The MOBIUS Annual Conference was held in Columbia, June 1-17. In addition to the many people from the MU Libraries who attended, several people played other roles, too. Karla Geerlings served as the MERLIN alternate on the MOBIUS Annual Conference Planning Advisory Committee. This is the committee that works with MCO to plan and execute the conference, so we can thank Karla for helping making this successful conference happen. Mary Aycock and Amy Lana presented a session on MOspace: Welcome to IR Land: Adventures with MOspace (http://mobiusconference.org/sessions/welcome-ir-land-adventures-mospace). Felicity Dykas and Wayne Sanders presented a cataloging session: What’s New in Cataloging: Changes You Can Implement Now (http://mobiusconference.org/sessions/whats-new-cataloging). Rachel Brehkus and Felicity Dykas had a poster presentation: Innovative III-WebPAC Designs (http://mobiusconference.org/sessions/innovative-iii-webpac-designs).

PowerPoints and handouts from many sessions are available on the conferene web site: http://mobiusconference.org/.

A Review of “Library of Walls: The Library of Congress and the Contradictions of Information Society”
Journal of Access Services, Volume 7 Issue 2, 138

Review by June L. DeWeese

Rebecca Graves and Kate Anderson published a Technology column for the February 2010 issue of the MLA News. “Personalize Your Database Searching” compares the “my site” features of PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL and Scopus.

You can see June DeWeese’s review of A Field Guide to the Information Commons in Journal of Access Services, Volume 6 #4, October-December, 2009, on pages 538-539.

Update to last week’s list of staff accomplishments:

Karen Darling presented in May at the Timberline Conference. The presentation was prepared by Darling, Leo Agnew and Ann Riley.

Awards received, degrees earned, elections won, items published and papers presented by MU Libraries staff members since January 2009:

Leo Agnew graduated in the spring with a Master’s in Public Administration.

Kate Anderson presented at the  Annual St. Louis Children’s Hospital Nursing and Allied Health Research and Evidence-Based Practice Conference.

Trenton Boyd received a prize for best essay on the history of medicine.

Terry Brooks received the Chapman Scholars in Religion award and graduated with a degree in Religious Studies.

Gary Cox was elected to the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Nominating Committee.

June DeWeese’s review was published in the Journal of Access Services and she presented at William Woods University.

Felicity Dykas presented a session at the MOBIUS Annual Conference.

Rebecca Graves had an article published in the June/July09 Medical Library Association News and presented at the Medical Library Association Conference.

Michael Holland was elected president of the Missouri Center for the Book.

Diane Johnson presented at the Medical Library Association conference, and she was awarded a grant to attend the conference, and she published a review in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Nina Johnson won the Journalism School’s  Staff Appreciation Award.

Barbara Jones presented at the Medical Library Association conference.

Ann Riley was elected to the ACRL Board as a Councilor-At-Large.

Wayne Sanders presented a session at the MOBIUS Annual Conference and was elected Secretary of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of ACRL.

Caryn Scoville presented at the  Annual St. Louis Children’s Hospital Nursing and Allied Health Research and Evidence-Based Practice Conference.

Deb Ward presented at the Medical Library Association conference.

Rebecca Graves had an article published in the June/July09 Medical Library Association News: “A perspective on Medical Subject Headings Subheadings.”

June DeWeese’s review of “Human Resources for Results: The Right Person for the Right Job” was published in the Journal of Access Services, 6:3, 434-435.

At the invitation of Michael Bland, University IT Director at William Woods University, on Wednesday, July 1, June DeWeese and Dr. Margaret Gunderson, Associate Director, Educational Technologies at Missouri (ET@MO) presented a program to some William Woods faculty on “Digital Citizenship.” The presentation included copyright in the digital environment, citing digital works, academic honesty, copyright and fair use, and a question and answer period.

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