Each month, HR will be presenting information about the changes in the MU benefit and in the retirement plan to the Board of Curators.  See the link below for access to live streaming video of the meetings, meeting documents, PowerPoint slides, minutes and archived audio. I would encourage everyone to listen to the archived audio and to the PowerPoint slides from the Sept. 23, 2010 meeting where there was discussion about the retirement plan and about the cost increases in the medical plan:

http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/curators/

This second link is a discussion at the St Louis campus about the recent MU Benefits survey.  This same PowerPoint presentation was given at the Department Heads Retreat last August, the HR talk on Election Day, and at the Faculty Council meeting earlier this month. It provides clues on what we might see happen to MU benefits in the next few years.

http://panopto.umsl.edu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=3a1e0a09-9009-4ffd-a785-1116c91a189f

The Columbia Missourian is in early stages of providing a Board of Curators blog. Details will be forthcoming.

Jack Batterson

Goodbye to Nora Tamm, LIS II, Engineering Library. Nora is leaving to spend time with her family.

The search committee for the position of HSL Information Services Librarian has identified four candidates to interview. The candidates’ resumes, cover letters, and reference letters will be forwarded to library staff as part of an Outlook schedule-a-meeting notice. Itineraries and evaluation forms will be distributed closer to the interviews.

Stanley Choi will interview Monday, Oct. 11. Mr. Choi received his MLS from UCLA, June 2010. His work experience includes a Reference internship at the Santa Monica Public Library (2009-2010) as well as a Reference Assistant position at the Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA (2009-2010).

Darell Schmick will interview Monday, Oct. 25. Mr. Schmick will receive his MLS from Emporia State University in Dec. 2010. He currently serves as the Learning Resource Center Assistant for the Denver School of Nursing. He completed an internship at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library, and continues to volunteer in their reference department. Other experience includes Assistant Resident Director as Mesa State College (2006-2007).

Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan will interview Wednesday, Oct. 27. Ms. Vaduvathiriyan will receive her MLS from MU-Columbia in Dec. 2010. She has a MLISc from the University of Calicut, India, 1996. Her work experience includes a Graduate Library Assistant appointment at the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library (2009-present) and a Library Assistant position with Family and Community Medicine, MU (summer 2010). Prior to that, Prasanna worked as a student in Ellis Reference (Fall 2008) and in Technical Services-Cataloging (Spring 2009).

Lindsay Greenawalt will interview Thursday, Oct. 28. Ms. Greenawalt received her MLS from Kent State University, December 2009, with a focus on medical/health sciences libraries. Her work experience includes a Reference Assistant position at the Massillon Public Library in Ohio (2009-present) plus a practicum student while at Kent State which included reference duties at their Health Center Library.

All candidates will give a presentation followed by a question and answer session. The topic is “Pretend that you are talking to a group of clinicians, and teach them some of the differences between Google Scholar and Pubmed, and when to use each.”  Dates, times and locations of the presentations are TBD.

The MU Libraries received approval to hire a temporary LIS II in Special Collections and Rare Books. The appointment will be for six months with a possibility of a one-time, brief extension, to be determined by the department. The justification for the position includes helping to meet service and coverage needs while the department searches for a Librarian I. The job ad is posted at HR: https://jobs.missouri.edu/vacdetails.php?vac=1017373.

I am pleased to announce the following committee assignments for the 10-12 term:

Diversity Action Committee Members

Leo Agnew Chair

Stephen Clayton (09-11)

Ivy Hui (09-11)

Yasuyo Knoll (09-11)

Sheena Waggoner (10-12)

Karen Witt (09-11)

Outgoing members:

Adrienne Arden

Mat Miller

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Ellis Exhibits Committee Members

Sandy Schiefer, Chair (09-11)

Anne Barker (09-11)

Alla Barabtarlo (09-11)

Ellen Blair (10-12)

Charlotte Mustain (10-12)

Outgoing members:

Marie Concannon

Paula Roper

Bette Stuart

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Preservation Committee Members

Alan Jones (09-11) Chair

Michaelle Dorsey (ex officio)

Michael Holland (ex officio)

Ann Riley (ex-officio)

Mary Amann (09-11)

Katie Carr (09-11)

Dan Dodd (09-11)

Ruthe Morse (09-11)

Outgoing members:

Gary Cox

Nina Johnson

Amanda Sprochi

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Staff Development Committee Members
Leo Agnew, Chair

Alla Barabtarlo (10-12)

Cindy Cotner (09-11)

Mat Miller (10-12)

Colleen Smith (09-11)

Amanda Sprochi (10-12)

Stephen Stanton (10-12)

Outgoing member:

Karen Witt

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I wish to thank each outgoing committee member for contributing their time and for jobs well done. I also wish to acknowledge the willingness of the new or reappointed members of each committee to step forward. The MU Libraries counts on committees like these to do many good things.

Jim Cogswell
Director of Libraries

• Hello to Heather Casey, LIA in Access Services Circulation/Reserve & Shelving. Heather has previous library work experience (Maryville University Library) as well as a Masters degree in Sociology from MU.
• Hello to Ashley Nelson, LIS II at the Engineering Library. Ashley recently earned her MLS at MU while also participating in our IMLS program.

We received approval to fill two classified staff positions: LIA in Access Services, Circulation/Reserve & Shelving, and the LIS II position at the Engineering Library. Both positions are listed at HR.

Thanks to all who have nominated themselves to serve on one of the four library committees listed recently in News Notes. The membership rosters are looking pretty good, but we could use some self-nominations for the Preservation Committee. We have four outgoing members and could use another 2-3 replacements.

The Chancellor has authorized recruitment for the Librarian I positions in Technical Services-Cataloging (J. Davis) and Health Sciences Library-Information Services (A. McConnell) and the Librarian/Archivist position in Special Collections (formerly held by K. Carr).

A national recruitment effort is underway starting this month. Copies of the full job ads are located at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/jobopps.htm.

Information on screening committee members follows:

Technical Services, Metadata and Catalog Librarian: Felicity Dykas, Chair, Ann Riley, ex officio, Nin Johnson, Ruthe Morse, Michael Muchow, and Sean Witzman.

Health Sciences Library, Information Services Librarian:  Diane Johnson, Chair, Rebecca Graves, Gwen Gray, and Renita Richmond.

Special Collections, Librarian/Archivist [Print Specialist]: Michael Holland, Chair, Alla Barabtarlo, Gary Cox, Michaelle Dorsey, Anselm Huelsbergen, and Karen Witt.

Goodbye to David Shay, LIA, Access Services, Circulation-Reserve/Shelving. David is relocating with his wife to Camdenton, MO.