Book Club Discussion of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
July 8, 2010
1 p.m.
159 Ellis
On Friday, June 25th Energy Management and Building Maintenance will be conducting an electrical outage for the entire building of Ellis Library. On Friday, the Library will be closing at the regular time ( 5:00 p.m.) we are asking ALL library personnel to vacate the building at this time.
The IT Department request that everyone turn off their computers. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Pat Jones in Security.
James William Rambow, 67, died Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Westview Care Center in Indianola. Jim was born April 23, 1943 and is preceded in death by his parents Ralph and Elizabeth Rambow. Jim was a retired librarian from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He maintained an avid interest in trains and a passion for books and film his entire life.
Cremation has taken place with a private burial scheduled in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Audubon, IA alongside his parents.
Special thanks to the staff of Westview Care Center for the superior care they provided to both Jim and his mother. Online condolences may be sent at www.overtonfunerals.com.
Please join us to discuss Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die on July 8 at 1 p.m. in 159 Ellis.
Based on the number of students who used Ellis Library during the extended (until 4 a.m.) finals hours last semester, it has been decided that we will continue to have extended hours next fall and spring semester. Ellis Library will have extended hours (open until 4am) on Sunday of finals week and continue through Thursday. Our statistics showed that both weekends (Friday and Saturday) were underwhelming as far as turnout. However, Sunday through Wednesday showed significant numbers of students taking advantage of the extended hours.
I am instituting a summer book club so that interested staff members can discuss a couple of books by authors that have been on campus recently.
The June selection is Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Die and Others Stick. Leo Agnew has a copy in his office that he will lend out.
The July selection is Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled–and More Miserable Than Ever Before. This book is also this year’s Mizzou Reads selection.
Please contact me if you are interested in joining the book discussion. You can join one or both. We will discuss each selection at the end of the month or beginning of the following month based on the participants’ schedules.
–Shannon Cary
As reported in the last issue of News Notes, the pay phones in Ellis Library have been turned off. The pay phones were turned off due to lack of use and increasing costs, which resulted in a negative cash flow. In addition, they had become a disturbance because they would often ring with nuisance calls and had to be left off the hook.
Patrons who need to make campus or local calls should be directed to the disability phone (near the West Entrance), which will remain in use.
Library News Notes is officially on its summer schedule, which means it will be distributed every two weeks.
Thanks,
Shannon
On September 9, the MU Libraries will host Jean Twenge, author of this year’s Mizzou Reads book Generation Me. If you would like to help with the event planning for our annual author reception, please contact Shannon Cary.