Announcements
Author Michael Wallis Shares Tales of The Lincoln Highway, May 95/2/2008
The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate"Milestones" Textile Exhibit on Display in Ellis Library
May 9
3:30 p.m.
Elmer Ellis Auditorium
Please join author Michael Wallis as he guides us down memory lane on The Lincoln Highway, which follows the 3,000-mile highway from New York City's Times Square to San Francisco Bay. Wallis will discuss some of the offbeat sights and tales he experienced in researching the ultimate American travel book. With a chapter dedicated to each of the 13 states that the highway passes through, this book will delight those looking to uncover their local roots as well as adventurers yearning for a classic American cross-country road trip. RSVP preferred-contact Sheila Voss at vosss@missouri.edu or at (573) 882-9168.
5/1/2008
The Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the College of Human Environmental Sciences presents Milestones: An exhibit illustrating milestones in American culture from the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection. This exhibit will be on display in the Ellis Library First Floor Colonnade throughout the month of May. For more information, please contact Laurel Wilson at wilsonl@missouri.edu.New Library Resources Available for Alumni
4/16/2008
Graduation no longer means losing access to the valuable resources of the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries. A partnership between the MU Libraries and the Mizzou Alumni Association now connects members of the Association with several of the library resources available to students daily.Celebrate National Library Week with a Cupcake, April 16
The MU Libraries have created a Library Resources for Alumni Web page, which can be viewed at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/resourcesfor/alumni.htm. Among its multiple features, the page provides users with quick access, from the comfort of home, to thousands of articles in reliable journals found in EBSCO Academic Search Alumni Edition and Business Source Alumni Edition.
"Accessing library services online has been a growing need for many alumni", says David Roloff, Director of Membership & Marketing for the Mizzou Alumni Association. "Providing access to these databases provides additional value to MAA membership."
Typically, academic libraries sign license agreements that allow only students and faculty to access library electronic resources via the Internet. However, when EBSCO Publishing, a major library database provider, began offering alumni packages to schools, it became possible for alumni to access the resources also. The convenience of instantly finding useful information is something MU students, faculty and staff have grown accustomed to on campus. The expectation is that alumni will appreciate that power too.
"When you want to know more about a topic, you can retrieve full-text online articles that are more authoritative and reliable than many Internet sites found via Google," stated Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries.
For more information about accessing alumni resources, contact Rhonda Whithaus at whithausr@missouri.edu or (573) 882-9164.
For more information about the Mizzou Alumni Association, visit www.mizzou.com.
These databases are available only to University of Missouri-Columbia alumni. The resources can be utilized by alumni in accordance with copyright regulations for personal, non-commercial use.
4/16/2008
It's National Library Week - a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians, and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide - and the perfect time for our campus community to come together @ the MU Libraries-Your Connection to Knowledge.Support MU Libraries Through the Adopt-a-Book Program
The MU Libraries are celebrating National Library Week by holding a party for the MU faculty, staff and students. Please join us for refreshments and library information at Ellis Library on Wednesday, April 16 starting at 11 a.m.
"Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities," says Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries. "At our libraries, people of all backgrounds can come together to access the Internet, research and write papers, use a study room, get assistance from a subject specialist, check out DVDs, meet up with friends or grab some coffee in the Bookmark Cafe."
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.
For more information contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
4/9/2008
Many books in the MU Libraries are fragile, others need minor repairs, still others require extensive help if they are to survive this century. Those of us who consider books our friends cannot bear to lose them, and it is in that spirit that the Friends of the MU Libraries have initiated the Adopt-A-Book Program. By adopting a book, you will ensure that it gets the help it needs to remain with us for years to come. Please consider sponsoring a book. All monies will go directly to the care and maintenance of rare, fragile and just plain good books. As our thanks, your adoption will be noted in the MERLIN online catalog, and you will be invited to an annual Celebration of the Book event, sponsored by the Friends of the MU Libraries.Ellis Library Chamber Series Presents the Contreras Saxophone Quartet, April 8
For more information and to adopt a book online, please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/adoptabook/adoptabook.php
3/31/2008
Join us for an amazing performance by the Contreras Saxophone Quartet on April 8 at noon. Since its formation in 2005 at MU, the Contreras Saxophone Quartet has quickly established itself as one of the premiere collegiate ensembles of its kind in the country. Now, you can enjoy their music in the beautiful Grand Reading Room (Room 201) of Ellis Library. This event is free and open to the public.Poetry Reading by Missouri's First Poet Laureate at Ellis Library, April 9
For more information contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
3/31/2008
Celebrate National Poetry Month! The MU Libraries are hosting a reading and signing by Walter Bargen, the first Poet Laureate of Missouri. As Poet Laureate, Mr. Bargen is responsible for promoting the arts in Missouri and for composing an original poem in honor of Missouri.Personal Reading History Now Available on Library Catalog
Mr. Bargen, of Ashland, has published nine books and two chapbooks of poems over the past 28 years. Among his work is The Feast: Prose Poem Sequences, which won the 2005 William Rockhill Nelson Award for best poetry book by a Missouri writer. His work has appeared in more than 100 publications, and he has received a National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship as well as various other awards.
