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2008 MU Libraries Calendar Poster Now Available

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MU Libraries Calendar Poster 2008

2008 is the third year that the MU Libraries have produced and distributed a poster to promote the libraries. Each year these posters are given to campus administration, libraries donors and staff. In 2006 a separate poster was created for and distributed to students.

The 2008 posters are now available in the Ellis Library Administration office. Staff members are welcome to stop by and pick one up. I would be glad to drop some off at the branches, just let me (carysn@missouri.edu) know how many you would like.

Library Issues Forum, Map to Success

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Map to Success: Using Logic Models to Plan for Successful Outcomes
Thursday, Jan. 17
9-10:30am
Ellis Library
Library Instruction Room 1 – 4G41 Ellis
Presenter: Barb Jones

Program evaluation can be a powerful tool to steer the direction of a department or system. Good program evaluation requires accurate assessment, translation of vision into manageable steps and assignments, consistent and timely reporting and appropriate definition of success. The logic model system will be presented as one way to organize institutional planning toward clearly defined goals and activities, with appropriate assignment of personnel, resources and expected outcomes.

RSVPs not required. Release time available with supervisor approval.

 

Chants of Hildegard von Bingen performed by Margaret Waddell, Feb. 29

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The Honors Humanities Sequence presents Chants of Hildegard von Bingen performed by Margaret Waddell in Ellis Library, Room 201 on Friday, Feb. 29 at 11:00 a.m.

Hildegard von Bingen was a Benedictine abbess in the 12th century. She composed 77 chants, plus a morality play containing 87 chants called Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues), which is the earliest known western music-drama by a single composer. Unlike Gregorian chant, Hildegard’s expressive melodies contain large leaps, with the range sometimes spanning well over an octave.

Margaret Waddell has been studying and singing Hildegard’s chants since 1993. Margaret is a member of the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies. Margaret performs Hildegard’s chants throughout the Midwest.

Come join the Honors Humanities students and faculty for this amazing performance.

For more information, contact Julie Melnyk at melnykj@missouri.edu.

Welcome to the New Library News Notes

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To start off the New Year, I am going to try out Library News Notes in blog format. Please let me know what you think about the new blog. Either leave a comment here or send me an e-mail at carysn@missouri.edu.

I will be updating Library News Notes as I receive submissions, but I will still send out e-mail reminders to all staff on Fridays. If you don’t want to bookmark this page, there is a link to the blog on the Library News Notes Web page (http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/newsnotes.htm). The easiest way to stay up-to-date with MU Libraries news will be to subscribe to the RSS feed linked at the bottom of the page.

Notice the events calendar on the right. I am still playing around with this, but I hope that this will be an easy place for staff to go and quickly see what’s going on at the libraries. (Of course, you have to send me that information if you want it in the calendar.)

I will also be playing around with the design of the blog. Although we have no graphics this week, I will be able to implement graphics into posts, so keep sending me graphic files for your announcements.

My hope is that this format will be more flexible and will allow staff to more easily find information. My goal is to provide the best communication tool for the MU Libraries staff, so let me know what you think.

Happy New Year!

Staff Develpment Committee Presentation – 10 Tools to Bolster Group Efforts

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Join Leo Agnew to learn 10 proven methods for working with others to generate ideas, evaluate processes, and reach consensus on the next steps. Session 1 will review methods that can help get new ideas off the ground. Session 2 will cover techniques for assessing existing processes.

The material covered in the sessions can be applied to meetings, to managing projects, and to help groups with their approach for generating ideas and assessing processes. Course material is taken from the book The Library’s Continuous Improvement Fieldbook: 29 Ready-to-Use Tools, Sara Laughlin et al; ALA, 2003.

Release time is available per supervisor approval. RSVP’s are requested by not required. Please RSVP to Brad Winter at WinterBA@missouri.edu. Participants are not required to attend both sessions.

Session 1: Feb. 5, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 4G41 Ellis

Session 2. Feb, 12, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 4G41 Ellis