarily painting, removing flooring and re-carpeting. This should be completed by the beginning of December at which time the Administration Offices will be moved back to 104.
After the fall semester is completed, Access Services will move back into their original offices.
In addition, the ceiling in the staff lounge will be replaced next week.
Discovery Tools Presentations
We are entering the last year of the Summon contract. The MERLIN libraries are reviewing discovery tools and presentations have been scheduled for MERLIN in the Telepresence Rooms. Given the limited space available in that room, I have scheduled separate demos for the MU Libraries.
In addition to the demos for the discovery tools, the vendors have been asked to present on their open URL resolvers.
The presentations are open to any libraries’ staff member.
Tuesday, November 8, 8:30-11:00 – Room 4G41– WorldCat Local
Friday, November 11, 1:00-3:30 – Room 4F51A – Primo
Tuesday, November 15, 9:30-11:30 – Room 4F51A – Encore Synergy
Wednesday, November 16, 10:30-1:00 – Room 4F51A – EBSCO Discovery
Friday, November 18, 12:30-3:00 – Room 4F51A – Summon
Reminder – Diversity Action Committee Invitation
The Diversity Action Committee invites you to a presentation in conjunction with November’s theme of Native American Heritage Month. Dr. Dennis Kelley, Assistant Professor with the Department of Religious Studies, returns and brings a different topic (see below). Dr. Kelley’s biographical information can be reviewed at http://religiousstudies.missouri.edu/people/kelley.html.
The presentation will take place Thursday, Nov. 10, from 11-12, room 4G41 Ellis Library. Release time is available with supervisor approval. RSPV’s are not required.
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Topic:
“The Oral Tradition as Text, History as Myth: Columbus, Thanksgiving, and the Meaning of American Indians”
This talk will explore the relationship between Native and Non-native America in terms of making meaning. Using America’s origin myths, the Columbian event and the Mayflower Colony, we will explore what meaning we as a society make out of the aboriginal inhabitants of this continent, and the use of that meaning in contemporary literary forms, both Native and non-Native.
November Library Start Date Anniversary Recognition
11/14/1974, Delores Fisher
11/1/1999, Caryn Scoville
11/2/2000, Karen Witt
11/19/2001, Deborah Melvin
11/4/2002, Mat Miller
11/3/2003, Barbara Jones
11/30/2004, Shannon Cary
11/1/2006, Matthew Stephen
11/5/2006, Colleen Smith
11/24/2008, Tyler Dwyer
11/22/2010, Ryan Buttrey
Healthy for Life Update
Flu Shots and Health Screenings
The University of Missouri Total Rewards invites you to join Healthy for Life, an incentive-based wellness program designed to help you actively manage your health. By completing a personal health assessment and health screening, primary subscribers to the UM Health Care plan will receive $100 in a tax-favored account to use for medical expenses in 2012 Benefit Plan year.
This year, we’re partnering with Cerner Health to provide straightforward tools to help you work toward better health. You can participate in the program now. It’s simple. Here’s how:
- Create your Cerner Health account by visiting www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu.
- Enter your email address and join the program.
- Complete your personal health assessment – an online questionnaire that helps you understand your health risks and provides you with resources to improve your well-being.
- Schedule your FREE health screening at a convenient time and location on campus. Your health screening provide you a look at your cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, height and weight. If your screening is before noon, fasting for 9 hours is recommended, but not required (6 hours if pregnant) and drinking 64 ounces of water the day before is suggested.
Date: Weekdays except Thursday (Healthcare employees only)
Time: 6:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Staff Health
* APPOINTMENTS ARE ONLY NEEDED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES, ALL OTHER HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES ARE FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE
This event is done in conjunction with the annual health screening and is co-sponsored by Staff Health and Healthy for Life
Date: Every Tuesday & Wednesday
Time: 8-11 a.m.
Location: Wellness Resource Center, Room G202
* THIS EVENT IS FOR SCREENINGS ONLY, NO APPOINTMENTS WILL BE TAKEN.
*This event is co-sponsored by the Wellness Resource Center and Healthy for Life
Date: Nov. 7
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Heinkel Building, Room 200 (Healthy for Life lobby)
* THIS EVENT IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE, NO SCREENING OR FLU SHOT APPOINTMENTS WILL BE TAKEN.
Date: Nov. 8
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: MU Ellis Library
* FLU SHOTS ONLY, NO SCREENINGS
*This event is co-sponsored by MU Student Health and Healthy for Life
Date: Nov. 9
Time: 9-11 a.m.