This event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 9, 3-4 p.m.
Ellis Library, 1st Floor Colonnade
For more information contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
3/25/2008
Patrons may now keep a record of the MERLIN materials that they check out. After logging into "My Library Account" on the MU Libraries home page (mulibraries.missouri.edu), you may activate this feature by clicking on "Reading History" and choosing "Opt-in."Register now for Graduate Student Research Workshops
You may choose whether or not you would like this feature enabled within your library account. However, there are some important considerations that you should keep in mind:Consider these factors prior to agreeing to "Opt In" to your Reading History.
- The list of items in your Reading History will display only MERLIN (MU, MST, UMKC, UMSL) materials that you have checked out. In other words, nothing that you borrow from MOBIUS or Interlibrary Loan will be included in this Reading History list.
- The Reading History list will only include materials you check out from the point that you turn on your Reading History. Materials that were checked out prior to turning on your Reading History will not be included in the list.
- The information that you allow to be collected in your Reading History is not protected by any privacy laws. Any records retained by an individual or institution, including your Reading History, could be subpoenaed through the proper legal channels. The UM Libraries will protect a user's privacy to the fullest extent possible. However, under the State of Missouri Records Law, library records are not exempt from disclosure.
- Once an item has been returned, the libraries maintain no record of what you borrowed, and library staff have no access to your reading history.
- If you are concerned about someone else seeing a list of what you are reading, the safest step is not to turn on your reading history.
For more information, contact Judy Maseles at MaselesJ@missouri.edu or (573) 882-2715.
3/14/2008 Women in History Exhibit on Display in Ellis Library
3/11/2008
View the "Women in History" mural created by the 5th grade students of West Blvd. Elementary School under the guidance of their teacher, Jonette Ford. This exhibit will be on display throughout March in honor of Women's History Month.University Archives Closed for Remodeling, March 7-11
3/5/2008
The Lewis Hall offices of University Archives will be closed for remodeling from Friday the 7th of March, 2008 until Friday the 14th of March, 2008. We will reopen at 8 AM CDT, Monday the 17th. Questions and information requests can still be sent to muarchives@missouri.edu or left at (573) 882-7567 during that period.MU Libraries Subscribe to Scopus
We apologize for any inconvenience.
3/3/2008
On July 1, 2008, the MU Libraries will begin a three-year subscription to the Scopus database. Web of Science and Current Contents will no longer be available, and Scopus does not cover humanities journals. If you would like to try out Scopus, it is currently available as a trial subscription.Ellis Library Chamber Series Presents the MU Bassoon Ensemble
This change in database subscriptions will result in a savings to the University of Missouri system of over $250,000 per year. These savings will be used to subscribe to more highly used, highly valued full-text online journal resources such as the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection. At one time, Web of Science and Current Contents provided unique search features, but now the library has other resources to fulfill many of those needs. Your subject librarian can help you identify alternative resources to meet your specific search requirements.
Like Web of Science, the Scopus database provides information on the number of times an article has been cited. In addition to being far less expensive than Web of Science, Scopus has some distinct advantages.
What does this change mean to you? If you have alerts set up in Web of Science or Current Contents, they will stop working at the end of June. Scopus provides similar services. Check with your subject librarian about your options.
- Scopus indexes more journals. In examining coverage overlap, 7644 journals were indexed only in Scopus; 1321 were indexed only in Web of Science; 7507 journals were indexed in both. See Chart. Check Scopus coverage for a specific journal.
- In published comparisons of cited reference search results, both Scopus and Web of Science were found to contain unique cited references. In general, cited reference counts for the past 12 years were higher in Scopus than in Web of Science. See the following Scopus vs WOS articles.
- Far superior formats for emailed results. See Examples.
- Citation Tracker lets you view a table of cited references for an author by year from 1996-date. See Example.
- Follow Findit@MU links to an article's references. See Examples.
- Search first and middle names of authors, not just initials.
