Mission
Statements
Leadership
As members of the Owens Library Leadership
Team, we are responsible for providing an environment that encourages and enables
all Owens' teams to realize their missions in serving patrons. In addition to
supporting the University mission, we coordinate all services and functions of
the library and monitor the processes related to the Owens Library mission, vision,
and KQIs. As an empowered team, we are accountable to every member of the library
staff, bearing special responsibilities in regards to the "talent development"
of the Owens' work force. We actively encourage library personnel to be student-centered,
innovative, professional and responsible for their own success and the success
of their teams. (Leadership Team, April 3, 1997)
Members of the
Leadership Team are: Robert Frizzell (Director of Libraries),
Frank Baudino, Sara Duff, Alfred Juhl, Glenn Morrow, and Han.
- Collection
Management
Evaluating
the university community's ever-changing need for information, the
Collection Management Team selects, analyzes, and purchases information
materials or access to information. The team builds a current and
viable collection through partnerships with library patrons.
Members of the Collection Management Team are: Robert
Frizzell (Director and Head Librarian
for Collection Management), Frank Baudino, Sara Duff, Kathy Ferguson, Lisa Jennings, Carolyn Johnson,
Lori Mardis and Vicki Wainscott.
- Information
Services
The Information
Services Team promotes lifelong learning through timely information
management services and instruction. We employ appropriate levels
of expertise, a positive service attitude, and continuous improvement
of information retrieval skills and use of technology.
Members of the Information Services Team are: Frank Baudino (Head
Librarian for Information Services), Sara Duff, Robert Frizzell (Director), Carolyn Johnson, Lori Mardis, Sarah
Park, Connie
Ury, Vicki Wainscott and Patricia J. Wyatt.
- Access
Services
The Access
Services Team is dedicated to the enhancement and maintenance of a quality learning
environment. As ambassadors to the public, our service is friendly, efficient
and equitable. We provide access to materials in Owens Library and at other educational
institutions.
Members of the Access Services Team are: Glenn Morrow (Access Services Team Leader), Nick Brown, Al Juhl, Garland George, Kathy Ferguson,
Kathy Howell, Cathy Palmer and Sharon Samson.
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Technical
Services
The mission of the
Technical Services team is to acquire, process, and organize information
resources and to maintain and support the Towers online library catalog
in order to provide timely access for patrons of our university community
and other Missouri university communities.
Members of the Technical
Services Team are: Sara Duff (Coordinator of Technical
Services), Garland George, Lisa Jennings, Al Juhl, Beth Juhl,
Ruth Kemper, and Kathy Ferguson.
Study
Groups
Generalists
Study Group
The study group meets to
coordinate the day-to-day operations of the Circulation/Reserve area
and evening Periodicals service.
Members of the
Generalists Study Group are: Nick Brown, Kathy Howell, Garland
George, Kathy Ferguson, Al Juhl, and Glenn Morrow.
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