This is an incredibly useful website for any IT questions or issues. The home page has links to useful information about everything from password problems to connecting to the wireless internet. There is also an option to search the website for specific questions or problems, as well as an announcements section to let everyone know if there are any system issues. If you go to the Find Answers tab you can browse through different categories to find answers for IT problems, you can find links to the websites of all of the Support Centers on campus. You can also log in to the page using your User ID (or Username) and Password to see more search results, as well as records of any questions you’ve had for Help Desk, or DoIT in the past. This is a great first step in trying to solve any IT problems you might encounter!
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New Posts, July 9-13
- New MUSE Posts
- New Ellis Library Room Reservation System Debuts on July 16
- “Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries:” An NEH Summer Seminar
- Library Assembly Minutes, 6/26/12
- Virtual ALA Conference Available Next Week
- MU Libraries in the News
- Goodbye to Annelise Freeman
- Position Opening: Library Information Assistant
- Director’s Calendar: July 16-20
- Position Opening: Library Information Specialist I
- Information/Action Items from LMT Meeting, 6/19/12
- Position Opening: Fiscal Assistant
- Tech Tips
New MUSE Posts
– Web Tip of the Week, July 9- Retirement Planner: http://bit.ly/MnQE7l
– June 2012 MULSA Spotlight Award Winner: Jack Batterson http://bit.ly/MmWgRR
– July 2012 MULSA Spotlight Award Winner: Stara Herron http://bit.ly/Mk9qT8
– Two Google Links: http://bit.ly/NjE2jp
– 4th Annual International Luncheon: http://bit.ly/NAx37E
The MULSA Muse main site is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/muse/
Submissions are always welcome! Send them to Abbie Brown (brownab@missouri.edu).
New Ellis Library Room Reservation System Debuts on July 16
The MU libraries will migrate from the Outlook calendar system for scheduling meeting rooms to the Meeting Room Booking System (which we now use for the study room reservations). The Ellis Library Room Reservations System will go live on Monday and is located on the staff web page: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/secure/eventplanning/.
Please read the guidelines for reserving rooms, which will also be linked from the staff page. If you have any questions, contact Shannon Cary or Mark Ellis.
You will have until the end of July to move meetings from the Outlook calendar room reservation system to the new Ellis Library Room Reservation System.
“Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries:” An NEH Summer Seminar
Library Assembly Minutes, 6/26/12
Virtual ALA Conference Available Next Week
If you did not get to attend ALA this year, or if you did but were unable to attend sessions you wanted, you now have an opportunity to virtually attend some of the ALA 2012 conference. The MU Libraries have registered for a group account, and so you may come and go to any of the sessions you wish, and you do not need to individually register. View the two-day program to determine which sessions you want to attend.
Virtual ALA Conference
Wed-Thurs, July 18-19, 8:30am–6:00pm CST
Ellis Library, Room 4F51-A
Questions?: Contact Cindy Cotner
The theme Mapping Transformation, Experimentation and Innovation includes some of the following speakers and sessions:
George Needham & Joan Frye Williams: Libraries In a Post-Print World
Stephen Abram: Mirages, Maps, Menus, Flowcharts, and Dreams
Marie Ostergard: Mediaspace: Transforming the Library of the Future
Lee Rainie: The State of eBook Borrowing from Libraries
Brian Mathews: Thinking Entrepreneurially: What Libraries Can Learn from Startups and Other Innovative Organizations
James LaRue: Moving Upstream: From Distributor to Co-Creator
Marlene Harris: Beyond the Bestseller List: Filling Patron Demand for Great eBooks Without the “Big 6 Publishers”
Peter Murray: Introducing FOSS4Lib: Helping Libraries Decide IF and WHICH Open Source Software Is Right for Them
Terry Ballard: Using Google Products to Enhance Your Library’s Mission and Branding
Emily Dowdall: One-Stop Center: The Multiple Roles of the Public Library, Today and Tomorrow
Steven Bell: Start With a “Way We Serve Statement:” Design a Library User Experience the Way the Pros Do
MU Libraries in the News
“Federal charges filed in library fire”
Columbia Daily Tribune, July 5, 2012
“Ellis library arson suspect brought up on federal charges”
The Maneater, July 4, 2012
“Ellis library arson suspect faces federal indictments”
KOMU.com, July 4, 2012
“Ellis library fire suspect indicted on federal charges”
Missourian, July 3, 2012
Goodbye to Annelise Freeman
Annelise Freeman, E-Learning Librarian, will continue to contract with the MU Libraries, even though she is relocating out of state next week.
There will be a reception for Annelise on Friday at 3:00 in the Ellis Library Staff Lounge.
Position Opening: Library Information Assistant
*Library Information Assistant – 100% FTE, 40 hours/wk; Tu-Th 3pm-1am, F 1pm-6pm, St 10am-7pm. Schedule is modified for holidays; occasional need to adjust schedule to assist with coverage needs or to attend required meetings; $9.05/hr; Health Sciences Library – Circulation
Summary Description of Duties: Responsible for providing customer service and functional supervision of Circulation, Reserve, Photocopy and Shelving during evening and weekend hours, including staffing the Circulation Desk and supervising student employees. Responsible for shelving and maintenance functions. Clears and maintains the Hold Shelf. Monitor ERes for copyright compliance and requests permissions. Fills requests for Pull and Copy for MU physicians located off site. For a more detail description of duties please see http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/positiondesc/Posdesc/HSL/c14099.htm
Min. Quals: A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
Six months of responsible office experience is necessary. Directly related education or training may be substituted for experience. The ability to type may be necessary depending upon the position available.
Preferred Quals: Strong customer service skills. Demonstrate pleasant and professional demeanor. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to successfully perform detailed work. Effective organization, time management, and prioritizing skills. Discretion and attention to issues of confidentiality. Must be self motivated. Money handling experience desirable, but not required. Ability to move wheeled book trucks weighing up to 50 pounds; shelve materials in alphanumeric order; work at a desk and/or in front of a computer screen for up to 8 hours a day; withstand some exposure to mold and dust; easily traverse stairways.