- Narrow a search by author affiliation. See Example.
- More search options, including automatic plural stemming, CAS registry number search, more proximity operators.
- RSS alerts.
For more information, contact Rhonda Whithaus at WhithausR@missouri.edu or (573) 882-9164.
2/27/2008
Join us for an amazing performance by the MU Bassoon Ensemble on March 11 at noon. This new ensemble is comprised of members of the MU bassoon studio. They made their debut at Whitmore Recital Hall and were later featured in performance at the St. Charles Community College Double Reed Day. Now, you can enjoy their music in the beautiful Grand Reading Room (Room 201) of Ellis Library. This event is free and open to the public.Feb. 27 Brown Bag Lunch, Malcolm X: Revolutionary for the Ages
For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
2/25/2008
Text: Guest Speaker: Addae AhmadMU Libraries Seek Student Ambassadors
Place: Ellis Library Room 159
Time: Noon
For more information, visit http://blackstudies.missouri.edu/events.htm.
2/25/2008
Looking for a great volunteering opportunity? Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated undergraduate students who would like to serve as MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will teach fellow students about the libraries, represent the libraries at alumni events and advise the libraries on marketing services to students.MU Librarian Karen Darling Receives National Leadership Award
Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Sign up today at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/studentambassadors.htm.
For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
2/20/2008
CHICAGO-The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Karen Darling, head of acquisitions at the University of Missouri Libraries, to receive the 2008 Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 29, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) meeting in Anaheim, Calif.Free 2008 MU Libraries Calendar Available
The Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, sponsored annually by Harrassowitz, is given to a librarian to recognize contributions and outstanding leadership in the field of acquisitions and includes a $1,500 gift.
Darling has a strong record of dedicated service to all of the institutions in which she has worked and the associations with which she has been active. She brings a global perspective to her work in Missouri through her international affiliations (and through the fact that she earned her advanced degree in London). Darling has demonstrated leadership in developing electronic collections at Missouri and has, in the words of one of her nominators, "helped faculty see librarians as moving the campus forward in electronic access, leading change rather than defending the status quo."
Darling has had a long and distinguished career. She is currently the head of the acquisitions for the University of Missouri Libraries at Columbia and has held positions at the University of Oregon, the University of Texas at Austin and also the University of Arizona. Darling has presented many papers at ALA and at IFLA on serials and acquisitions management. She has been involved with ALCTS for many years in both the Acquisitions and Serials sections. Most recently, she has served on the ALCTS Board as director at large. She has also served on the ALCTS nominating and membership committees. In addition to being active in ALCTS, she has been on IFLA committees dealing with serial publications and has been a valued member of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG).
"Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award presented to Karen Darling." American Library Association. 2008. http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/february2008/darling08.htm (Accessed 21 Feb, 2008)
For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
2/20/2008
The 2008 MU Libraries calendar posters are now available at the North entrance security desk. Please stop by and pick up your free calendar or contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.Ellis Library Chamber Music Concert, February 12
2/7/2008
The Ellis Library Chamber Series presents the Missouri Quintet on Tuesday, February 12 at noon in the 2nd floor Reading Room (Room 201). The Missouri Quintet is quickly generating a reputation as one of the finest woodwind quintet chamber music ensembles in the country. Please join us for this amazing performance. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.MU Libraries and University Bookstore Collaborate to Save Students Money on Course Packs
1/29/2008
Although knowledge is priceless, course materials can be expensive. In order to alleviate some of the financial burden for students at MU, the University of Missouri Libraries and Mizzou Media, a division of the University Bookstore, have identified materials that are licensed to the library and can be distributed to students in course packets.Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Database Now Available
When the libraries subscribe to electronic journal packages, the licenses may include authorization to use articles for a variety of teaching and research purposes, including the distribution of electronic articles through print course packets and as class handouts. When Mizzou Media create course packets, they typically pay copyright fees in order to reproduce and distribute the materials that professors and instructors choose to include in course packets. This cost is passed on to the students when they purchase the packet. By identifying the journal licenses that allow duplication of materials for inclusion in course packs, Mizzou Media is able to cut the cost of the course packets and pass that savings on to the students. The overall savings is estimated to be approximately $10,000 a year in savings for the students of MU.
"It is the desire of Mizzou Media to balance copyright compliance with affordability," stated Heather Tearney of Mizzou Media. "By working closely with the MU Libraries to efficiently use materials that the libraries have already paid for access to, we are demonstrating that MU is committed to making course materials affordable for students."
