Wellness Incentive Activities

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The Million Step Pedometer Program is a simple walking program designed to get faculty, staff and their families up and moving. Go at your own pace–no time limit applies. You are a success if you take more steps today than you did yesterday. You can use your own pedometer or purchase a Fitbit device from any University of Missouri Bookstore.  For each million steps you walk, you can earn great prizes–including a rebate for a Fitbit purchased from a University Bookstore.  For more information on the Million Step Pedometer Program visit http://www.umsystem.edu/curators/wellness/million_step.  

Goodbye to Wayne Barnes

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Wayne Barnes will be retiring from the University of Missouri. His last work day will be Monday, October 27. There will be a small reception in the East Reference offices on the 27th from Noon-3pm. Please stop by and wish Wayne well.

 

Updates from Health Sciences Library

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Barb Jones and Rebecca Graves taught the class “Applying Information Expertise to the Challenge of Diagnostic Error Reduction” at the QuintEssential meeting in Denver, CO on October 20, 2014.  The meeting was a joint meeting between five Medical Library Association chapters.

Barb Jones presented a poster at the QuintEssential meeting in Denver, CO.  Title of the poster is “Evidence Transfer in Diagnosis: Exploring Evidence Intervention to Enhance Value and Reliability.”   The poster was given the “Most Innovative Work” award.

Healthy for Life Update

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Let’s Talk Total Rewards Blog: Annual Enrollment opens today!

Today’s Let’s Talk Total Rewards blog post focuses on annual enrollment and what steps you need to take. Please take a moment to subscribe to the blog, if you have not already done so, in order to receive the latest updates and news from Total Rewards.

For more information or questions please contact the Human Resources Service Center at HRServiceCenter@umsystem.edu or 573-882-2146.

 

2014 Flu Shot Schedule

Protect yourself, your family, your students and your community. Get a flu shot at one of our campus flu shot clinics, and be prepared for this flu season! Find the full schedule of events on the 2014 Flu Shots webpage to find an event near you.

For more information please contact Healthy for Life at wellness@umsystem.edu or 573-884-1312.

 

Have a wellness success story to share?

Healthy for Life wants to hear from you! Share your success and read about the success others have experienced by visiting http://www.umsystem.edu/curators/wellness/success.

 

Weight Watchers at Work Information Sessions

 

Quarterdeck:

Date: November 3, 2014

Time: 12:00-12:30pm

Location: Quarterdeck room 162B

 

Women’s and Children’s Hospital:

Date: November 6, 2014

Time: 11:30am-12:00pm

Location: EMR 1251

 

University of Missouri Hospital:

Date: November 6, 2014

Time: 12:00-12:30pm

Location: Clinical Support & Education Building, room 332

 

Townsend Hall:

Date: November 6, 2014

Time: 12:00-12:30pm

Location: Townsend Hall Room 107

 

A minimum of 15 people is needed to hold each informational session.

Please contact Blaine Snow at SnowB@umsystem.edu or 573-884-2402 to register by October 30, 2014.

NDSA Update

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The National Digital Stewardship Alliance report "Web Archiving in the United States: A 2013 Survey," has just been released and is available at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/documents/NDSA_USWebArchivingSurvey_2013.pdf.

The survey, conducted by a team of NDSA members, led by the Content Working Group, took place from October through November of 2013, and builds upon a similar survey undertaken by the NDSA in late 2011.  The goal of the survey was to better understand the landscape of web archiving activities in the United States by investigating the organizations involved, the history and scope of their web archiving programs, the types of web content being preserved, the tools and services being used, access and discovery services being provided, and overall policies related to web archiving programs.

You can read more about the report on the Signal blog:

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/10/results-from-the-2013-ndsa-u-s-web-archiving-survey/   

New Posts, Oct. 13-17

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  1. Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Events
  2. Director's Calendar, Oct. 20-24
  3. Information and Action Items from Library Management Team, 10/14/14
  4. Ellis Library Homecoming Open House, Oct. 25
  5. Healthy for Life Update
  6. Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Update
  7. Special Collections Participates in Inter-Campus Multispectral Analysis Project
  8. Earthquake Preparedness
  9. Flu Shots in Ellis Library on Nov 4
  10. Annual Enrollment
  11. HRS Training Conference
  12. Employment Opportunity
  13. Welcome to Michael Hopkins
  14. Muse Blog Posts

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Events

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Live CAT-TV Interview: Aaron Astor On Missouri During and After the Civil War
Saturday, October 18
3:00 p.m.
CAT – TV Studio

Aaron Astor, author of Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872, will engage in a live interview and Q /A about post-Civil War developments in the state of Missouri, as Reconstruction was supplanted by a widespread movement toward “white man’s democracy.” 
Co- sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County and presented as the October installation of "League Presents." Seecolumbiaaccess.tv/schedule for airing times. 
In-studio attendance is by invitation only.

 

Movie: The Battle of Island Mound
Thursday, October 23
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Hulston Hall, Classroom 7

Bill Bryan, Director, Missouri Division of State Parks, will introduce The Battle of Island Mound, a movie commemorating the confrontation between Union and Confederate forces that was the first Civil War combat involving African-American troops. The Battle of Island Mound Historic Site is maintained by the Division of State Parks. A Q&A session will follow the movie.

Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 10/14/14

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Matt was in attendance to help discuss the Student Fee proposal. Matt will be taking a lead in promoting the fee to students.

INFORMATION ITEM:  Further clarification from Rhonda Gibler about Missouri Senate Bill 389 and its impact on the Library Student Fee Proposal revealed that the Library Fee itself would not be capped by the same percentage of the previous year’s CPI (current price index).  Instead, the bill would require a student vote to create the new fee.  It would be a new expense for students (not part of the overall fee increase).   If a library fee were to pass, any further increase would be limited by the CPI cap.   These implications and an overall discussion of the fee and the need for a detailed proposal revision were discussed.  Highlights of that discussion follows:

  • A more fully developed vision of what the funds generated by the fees will be used for needs to be developed and captured in a revised report.
  • A proposal revision needs to be completed as soon as possible.
  • Before a full proposal revision can be finished, more Information/clarification is needed from:

    • The Budget Office.
    • The Chancellor’s Office
    • Office of Student Affairs
    • LMT – for various facilities and collection details.
  • Matt will be seeking out individual meetings with LMT members who can meet this week to work toward completion of the revised proposal.
  • The Student Library Fee Working Group will be meeting after LMT.

    • Alysha O’Neil, of the Office of Student Affairs, will be in attendance.

INFORMATION ITEM:  The MU Library Committee met on Friday, October 3rd.  The committee, which is made up of faculty and student representatives from across campus, was still interested seeing lists of the items that will be destroyed due to the mold outbreak.  The Libraries did not believe the lists were still necessary because the Mellon Grant and the partnerships with Missouri State University and Washington University (in St. Louis) reduce the items that will be destroyed to duplicates. The lists are being worked on and will be provided to the faculty later this month.