Location: Center for Family Policy & Research, Room 1400 (Entrance #6)
* SCREENINGS BY APPOINMENT ONLY
*NO APPOINTMENT FOR FLU SHOTS
*This event is co-sponsored by MU Student Health and Healthy for Life
Date: Nov. 9
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: Hulston Hall, Room
*SCREENINGS BY APPOINMENT ONLY
*NO APPOINTMENT FOR FLU SHOTS
*This event is co-sponsored by MU Student Health and Healthy for Life
Date: Nov. 10
Time: 1-5 p.m.
Location: Townsend Hall, Room
*SCREENINGS BY APPOINMENT ONLY
*NO APPOINTMENT FOR FLU SHOTS
*This event is co-sponsored by MU Student Health and Healthy for Life
*Smaller screening clinics are available, please check your Cerner Health account for dates/locations.
FREE flu shots will be provided for those 12 years and older enrolled in a UM Health Care plan. To receive the vaccination, bring your health insurance card and a completed Flu Vaccine form. Those not enrolled in a UM Health Care plan can receive a vaccination for $15 cash or check, along with the completed Flu Vaccine form.
To receive the $100 Incentive, complete both the personal health assessment and health screening by April 30, 2012.
I want to learn more about the Healthy for Life program.
Share your Success Story
Do you have wellness success story or know of one that may motivate others to become healthier? Have you stopped smoking, lost weight, or decreased stress in your life? If so, we would love to hear about it! E-mail Melissa Willett with your accomplishments or contact information for the person you are suggesting by give her a call at (573) 884-1397.
Tips for Mindful Eating Blog
‘Tips for Mindful Eating: It’s more than just about food’ is a new blog that offers a weekly post with tips, articles, research, reflections, and opportunities to practice mindful eating and living through the way that you eat, move, work, play and relate to yourself, others, and the world. It grew out of the ten week program entitled “Eat for Life” developed by Dr. Lynn Rossy and Hannah Bush, M.A. offered through the wellness program. Click here to subscribe to weekly posts.
Massage Therapy Services—Faculty/Staff Discounts Available
De-stress this semester through massage therapy. Licensed Massage Therapist Jeff Rioux provides this service in his office at University Hospital (GL-20). He also provides department chair massage in three-hour blocks. To schedule an individual appointment or chair massage, call Healthy for Life at 884-1312.
If you’d like to buy a gift certificate, stop by Medtique Gift Shop in University Hospital, the Healthy for Life office at 205 Heinkel Building on campus, OR drop a check in campus mail to 205 Heinkel Building specifying the length of session you want. Make checks payable to Healthy for Life.
| Faculty and staff receive a discount: | Hours of availability: |
| 30 minutes: $35 | Mondays & Tuesdays: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. |
| 60 minutes: $50 | Wednesdays: 1-7 p.m. |
| 90 minutes: $70 | Thursdays: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. |
Campus Dining Services offers Zoutrition
Zoutrition is an online tool that provides users with nutritional information for 15 of Mizzou’ s restaurants. In addition to providing nutritional information, Zoutrition assists customers in making wise choices to meet their nutritional goals when dining on-campus. To experience Zoutrition, visit dining.missouri.edu and click the Zoutrition logo in the lower right hand corner. This tool helpful to:
o Identify and select well-balanced meals.
o Confirm the nutritional content of their food choices.
o Identify possible allergens and food intolerances.
o Select preferences for specific types of diets such as vegetarian or vegan.
Welcome to Annelise Freeman
Please help welcome Annelise Freeman, E-Learning Librarian. Annelise began working with the MU Libraries this week, on a six-month contract to explore, with librarians, faculty, and others, ways to improve library services to students having any kind of E-Learning experience. Her organizational home is in Research and Information Services Division, and she will meet regularly with the RAIS Department Heads group. She will be meeting with the MU Libraries’ Web Groups, the Assessment Committee, the Instruction Committee, individual librarians, staff at Mizzou Online, and many others in order to make recommendations regarding the libraries’ E-Learning presence. Annelise is an experienced secondary classroom teacher and curriculum developer, accustomed to using all kinds of computerized tools in her teaching. She also completed her Masters of Science in Information Science degree last May at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She, her husband and baby boy relocated to Columbia in August. Welcome, Annelise!
UM Benefit Plan Reminder
A reminder that the Annual Enrollment Change Period for enrollment/changes in benefits effective 2012 will end on November 4, 2011. You are now able to initiate enrollment changes online through UM’s myHR at https://myhr.umsystem.edu. However, if you are not making changes to your current benefit program, no action is required on your part. Coverage will continue into 2012.
Exception: If you currently participate in the Flexible Spending program and/or wish to do so in 2012, you must enroll or re-enroll at this time.
Information on plan changes and costs for 2011 can be found at http://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits. Contact Faculty and Staff Benefits at 882-2146 for additional information.