The MU libraries and Mizzou Media will continue to work together to identify database licenses that allow distribution of articles in course packets. They will also work with database vendors to try and negotiate contracts that allow for this use. Over time this should lead to even more savings for students.
For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.
1/28/2008
NetAdvantage provides information on companies, industries, stocks, mutual funds and the economy. Sources include Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports and Corporation Records. The type of information includes, but is not limited to, financial statistics, commentary and directory listings, e.g., security dealers. The Industry Surveys is an excellent resource to locate information on 53 industries. The Mutual Funds section provides a quote, name of fund manager, rate of return and sector allocations.Violinist Nicola Benedetti Performs in Ellis Library, January 23
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is available via the database pages, http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/search/databases/main.asp, under both the S's (Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage ) and N's (NetAdvantage).
For more information, contact Gwen Gray at grayg@missouri.edu or (573) 882-9162.
1/18/2008
Don't miss Nicola Benedetti's free mini-performance and audience Q&A in the Colonnade of Ellis Library on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Ms. Benedetti has been performing on the violin since age five. She recorded her debut album in 2005, which received critical acclaim and debuted at Number 1 on the British Broadcasting Company Music charts. She has since captivated audiences worldwide with her performances. She will be performing Wednesday evening in Jesse Hall with pianist Pei Yao Wang. For ticket information, please visit http://www.concertseries.org/event-details.php?id=103&view=day&date=2008-01-23.Tax Forms Available
1/16/2008
Tax forms are now available in the Ellis Library Information Commons near the Reference Desk and online at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/mo/2007tax.htm.2007-2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest on Display in Bookmark Cafe
For more information, contact Marie Concannon at concannonm@missouri.edu / (573) 882-0748
1/10/2008
Every year over 900 MU students choose to broaden their horizons by spending a term studying overseas. The MU International Center hosts a photo contest for study abroad returnees annually. The photos are divided into three categories: Portraits, Landscapes, and Cross-Cultural Moments. This year 32 finalists will proudly display in the Bookmark Cafe from January to March, 2008. The "Best in Show" prize winners will be selected and honored during the Spring 2008 semester. You are invited to visit the MU International Center Web site to see current finalists and past photo contest winners: http://international.missouri.edu/studyabroad/after/photo.shtml.Chants of Hildegard von Bingen performed by Margaret Waddell, Feb. 29
1/8/2008
The Honors Humanities Sequence presents Chants of Hildegard von Bingen performed by Margaret Waddell in Ellis Library, Room 201 on Friday, Feb. 29 at 11:00 a.m. Hildegard von Bingen was a Benedictine abbess in the 12th century. She composed 77 chants, plus a morality play containing 87 chants called Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues), which is the earliest known western music-drama by a single composer. Unlike Gregorian chant, Hildegard's expressive melodies contain large leaps, with the range sometimes spanning well over an octave.University Archives Contributes Documents to Missouri School of Journalism's Centennial Timeline
Margaret Waddell has been studying and singing Hildegard's chants since 1993. Margaret is a member of the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies. Margaret performs Hildegard's chants throughout the Midwest.
Come join the Honors Humanities students and faculty for this amazing performance. For more information, contact Julie Melnyk at melnykj@missouri.edu.
12/14/2007
The Missouri School of Journalism's Centennial Timeline is now available at http://journalism.missouri.edu/2008/. The Web site is composed of a significant number of historical images from the MU Libraries University Archives collections. Gary Cox, Public Services Archivist, worked closely with the School to provide copies of almost 200 images to the centennial timeline project.Ovid Search Engine with Advanced Features Now Available
Each decade of the timeline will be released in a series of monthly e-mail newsletters containing news and updates about the Sept. 10-12, 2008, joint centennial and dedication of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. To receive the e-mails, sign up at http://journalism.missouri.edu/2008/updates.html.
For more information about the images provided by University Archives, contact Gary Cox at CoxGD@missouri.edu.
12/11/2007
Ovid has introduced a new search engine called OvidSP. For a sneak preview, click "Try OvidSP" near the top of the Ovid search screen.NCBI Field Guide: January 23rd and 24th
OvidSP enhanced features:You can view a 4-minute overview of OvidSP here. Contact the Health Sciences Library Information Desk if you have additional questions, or would like to schedule a demo of OvidSP.
