New Posts, August 11-22

  1. College Color Days
  2. Print Station to Be Moved
  3. June DeWeese Featured in Alumni Association Video
  4. What’s New in the Catalog Department?
  5. Personal Leave Reminder
  6. Hello to Renita Richmond
  7. Job Vacancy, Government Documents Librarian
  8. New Technology Group Meeting
  9. Job Vacancy, System Support Analyst
  10. Hello to Julie Rogers
  11. 2008-2010 Libraries Committee Assignments
  12. Job Vacancy, Office Support Staff III
  13. Job Vacancy, User Support Analyst
  14. Job Vacancy, Library Information Assistant
  15. Competency Level Increase Recognition
  16. Goodbye to Sam Napier
  17. Goodbye to Scott Ross
  18. Have Your Pay Stub Delivered On-Line
  19. Caryn Scoville Published

Job Vacancies

Human Resource Assistant – 100% FTE, M-F 8-5, $11.34 – $12.00 per hour. Administrative Offices, Ellis Library. The job description is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/newsnotes/?p=178.

Library Information AssistantLibrary Information Assistant, 100% FTE, M-F, 8-5, $8.79/hr; Health Sciences Library, Technical Services–Collection Management. The job description is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/newsnotes/?p=159.

Security Officer 100% FTE; Administration, Ellis Library. The job description is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/newsnotes/?p=204.

System Support Analyst— 100% FTE, M-F, 8-5. Special Collections, Archives and Rare Books Division. The job description is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/newsnotes/?p=144.

Saving Little Moments in American History

Who: Richard Baker (conservator)

What: Saving Little Known Moments in American History

When: August 6th 11:30 am – 12:15 pm

Where: 4th Floor Conference Room

All MU Libraries staff members are invited to a presentation by Richard Baker on the problems and techniques of conserving historic books and documents including items like the Lewis and Clark Journals.

Richard C. Baker has been doing hand bookbinding and book and paper conservation for almost thirty years. After serving in the Peace Corps in India he earned a master’s degree in Art History from the University of Chicago in 1973. He then studied hand bookbinding and worked as a conservator for several institutions including the Newberry Library, Johns Hopkins University and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. From 1982 to 1989 he served as chief conservator at the American Antiquarian Society. Since 1989, he has had a private studio in St. Louis where he does work for both individuals and institutions.