Check Out MUSE

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Check out the Staff Spotlight recipients for June (Rebecca Graves & Mathew Stephen) and for July (Colleen Smith and Daniel Akins)! Read the MUSEblog at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/muse/

Don’t wait for the Spotlight Fairy to select your name; share something of yourself with your fellow workers today! Wrote a poem? Put it in! Just got back from somewhere exciting? Tell us about it! Pictures of your spouse/kid/pet that you can’t wait to share? Send us a copy! Involved in an event you’re excited about? We’d be glad to publicize it.

Everyone on staff at MU Libraries is qualified to be a contributor to the MUSEblog. If you’re not sure how, or if you’ve forgotten the instructions, contact Karla Geerlings at geerlingsk@missouri.edu.

Update on CAPS Center

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The MU Libraries has partnered with the Schools of Engineering, Journalism and Law to establish a CAPS Center, which serves to process all paperwork for faculty, staff, student hires and rehires, for all four departments. Two full-time positions will run the CAPS Center. One position has been filled – the HR Associate position – by Francie Martin, currently of MU Payroll. Francie’s expertise with PAF processing and trouble-shooting at Payroll will allow her to provide the leadership needed to get the CAPS Center up and running. The second position – HR Asssitant – is still being recruited. The goal is to have someone on board before school starts.

Volunteers Needed for Mizzou Reads Reception Planning

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As is tradition here at Ellis Library, we will be hosting a reception again for Mizzou Reads. The reception will be for journalist Peter Bergen on September 1 from 4-5 p.m.

Thanks to the help of quite a few MU Libraries staff members, we have had some great receptions in the past. We need your help to have another great reception this year. Please contact me if you would like to be on the Mizzou Reads reception planning group.

Shannon Cary, carysn@missouri.edu

College Colors Day is September 4

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September 4th marks the 5th annual College Colors Day, a tradition to promote school spirit and the start of college football season. Students, staff, alumni & fans are encouraged to participate by wearing their favorite BLACK and GOLD. Library staff are encouraged to wear their MU Libraries t-shirts.

Also, some posters and other decorations will be available from MU Licensing and Trademarks. Let me know ASAP if your area in Ellis or your Branch library is interested in decorating with Mizzou gear.

Shannon Cary, carysn@missouri.edu

Change in OT Calculations From HR

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From Campus HR: At the February Board of Curators meeting, the Board approved changes to the Collected Rules and Regulations regarding the calculation of overtime. As a result of that Board action, overtime will only include actual hours worked and will not include hours paid but not worked (e.g., paid time off, stand-by, etc.) At the April Board meeting the original effective date of April 19, 2009 was delayed. This change will be effective with the pay period which begins August 23, 2009.

Time & Labor is being reprogrammed to handle the change to calculating overtime. In addition, HR policies are being revised consistent with the change to the Collected Rules & Regulations. I will send you additional information as it is received.

Leo

August Library Start Date Anniversary Recognition

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9/2/1980, Wayne Barnes
9/13/1982, Shelley Worden
9/4/1984, Rebecca Schedler
9/11/1989, Sue Barnes
9/1/1994, Rhonda Whithaus
9/1/1998, Ryan Bish
9/28/1998, Mark Ellis
9/8/2000, Dan Dodd
9/5/2001, Sean Witzman
9/10/2001, Terry Brooks
9/9/2002, Anselm Huelsbergen
9/6/2005, Kate Anderson
9/5/2006, David Shay
9/18/2006, Nora Tamm
9/3/2008, Karen Marshall
9/8/2008, Cara Blome
9/8/2008, Dustin Hoffmann
9/28/2008, Cathy Heckmaster
9/29/2008, Jessica Renze

Tactical Assessment for Strategic Advantage: How the Journalism Library Satisfaction Survey Grows Collaboration

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The Staff Development Committee invites library employees to a presentation by Dorothy Carner, Head, Journalism Libraries, on the ability of a user survey to drive collaboration efforts. Results from a Spring 2009 survey are shared along with a discussion of how the information highlights the need for partnership between the MU Libraries and the School of Journalism. Release time is available with supervisor approval. An Outlook meeting notice will be sent to library staff.

August 12, 2009
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
4F51-A Ellis Library