- Type in your question or topic in everyday language to see the top ranked results
- Results ranked by relevancy
- OvidSP Medical retrieves the top ranked results from MEDLINE, CINAHL, DARE, Cochrane, PsycINFO, and about 300 full text journals in a single ranked list
- Sticky note feature lets you add "notes to self" while reviewing search results
- Improved Alerting tools such as RSS feeds and electronic Table of Contents alerts
- Can switch to "Ovid Syntax" to use all the current search features, or when you need to conduct a comprehensive search
11/19/2007
The course consists of a 3-hour lecture and an optional 2-hour hands-on workshop.Ellis Library Exhibit, Art for the Books of Jane Yolen
The course provides practical information about GenBank, RefSeq and the integrated genome resources,as well as the databases maintained at NCBI. It also provides instruction on effective use of Entrez and BLAST, the two main database search tools. During the instructor-led workshops, students will gain hands-on experience with the resources at the NCBI site and will learn how to apply these resources in their specific research areas.
For complete information and to register, go to https://healthlibrary.missouri.edu/secure/LifeScience/announcement.cfm
11/5/2007
"From Easel to Page - The Illustrator's Art for the Books of Jane Yolen" University of Missouri - Columbia, Ellis Library First Floor Colonnade, November 2 - December 2, 2007. Mon - Thurs 7:30 am to 2:00 am, Fri 7:30 am - 8:00 pm, Sat 9:00 am - 8:00 pm, Sun noon - 2 am. Call (573)882-4391 for reduced hours during Thanksgiving Break. Jane Yolen will give a gallery talk on November 30 at 3:30 pm.Ellis Library Chamber Music Concert, November 13
Exhibition Information: Two art exhibits will open at the end of October in anticipation of an upcoming residency in Columbia by award-winning author Jane Yolen. A prolific fantasy and fairytale writer whose books are illustrated by many of today's top illustrators, Yolen is lending a selection of the artwork from her personal collection for these exhibits. On October 30th, the Boone County National Bank will unveil fifteen illustrations in its Lobby Gallery. This exhibit titled "An Appeal to Childhood" will feature illustrations for some of Jane Yolen's best loved picture books. Then, on the evening of November 1st, MU's Ellis Library will present fifteen more illustrations coupled with the books in which they are featured in its Colonnade Gallery. This exhibit will feature art work paired with the finished book including several examples art by two illustrators for separate editions of the same work.
Contact: Mary Green, 573-443-3131, mary@kindcrone.com.
11/5/2007
Join us for an performance by the Con Brio String Quartet, Xylophone Marimba Quartet, Trombone ChoirHistorical Missouri Maps are Now Digitized
November 13, 2007 performance starts at noon Colonnade of Ellis Library (1st floor)
http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/events/EllisLibraryChamberSeries11132007.pdf
11/5/2007
An Easy Click Takes You Back to Missouri Cities in the 1880sTale of Three Kates: Prostitution, Loyalty, and the Long Civil War
Maps from 1880 to 1920 of Missouri Cities Are Now Digitalized at University of Missouri Library's Website
By Kelsey Jackson
COLUMBIA, Mo. - With a quick computer search by city or street name, people can now study historical maps of every Missouri city between the years of 1883 to 1922 online at the University of Missouri's Digital Library Web site. Originally compiled and published by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company to assess the risk of insuring property, the 6,500 maps in the digitized Sanborn collection are drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. The maps include detailed information such as location of water mains, fire alarms and fire hydrants and are color-coded to identify the construction material of each building.
The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) through the Missouri State Library of the Missouri Secretary of State's Office gave the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries a $16,208 grant to digitize and index the maps. The process took 18 months to complete. Now, people anywhere can see maps that were previously only available at the MU Libraries and Library of Congress. Plat books from Missouri counties that were produced by the government also are available at the library's Web site.
"The maps are quite rare and those maps published before 1923 belong in the public domain," said Michael Holland, head of special collection, archives and rare books at the MU Libraries. "Taken together, these maps reveal layers of change, allowing us to see the same area developed over time."
People use the historical maps to research genealogy and historic buildings, to prove property rights and to study the history of a Missouri town, Holland said.
"Studying these maps really allows you to understand how a city grew," Holland said. "They are historical records of the state and provide us with insight about some of the major land and property owners during that time. One of the remarkable aspects of these maps is their condition. The Library of Congress did a great job maintaining them and that makes a great deal of difference when examining the details of the maps. Sanborn maps published after 1922 through 1951 are available in hard copy at the MU Libraries' Special Collections & Rare Book Department, but are not currently available online due to copyright restrictions."
Founded in 2001, the University's Digital Library has 20 text collections and 23 image collections including World War I sheet music, MU sports posters, and Victorian studio portrait photographs. Other items recently digitalized include the Missouri Alumnus, the MU alumni monthly magazine; The Savitar, the MU yearbook; and The Tiger Claw, the yearbooks of University High School at MU.
