April 7, 2025, 7pm CST - Zoom

Students meet with professors and share what is working, what is not and talk about the future of the UCM LIS meeting! We host town halls once a year in Spring. This is your chance to help shape your program!

Zoom Link: https://ucmo.zoom.us/j/84870299588?pwd=mfcxdEvIjp6zluyYFbAkB71mjH828J.1, passcode: 760150 (no registration required)

March 17, 2025, 7pm CST - Zoom

Our Spring book club is the book I Must Betray You. Join fellow students to talk about this book, and talk about how it could be shared with students or patrons. 

Register to receive the zoom link here.

February 17, 2025, 7pm CST - Zoom

Please join us for our Spring SOLIS meeting. We will discussing upcoming elections and details of the officer positions. The meeting will include guest speaker, Matt King! President King is the current president of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) and a UCM alum!

Register to receive the zoom link here.

February 27, 2024, 7pm CST - Zoom

Please join for our Spring SOLIS meeting. We will discussing upcoming elections and details of the officer positions. The meeting will be followed by a town hall for students to share concerns and ask questions of program faculty! We look forward to seeing you there!

The Spring Conversation will feature Kimberly Bresnahan, Library Services Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Corrections, who will talk to the LIS student body about what it is like to be a librarian in the Missouri Correctional System.

To register, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/mMfrARSZA7SGQzuo7. 

Starting this coming Fall semester SOLIS will host a book club. All meetings will be held over Zoom. Feel free to add All My Rage to your Summer reading list and be ready for some great discussions with other SOLIS members.

March 29, 2023, 7pm CST

Please join for our Spring SOLIS meeting. We will discussing upcoming elections and details of theofficer positions. We look forward to seeing you there!

November 29, 2022 6pm, zoom 

Please join us as Bill Bass, former ISTE President, co-author of Leading from the Library, and Innovation Coordinator at Parkway Schools, leads a conversation with LIS and INST students about technologies in schools.

Register here and a Zoom link will be sent to you. 

Conversation and Chapter Meeting

October, 12, 7pm

Join us for a discussion with school librarians about what you need to know! Two expert librarians will lead the discussion, answering YOUR questions! The SOLIS chapter meeting will occur immediately following the presentation. The session will be on zoom, register here.

What questions do you have? Submit your questions in advance here!

Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 4pm CST

Sarah Craig, Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Integrity at the University of Central Missouri, will speak on finding and writing grants for libraries. The SOLIS chapter meeting will occur immediately following the presentation. The session will be on zoom.

October 6, 2021, 6:30pm CST, online in Zoom (business meeting @ 6pm)

Join two high school librarians, Becca Munson and Courtney Grimaldi, as they discuss notetaking and citing sources with students.  Becca and Courtney utilize the online research tool, Noodletools, to help students synthesize information and become ethical users of information through paraphrasing, summarizing and citing sources. At UCM, all current UCM students have access to NoodleTools for the 2021-2022 academic year to use and try out! Sign in to Noodletools using your ucmo.edu email address: https://my.noodletools.com/logon/signin?domain=ucmo.edu.

Register here: https://forms.gle/gBB2c7Vqn197M12t5 (zoom link will be sent the day of the event)

April 6, 2021, 6:30pm CST, online in Zoom!

Register here (we will send you a zoom link the day of the event): https://forms.gle/nWxwsdjVwm8UkXAt7

Mark your calendars for our SOLIS conversation with Maya Kujic on April 6th at 6:30pm. Maya will be discussing the upcoming Children’s Literature Festival as well as the benefits of hosting author visits in your library.

Feb 25, 2021, 6:30pm, CST, online in Zoom!

Send an email to jkammer@ucmo.edu to request a Zoom link. 

SOLIS members (all current LIS students) are invited to join PRISM as two school librarians from the MASL Diversity Task Force lead a discussion related to supporting LGBTQIA+ students in school libraries. 

Oct. 5, 2020, 7-8pm, online in Zoom!

Check the listserv for Zoom info. Make sure to login to Zoom with your full name so we know who you are!

The SOLIS conversation this semester will be led by Diana Gehrt, a nationally board certified school librarian and adjunct instructor for UCMO on the topic of student choice during COVID times. The SOLIS meeting will follow. Come with your COVID experiences to share!

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6pm CST, Online in Zoom

Description of Session: As more and more patrons come to libraries with questions whose answers lie outside our walls, our work is increasingly about people, not just books. This talk will introduce trauma, its prevalence & consequences, and how public libraries protect vulnerable patrons. Special attention will be paid to the role of the library in smaller communities and rural areas.

Speaker Bio: Patrick Lloyd, LMSW is the first library social worker in Texas and the only helping professional on City of Georgetown staff. Working within a suburban community, Patrick’s work is holistic in nature and includes assessment and referral of patrons with diverse needs, identification of local resource gaps, advocating for expansion of social service capacity within the city, and serving as a liaison between city staff & local nonprofit agencies. He is a member of the PLA Social Work Task Force, created in the fall of 2018. Patrick has presented at ALA, PLA, and Texas Library Association Conferences and at state library-sponsored functions across the country.

