2015-2016 University of Missouri Libraries Annual Report

Abstract

The University Libraries have had another year of growth and change! This was also a year of transition as Jim Cogswell, director of libraries, retired in July after fourteen years of service, and I assumed the duties as interim director. As the statistical summary on page 2 shows, we continue to be very busy both online and in person. Over 20,000 students, faculty and staff visit our locations in person every week. Maintaining and upgrading our spaces in the face of that kind of traffic is a formidable task. Fortunately, we have an amazingly flexible and hard-working group of librarians and staff who manage to keep up our services and move forward in many creative ways, as the stories in this report describe.