To view the maps, please visit: http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/.
10/31/2007
Much has been written about Missouri's Civil War guerillas, but what about the women who associated with them? In this talk Dr. Whites will explore the shady identity of one of those women, Kate King, the alleged "child bride" of William Clark Quantrill, the man most responsible for the sack of Lawrence, Kansas. The evidence would suggest that Civil War women like Kate King (aka: Kate Clark Quantrill, Kate Clark, Kate Edwards, Kate Bateson, Kate Head) had their own ways of waging war.MU Librarian Recognized as an Emerging Leader
Please join us for this fascinating lecture and discussion. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, November 8, 1 p.m.
Ellis Library, 1st Floor Colonnade
For more information about the series, including a list of upcoming lectures, please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/faculty-lecture-series/ .
10/18/2007
The University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries are pleased to announce that Wayne Sanders, a monograph and audiovisual cataloger and Head of the Monograph Catalog Unit at MU Libraries, has been selected for the American Library Association's (ALA) 2008 Emerging Leaders Program. Sanders is one of 120 librarians from across the country chosen to participate in the program, which was created to prepare librarians for future professional leadership.Tixier's Travels: The French and the Osage after the Louisiana Purchase
"We're very proud that Wayne has been chosen for this honor, and is joining the ranks of the American Library Association's next generation of leaders and professionals," said Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries.
Sanders joined MU Libraries in July 2006 as Monograph Catalog Librarian. He has prior experience in the Acquisitions and Catalog Departments of MU Libraries and in the Newspaper Library of the State Historical Society of Missouri. He has masters degrees in Library Science and Anthropology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in History and Anthropology.
Sanders is currently serving as the Chair of the Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee of the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. He also serves as a member of the Technical Services Systems Committee of the Systems and Services Section of the Library Administration and Management Association.
The Emerging Leaders Program will be launched in January, during ALA's mid-winter meeting in Philadelphia. Participants will put their leadership skills to work by serving on an ALA or chapter committee, task force, working group or project team, with the goal of assuming future leadership roles in ALA, one of its divisions, or state chapters.
10/17/2007
In 1840 a young French medical student, amateur artist, and guest of the Chouteau family of St. Louis spent the summer living with the Osage Indians. Victor Tixier wrote vivid descriptions of the Osage Indians in his journal Voyage aux Prairies Osages . Dr. Lazzaro-Weis will discuss her work on the forthcoming scholarly edition of this work. Please join us for this fascinating lecture and discussion. This event is free and open to the public.Donna Brunet's Photographs on Display in Bookmark Café
Wednesday, October 24, 1:00 p.m.
Ellis Library, 1st Floor Colonnade
For more information about the series, including a list of upcoming lectures, please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/faculty-lecture-series/ .
10/8/2007
As part of the MU Libraries' ongoing exhibition of local artists in the Bookmark Café, Donna Brunet, an MU alum, will be displaying her work during the months of October, November, and December.Ellis Library Chamber Series Presents the Faculty Brass Quintet, October 17
Donna Brunet received an M.A. in history from the University of Missouri - Columbia, writing her thesis on Charles Valentine Riley, Missouri State Entomologist in the 1800s. During that time, she worked in the photograph collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri.
She taught approximately 60 individuals in Columbia how to identify butterflies as part of a research project on butterfly gardens for a Masters degree in Wildlife at MU. She began taking butterfly photos since she needed copyright-free images to provide to volunteers. Suddenly her life-time interests in insects and photography came together.
It is Brunet's hope that individuals viewing her images are moved to look more closely at wildlife living in their yards and neighborhoods and that they are inspired to improve the habitat in their yards for insects.
For more information about Donna Brunet's work, you may contact her at donna@insectpix.com or visit http://insectpix.com .
For more information about the exhibits at Bookmark Café, please contact Delores Fisher at FisherD@missouri.edu .
10/8/2007
Join us for an amazing performance by the Faculty Brass Quintet. The MU Faculty Brass Quintet is the brass ensemble-in-residence at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The Quintet tours regularly throughout the United States, performing at music conventions, festivals, and universities. Members include Iskander Akhmadullin, trumpet, Christopher Farris, trumpet, Marcia Spence, horn, William Mann, trombone, and Angelo Manzo, tuba.Ellis Library Chamber Series Presents the Esterhazy Quartet, September 26
The Faculty Brass Quintet Wednesday, October 17 performance starts at noon in the Colonnade of Ellis Library (1st floor).
