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5. About MU Libraries
• Ellis Library (Main)
• Plus 6 branches:
– Health Sciences
– Veterinary Medicine
– Geology
– Engineering
– Math
– Journalism
• 2 off‐site storage facilities
• University Archives (historical and admin records)
3.5 Million Volumes
+
7 Million Microforms
170 Full-Time Employees (48 librarian/archivists)
6. About MU Libraries
• Ellis Library
– Current Periodicals
• 33,000 titles
– Recorded Sound
– Microforms
– New Books
– Reference
– Special Collections
7. MU Library Services
Digital Resources
• Core Resources
– Databases
• Dissertations/Theses,
Newspapers, Patents
– Electronic Books
– Electronic Journals
• Digital Collections
– Special Collections
– University Archives
– University of Missouri
Digital Library
– Missouri Digital Heritage
Initiative
• Reference Shelf
• Almanacs
• Atlases & Maps
• Biographies
• Catalogs, Bibliography
• Conversions & Calculators
• Dictionaries & Thesauri
• Encyclopedias
• Quotations
• Statistics, data sets, survey
8. MU Library Services
University of Missouri Digital Library
• Free storage for digital objects for any library,
museum, or historical society in Missouri
• Collections from 15 Missouri libraries
– Missouri historic newspapers
– Civil War in MO
Images
– Postcards from St Louis World Fair (1904)
– World War I/II Sheet Music
9. MU Library Services
• Borrow & Check out Materials
– Interlibrary Loan
• 43,302 borrowed
• 57,609 lent
– No self-checkout
• Perks of self-checkout:
– Frees up personnel
– Speeds up service
• Problems:
– Less friendly
– Someone has to answer questions about technology
10. • Equipment
– For use in library:
• Computers, laptops
iPads, mice
– To check-out:
• Laptop , Kindle, video camera,
audio/video recorder, Tripod, iPod
MU Library
Services
12. MU Library Services
• Stores up to 1,500 books
• 630,000 available to
download
• About $10/each
• Out-of-copyright books
are free
Kindle:
• Digital book reader
• Amazon $189
13. MU Library Services
• Information Commons
– 103 Computer Stations
– 7 Meeting Rooms
– Individual Study
“a physical library or online
community, that exists to
produce, conserve, and
preserve information for
current and future
generations”
18. MU Library Services
Institutional Repository: MOspace
• Online repository for scholarly work and
resources created by faculty, staff and
students at MU.
• Makes created knowledge and research
products available to the wider community of
researchers and students and assures
preservation of these materials for the future.
28. MU Library Services
A person who is information literate is able to:
• Identify the ways in which knowledge is disseminated,
organized and acquired
• Access the wide spectrum of information resources
made available to the campus community
• Locate needed information through effective search
strategies
• Evaluate retrieved information and information sources
in all formats
• Use information ethically and legally
29. MU Library Services
Information Literacy instruction:
• Course-integrated instruction sessions for English 1000 courses
• Research instruction sessions to targeted courses across the
campus curriculum
• Credit course taught in collaboration with the School of
Information Science and Learning Technologies
• Research workshops for faculty and graduate students
• Research instruction for high school classes and visiting scholars
736 Classes
9,925 Participants
30. MU Library Services
Information Literacy instruction:
• Collaboration with faculty to create effective
research assignments and exercises to teach
information literacy concepts (e.g., the difference
between scholarly, trade, and popular publications)
• Course packs for specific assignments
• Librarian involvement in online courses
38. IDEA #2 at MU
• No DIRECT SMS alert
• Can get SMS alerts via
Twitter
• Can sign up for email
alerts
• Does have reference
desk features via SMS
39. IDEA #2: Perks and Problems
• Perks
– Popular
– Convenient
• Problems
– 160 character limit
– Costs patrons money
– May not have a system in place that can directly
send notices as SMS
40. IDEA # 3
Feed your library’s blog posts
into Twitter without doing any
more work
41. IDEA #3 at MU
• Uploads blog/RSS feed to Twitter
• Has 193 “followers”
• “Follows” 10 related organizations:
– MU Bookstore
– University of Kansas
– Daniel Boone Regional Library
– New York Public Library
– Graduate Professional Council
42. IDEA #3: Perks and Problems
• Perks:
– Popular
– Convenient
• Problems:
– ?
44. IDEA #4 at MU
To apply for Library Information Assistant (support staff)
• Duties: Circulation/Reserves desk and shelving
• Required Qualifications:
-HS or equivalent diploma; Six months of responsible
office experience and/or related training necessary;
Ability to type may be necessary depending upon the
position available.
• Preferred Qualifications:
Supervisory experience; Knowledge of Library of
Congress classification system; Experience with
MERLIN, word processing, and Internet desirable.
45. IDEA #4 at MU
To apply for (Health Services) Information Services
Librarian(Librarian 1 – entry level)
• Duties: Reference services, literature searches, user
education, personal file management consultation
• Required Qualifications:
-Masters' degree from an ALA accredited program;
customer service; strong communication/interpersonal
skills
• Preferred Qualifications:
Supervisory experience, teaching experience, experience in
searching Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus;
experience with EndNote &/or other personal file
management programs…
46. IDEA #4: Perks and Problems
• Perks:
– Make sure everyone is on the “same page”
• Problems:
– Do “preferred qualifications” become required, or
implied?
47. IDEA #5
Create a special event wiki
“A wiki is a website that allows the easy
creation and editing of any number of interlinked
web pages via a web browser”
A WIKI IS ABOUT COLLABORATION
51. IDEA #6 at MU
Online Library Account
• Renew Books
• Interlibrary Loan Requests
• Reading History
• Request email alerts
• Accessible from off-campus
52. IDEA #6: Perks and Problems
• Perks
– Fast and easy to request and renew books
– Searches saved in one place
• Problems
– Reading history requires release of private
information
53. IDEA #7
Put together a Guitar Hero
tournament that will attract a wide
range of nonusers to your library for
the very first time
54. IDEA #7 at MU?
• A music video game
• Has not been done at MU
55. IDEA #7: Perks and Problems
• Perks:
– Potentially attract non-users
– Updated view of the library
• Problems:
– Useful if no video games for rent?
57. IDEA #8 at MU
• MU Libraries and Special Collections and Rare
Books have Facebook pages
• Neither has option to “Friend”, only the option
to “Like”
• Publish feeds in their “Notes” section
• Chat feature on website
58. IDEA #8: Perks and Problems
• Perks:
– Users are already “logged in” to FB
– FB is a social environment – “Friend”
• Problems:
– Friends can post on your wall…
60. IDEA #9 at MU
• External Blog: Announcements
Article suggests:
• Weeding blog
• Training blog
• Acquisitions blog
• Professional development blog
61. IDEA #9: Perks and Problems
• Perks
– Sort them by date, title, author
– Keep informed about what everyone is doing
• Problems
– Someone has to blog
62. IDEA #10
Hold a themed unconference to tackle
important issues
63. IDEA #10 at MU
What is an unconference?
• Similar to a workshop, themed
• Facilitated but participant-driven
• Conversational setting
“Knowledge
Café”
64. IDEA #10: Perks and Problems
• Perks
– FREE open forum
– No “agenda” – no sponsors
– Everyone has opportunity to talk and share ideas
• Problems
– Plethora of meetings
Editor's Notes
One of the largest microform collections in the US
Participation in all aspects…use of ICT…copyright issues…licensing…
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