Feb 12, 2020, 7-8pm, Online in Zoom

Join us for our Spring Chapter meeting! This meeting will be hosted online in a virtual format immediately following the SOLIS conversation. Agenda, link and details coming soon via LIS listserv and SOLIS Facebook page!

April 20, 9:15 in Windward/Room 70/71

You are not alone: UCMO Online Library Science Students Unite!

Join other UCMO LIS grad students for a session at  Missouri Association of School Libraries Spring Conference, April 19-21, 2020 in Lake of the Ozarks, MO at Tan-Tar-A resort. In this session, we will meet each other in person, talk about classes, practicums, scholarship and exchange textbooks! 

Will you be applying for jobs soon? Check out the resources prepared by the UCM Career Services Center just for us! Resources coming soon! 

Gift Dube is a children’s and outreach librarian in Malawi. He is also one of the UCM COE LIS Legacy Alumni! On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 from 12-1 he will share his experiences as a librarian. Join us online or in person on the 4th floor of Lovinger 4170! DM for zoom link.

Join SOLIS on October 21st, 2019 for a brief chapter meeting and hear guest speaker, Eric Kallenborn. Eric, graphic novel expert, will discuss the utilization of graphic novels in the classroom & advocacy for graphic novels. I can’t wait and hope to see you there!

CHAPTER MEETING: Come early to attend the SOLIS Membership Meeting! Updates will be shared and new ideas discussed!

Join alums, students and the school library community in a Twitter chat to share what you are doing in your libraries or practicums! @UCMSCHLIBS will post the daily tweet activity. Reply with #ucmosolis #mylibrarymyway #whatwedo

April 1, 2019, 7-8pm, Online in Zoom

Join us for our Spring Chapter meeting! This meeting will be hosted online in a virtual format. Agenda and access details available via LIS listserv and Facebook account!

March 24, 2019, 3-4pm,  the Exhibits area

Are you attending the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) Annual Conference in the Lake of the Ozarks, MO? If so, stop by the UCM LIS booth to meet current (Jen Yoder) and past president (Olivia) and receive your free, students-only M&Ms.

February 12, 2019 7-8pm CST, in ZOOM

Dr. Marzanna Pogorzelska, from the University of Opole in Poland, will speak to UCM LIS students about "Social Justice and School Libraries".  Dr. Pogorzelska is a researcher in the areas of teacher education, social justice, human rights, intercultural, and gender issues.

Recording available here: https://youtu.be/sG2-tzqKyqU

26 attendees

November 5, 2018, 7pm,  Online in Zoom

Join 3 professional school librarians as they share their experiences working with diverse populations in their school libraries. Panelists will discuss how they meet the needs of their unique religious, ethnic, and LGBTQ communities within the school. Link to webinar coming via listserv to all current LIS students.

October 22, 2018, 7-8pm, Online in Zoom

Join us for our Fall Chapter meeting! This meeting will be hosted online in a virtual format. Agenda and details coming soon via LIS listserv!

Friday, June 22, in New Orleans, LA

If you are attending the ALA Annual Conference, join us for a tour of Dillard University Library, a library affected by Hurricane Katrina. On Friday, June 22nd UCM and Emporia will collaborate to offer a tour of Dillard University’s library.  If you are interested in the tour, you can contact Brady Lund (blund2@g.emporia.edu) to rsvp.

Dillard University was impacted hard by Hurricane Katrina. Its library was forced to close for nearly three years while it underwent renovations from the damage. A large portion of the collection was damaged or destroyed. When the Will Alexander Library reopened in 2008 it had been transformed into a state-of-the-art institution unparalleled among similarly-sized universities. Though Dillard University is small (less than 2000 students) it is strongly connected to the city and history of New Orleans and should be a great little aside from the conference. 

May 5, 2018, 10-11am, Warrensburg, Old Drum Coffeehouse

Are you in town for graduation? Join some of your professors and follow students for coffee before the big ceremony!

April 26, 2018, 7-8pm, Twitter #ucmsolischat

Join SOLIS for the first Twitter chat! Students and alumni will meet in Twitter to talk about wrapping up the semester in the school library. #ucmsolischat

April 16, 2018, 8-10pm, MASL Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Are you going to the Missouri Association of School Librarians 2018 Conference? Join SOLIS as the host for Trivia Night! SOLIS will create the questions and volunteer to host the evening activities!

April 2, 2018, 7-8pm, online in Zoom

Join us for the first Chapter meeting! This meeting will be hosted online in a virtual format. Agenda and details coming soon!

October 24, 2017, 7-8pm, online in Google Hangouts

What would you like out of an ALA Student Organization? Join us to share your needs and wants for a student organization. This meeting will help guide us in the design of our new ALA Chapter!