Upcoming Ellis Library Chamber Music Series Events
Tuesday, November 13 Con Brio String Quartet, Xylophone Marimba Quartet, Trombone Choir Tuesday, February 12 Missouri Woodwind Quintet Tuesday, March 11 MU Steel Drum Band Tuesday, April 8 Saxophone Quartet, Percussion Quartet
For more information, contact Shannon Cary at (573) 882-4701 or carysn@missouri.edu.
9/17/2007
Join us for an amazing performance by the University of Missouri's Artists-in-Residence ensemble, the Esterhazy Quartet. For more than three decades, audiences have enjoyed the warmth and elegance that the Esterhazy Quartet brings to its discerning interpretations of the standard and modern string quartet repertoire. Critics have praised the Quartet for its intelligence, refinement and velvety palette of tonal colors.An Evening of Solo Performances
The Esterhazy Quartet Wednesday, September 26 performance starts at noon Colonnade of Ellis Library (1st floor)
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9/13/2007
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9/7/2007
http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/newbooks/rss.htmMU is Called a Flagship University--What does that mean?
8/31/2007
If you want to learn more about what it means to be a flagship university, read Dr. Robert Berdahl's speech "The Future of Flagship Universities" at http://cio.chance.berkeley.edu/chancellor/sp/flagship.htm. Dr. Berdahl, the Chancellor of University of California-Berkeley, gave this convocation speech at Texas A&M University in 1998.Access Your Library Account with Your PawPrint
8/17/2007
The MU Libraries have changed access to My Library Account and Request Items in the MERLIN (University of Missouri System) Library Catalog so that all MU Faculty, Students, and Staff need to use is their PawPrint. If users choose, staff and faculty may use their employee ID number or students may use their myZou ID number with a preceding zero and a lower case letter c at the end--example 012345678c.Art Exhibition by Access Arts 2007
Access to Requesting items in the MOBIUS (Missouri state-wide) catalog requires use of the employee or student ID with the preceding zero and lower case c at the end. PawPrint will not work with MOBIUS.
For more information, contact June DeWeese at DeWeeseJ@missouri.edu.
7/5/2007
From July 3rd to August 31st, Ellis Library will host an art exhibition by Access Arts 2007. This exhibition features artwork in Ceramics, Jewelry, and Weaving by instructors, children, and adult students of School of Service-Access Arts. Many of School of Service-Access Arts board, staff, and students are part of the MU Family of alumni, administration, staff, and students."New Illustrations to Old Stories," Exhibit in Bookmark Café
As a neighborhood art school in Columbia, School of Service - Access Arts provides workshops, internships, and volunteer opportunities to MU students. School of Service - Access Arts is a non-profit community arts instruction program offering quality experiences in the arts, accessible to everyone regardless of age, origin, background or ability. The program's focus is to empower all people to a higher level of creativity and self-expression. The goal of School of Service - Access Arts is to elevate everyone's innate creativity through compassionate instruction in an adaptive and inspiring environment. For more information contact Norleen Nosri at 573-875-0275.
For more information about exhibits at Ellis Library, please contact Delores Fisher at FisherD@missouri.edu.
7/3/2007
As part of the MU Libraries ongoing exhibition of local artists in the Bookmark Café, Jessie Lawson, an MU alum, will be displaying the exhibit "New Illustrations to Old Stories" during July, August, and September.Logging on to Ellis Library Computers - Update
A self-taught painter, Jessie Lawson first moved to Columbia in 1974 to do a Ph.D. in English. After returning to the San Francisco Bay Area, her birthplace, she worked for sixteen years teaching and doing administrative work. She moved back to Columbia in 1999 with the intention of retiring, but ended up teaching courses at the university and helping found two downtown businesses: first The Arsenic Leopard and now Spare Parts Gallery.
When Jessie was in her mid-fifties, still working in California, she began painting odd, whimsical pictures of clothed animals-cats, dogs, deer, mice, and hybrid creatures that partake of various species characteristics. Jessie explains that these creatures visited her imagination suddenly and vividly-her first such image, of a white cat in a yellow dress, she describes as "not a very good painting of a very compelling creature". She has been painting these creatures ever since, for about ten years, and has translated them into other media: collages, dolls, and other mixed media pieces, including a deck of cards.
Despite the self-taught, almost folk-art quality of Jessie's works, they also reflect her academic background and her interest in art history. Influences range from medieval manuscript illuminations to early modern artists such as Matisse and Picasso.
Jessie believes in the importance of imagining better worlds, representing them in art, and then working to make our own environments resemble our visions.
