St. Louis Saturday Discussion

When: Saturday, April 19^th at 10 am

This month’s topic:
Library Assessment Activities

Special Guest:
Patricia L. Gregory
Assistant University Librarian for Research and Assessment (since July 2007)
Pius XII Memorial Library
Saint Louis University

Where:
St. Louis Bread Company in Richmond Heights
6701 Clayton Road
Clayton, MO 63117
Parking is available in the lot behind the building and on the side streets

Please join us as we discuss Library Assessment, a growing area of library management in all types of libraries as they take a closer look at how and how well they serve their users.

Patricia Gregory has 32 years of experience in various Reference Librarian positions at three universities. Prior to becoming the Assistant University Librarian for Research and Assessment, she was the Assistant University Librarian for Public Services (2001-2007) and the Head of Reference (1988-2001) at Saint Louis University Pius XII Memorial Library. She has also served as the Head of Reference at Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond in Virginia (1982-1987) and as Reference Librarian as well as Head of Reference at Radford University Library in Virginia (1975-1977).

Please RSVP to Chris Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com) just so we can save you a seat. However, if your plans change, just drop by and we will find you a seat.

We hope to see you there!

St. Louis LISGSA Committee
Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

P.S. Concerned about traffic? Check out traffic.com to get a heads-up on congestion, or take Metro! Check out metrostl.org to plan your route.

Overdues Clerk/ Youth Dept. Circulation Clerk

Accountability: Youth Services Librarian, Assistant Director,
Librarian-Director

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Printing, mailing and handling of overdue notices and collection
agency responsibilities
2. Charging and discharging library materials
3.  Answering phone
4. Assisting with location, reference and reader’s advisory questions
5. Shelf reading
6. Other duties as required

Skill and educational requirements:

The Overdues/ Youth Dept. Circulation Clerk shall have a minimum of a
high school diploma and some college course work, library experience,
or library course work, computer experience, or computer course work.
Library staff shall have excellent communication skills, ability to
maintain productive working relationships with co-workers, and a
strong commitment to public service.

Needed attributes:

Flexibility, sense of humor, ability to take direction, ability to
work without direct supervision, broad spectrum of interests,
continuing and active interest in reading in a variety of subject areas.

Starting immediately.

We currently have two positions open in the Research Library, and we are actively seeking applicants.

To apply, go to our website http://stlouisfed.org/about/jobsearch.html

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REFERENCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATE
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central Time
Job Number 1068

The duties include purchasing library materials, tracking the budget, updating the electronic journals, providing reference assistance, updating the library’s web page, and adding materials to FRASER.

Job Duties:
Purchase library materials, track expenses and maintain budget for library
Answer reference questions and assist with reference projects
Maintain good access to electronic journals; ensure that the proper links are in place
Process and post materials to the digital library, FRASER
Update the library’s web page
Provide input, comments, and updates for the Liber8 newsletter and website
Maintain permanent library files
Act as copyright liaison

Qualifications/Skills:
Bachelor’s degree
Enthusiasm for emerging technologies; skill in critical examination of library trends
Keen attention to detail
Excellent organizational skills
Self-starter, independent worker, team player
Strong oral and written communication skills required
High level of computer literacy; proficiency in Microsoft Word and Internet use, HTML
Proficiency in Microsoft Word and use of the Internet required
Prefer library experience
Minimum Starting Salary: $37,800

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LIBRARY CLERK
Hours: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM Central Time
Job Number 1065

Lead Clerk

The duties include delivering newspapers, requesting interlibrary loans, checking journals into the catalog, and circulating/routing/shelving library materials.

Activities will include:
Delivering newspapers to the executive offices
Circulating library materials
Shelving materials and keeping shelves in good order
Entering the receipt of periodicals into the online catalog system
Delivering mail and routing materials from the library
Requesting books and articles from other libraries using interlibrary loan system
Helping library patrons

Qualifications/Skills:
Graduation from high school, prefer some college experience
Prefer library experience
Attention to detail
Self-starter, independent worker, team player
Strong oral and written communication skills required
Computer skills required
Proficiency in Microsoft Word and use of the Internet preferred

Minimum Starting Salary: $28,300

Join Today! Our team needs your help!

Hi! Join our team of walkers for the March of Dimes March for Babies (formerly known as Walk America). It’s easy to sign up for our team! Just visit our team Webpage at http://www.marchforbabies.org/510086 and click on “Join this Team.”

Our Team Name: Mizzou SISLT
Our Team Webpage: http://www.marchforbabies.org/510086
Event: April 26, 2008 at 9 am
Where: Forest Park in the Lower Muny Parking Lot (Map)
Our Team Goal: $500 but I hope we can surpass this!
Please contact Chris or Anna with any questions.

This is not only a great cause but it’s an excellent opportunity to get together with other LIS students, alumni, and faculty here in the St. Louis area and to be visible in our community!

Don’t forget to sign up your friends and family members for our team too! We can help this great cause!

Up until the walk on 4/26, you will raise money through sponsorships for our team. It is easy to recruit sponsors and contributing online is fast, easy and secure. When you join the team, you will be given an webpage and you can send emails to all of your friends and family members. You can even put banners on your profile in Facebook or on your blog! They can donate directly from that personal webpage with a credit/debit card or PayPal. If your sponsor prefers, you can also accept cash or check. They just need to click the appropriate box on the webpage. In this case you will need to follow up to ensure payment.

Please note: I will setup a meeting area the morning of the event so we can all walk together as a team. More details to come.

We need your help. Please join us in the fight against prematurity. Visit our webpage and be apart of our team!

Thank You!

St. Louis LISGSA Student Event Coordinators:
Christina Pryor (  cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski ( avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

St. Louis Saturday Library Tour

Saturday, March 8^th at 10 am
RSVP is required by March 7th. RSVP to Chris Pryor.

Special Event:
Tour of the Library and Digital Archives at the Missouri Historical Society

Our Guide:
Morgan R. Davis
Archivist
Library & Research Center
Missouri History Museum

225 S. Skinker Blvd. (Map)
St. Louis, MO 63105
Tel: 314-746-4500
The Library Website

Join us for a private tour of the Research Library and Archives at the Missouri Historical Society. We will also discuss the library’s new Richard Gephardt Digital Collection.

We hope to see you there!

St. Louis LISGSA Committee
Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

P.S. Concerned about traffic? Check out traffic.com to get a heads-up on congestion, or take Metro! Check out metrostl.org to plan your route.

February and March St. Louis Events

Join us for these great upcoming events in the St. Louis area.

LIS Trends
Thursday, February 28^th at 5:30 pm
Topic: Design in Web Design
Special Guest: Mikael D. Kriz
Saint Louis University
Nadoz (across from the Galleria)
The Boulevard Location
#12 The Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63117

First Friday Happy Hour
Friday, March 7^th at 6 pm
The Boathouse in Forest Park
More details to come

St. Louis Saturday
Saturday, March 8^th at 10 am
Tour of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Archives
More details to come

Practicum Chat
Thursday, March 27^th at 5:30 pm
More details to come

Mid-semester Wine and Cheese Party
Saturday, March 29^th at 6 pm
More details to come

Traffic Alert

Due to the I-64/Highway 40 construction project, please make sure to check your route for these events. Traffic.com can assist in finding an alternative route.

Don’t hesitate to contact your St. Louis LISGSA Student Event Coordinators:
Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

Join the Mizzou SISLT- Saint Louis Students Group on Facebook!

St. Louis LISTrends

Thursday, February 28^th at 5:30 pm

This month’s topic:
Design in Web Design

Special Guest:
Mikael D. Kriz, M.A., M.S.
Reference Librarian // Assistant Professor
Pius XII Memorial Library
Saint Louis University

Nadoz at the Boulevard (across from the Galleria)
#12 The Boulevard St. Louis
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
http://www.nadozcafe.com/home.html
Plenty of onsite parking in the garage
314.726.3100

Join us and our special guest Mikael Kriz, Saint Louis University Reference Librarian, for a lively discussion about what it takes to effectively redesign a library’s website. Mikael will discuss the basics of design including layout, composition, color, etc. Feel free to bring along your laptops as well as addresses for any library websites that you would like to discuss.

Please RSVP to Chris Pryor just so we can save you a seat. However, if your plans change, just drop by and we will find you a seat.

We hope to see you there!

St. Louis LISGSA Committee
Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

P.S. Concerned about traffic? Check out traffic.com to get a heads-up on congestion, or take Metro! Check out metrostl.org to plan your route - Nadoz is near the Richmond Heights MetroLink station, with connections to bus routes #1 WUSTL-Gold and #2 WUSTL-Red at the station, and routes #58 Clayton-Ballas and the Chesterfield Valley Connector a block away at the Galleria mall.

LIBRARY CIRCULATION ASSISTANT

St. Louis College of Pharmacy is seeking a fulltime Library Circulation Assistant to supervise the operations of the Circulation Desk. Responsibilities include managing student library assistants, course reserves, MOBIUS lending and borrowing, ready reference, and maintaining statistics. Responsible for opening Library at 7:30am during the week; punctuality and reliability are essential.  Requirements: Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant library experience required.

To apply click on “Campus Employment” at www.stlcop.edu <http://www.stlcop.edu>

Resumes may also be mailed to:

Director of Human Resources
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
4588 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO  63110

EOE

Join us for St. Louis Saturday Spotlight!

This month’s special guest:

Dr. John M. Budd
Professor and Associate Director
School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
University of Missouri-Columbia

Topic: What Good is Research

Bring any questions you may have about research in librarianship.

When: Saturday, February 16^th at 10 am

Where: St. Louis Bread Company (Map)

(314) 725-9922
6701 Clayton Road
Clayton, MO 63117
Ample parking is available on site.

RSVP to Chris Pryor if you plan on coming so we can save you a seat, but if your plans change, just show up! We’ll make room!

Don’t hesitate to contact your St. Louis LISGSA Student Event Coordinators:
Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)
Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)
Britne Rockwell (britnerockwell@gmail.com)

Join the Mizzou SISLT- Saint Louis Students Group on Facebook!

Traffic Alert: Concerned about traffic? Check out traffic.com to get a heads-up on congestion, or take Metro! Check out metrostl.org to plan your route.

Due to weather conditions, the St. Louis First Friday Happy Hour scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

We are looking into rescheduling the event and will post additional information once it is available.

As always, please feel free to contact any of the LISGSA members with any questions:

Christina Pryor (cnpryor@gmail.com)

Anna Kwiatkowski (avkfh7@mizzou.edu)

Britne Rockwell ( britnerockwell@gmail.com)