For more information about Jessie Lawson's work, you may contact her at jessiel@centurytel.net or through Spare Parts Gallery, 8 South Ninth Street, Columbia: www.sparepartsgallery.com.
For more information about the exhibits at Bookmark Café, please contact Delores Fisher at FisherD@missouri.edu.
6/26/2007
The computers in the Ellis Library Information Commons have been updated to require logins for access.Martin Spilker's Photographs on Display in Bookmark Café
All University of Missouri students, faculty, and staff will be able to login on any computer using their University e-mail username and password.
Alumni and guest users are invited to register at the Reference Desk for accounts to login to the iMacs with OS X (located on the west side of the Information Commons with the small green labels on the monitor). The guest accounts have a 2-hour time limit per day and are valid for one-year from date of issue. Registration is available for guests 18 and older with a government-issued photo id or a current college/university photo id.
The MU Libraries' essential mission is to serve the faculty, students, and staff of the university in their teaching, learning, and research obligations. We welcome alumni and guest users, but cannot extend to them all the resources provided by the university. The computers in Ellis Library are paid for through a student computing fee and therefore students should have priority in their use. Moreover, the MU Libraries cannot provide enough computers to meet the demand of MU researchers. We believe by reducing guests' time, everyone will have a better chance of finding an available computer.
5/2/2007
As part of the MU Libraries ongoing exhibition of local artists in the Bookmark Café, Martin Spilker, an MU alum, will be displaying his work during the months of May and June.Giants of Black Thought Exhibit, Opening May 3.
Spilker is a native Missourian, born in 1960. He hails from the rural community of Bethel in northeast Missouri. It was there, growing up on his family's farm that he learned to appreciate the beauty of the land and the seasons.
Spilker is a self-taught photographer who took up the serious art of photography in 1999 at the urging of friends who liked his photographs from his travels around the country. He looks for serene scenes that bring a sense of peace that transcends our hectic lives.
Spilker became a "juried artist member" of the Missouri Artisans Association, D.B.A "Best of Missouri Hands" in 2004.
For more information about Martin Spilker's work, you may contact him at (573) 499-1624 or at mspilker@socket.net.
For more information about the exhibits at Bookmark Café, please contact Delores Fisher at FisherD@missouri.edu.
4/30/2007
The Black Studies Program presents "Giants of Black Thought: An Exhibition of Poster Presentations" by Winter 2007 Introduction to Black Studies Students (Dr. David L. Brunsma).Come together @ your library: celebrate National Library Week at the MU Libraries, April 15-21
Opening and Reception
Thursday, May 3
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Ellis Library, Room 202
Come see our students' work and enjoy light refreshments. If you are unable to attend the exhibit will be on display for two weeks in Ellis Library, Room 202.
4/13/2007
(Columbia, MO) - It's National Library Week - a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians, and library workers in schools, campuses, and communities nationwide - and the perfect time for our campus community to come together @ the MU Libraries-Your Connection to Knowledge.Streaming Video of 2007 Scholarly Communications Conference, "The Millennial Dilemma"
The MU Libraries are celebrating National Library Week by holding a party for the MU faculty, staff, and students. Please join us for refreshments and library information at Ellis Library on Wednesday, April 18 from 11:30-1:30 p.m.
"Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities," says Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries. "At our libraries, people of all backgrounds can come together to access the Internet, research and write papers, use a study room, get assistance from a subject specialist, check out DVDs, meet up with friends, or grab some coffee in the Bookmark Cafe."
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.
4/13/2007
The Millennial Dilemma: Divergence and Convergence in Meeting the Needs of Higher Education streaming video.EndNote and Reference Manager now free to MU Students
4/5/2007
MU Campus has signed a site license to provide EndNote and Reference Manager free to MU Students and at a discount for Faculty and Staff. For more information see http://doit.missouri.edu/software/sales/endnote.html .Pet Food Recall Information
The Library has created an introduction on EndNote at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/paperassistance/endnote.mht (requires Internet Explorer) or download the PowerPoint presentation here http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/paperassistance/endnote.ppt
4/2/2007
Information regarding the current pet food recall changes quickly. Pet owners with questions about the health of their animals should contact their veterinarian. For more information please visit http://vetmedlibrary.missouri.edu/announcements/2007_3_PetFoodRecall.cfm.Mary Wood, Ellis Library, Reserves Department
3/29/2007
The MU Libraries is saddened by the loss of Mary Wood, former employee in the Special Collections and Reserves departments at Ellis Library. Mary loved serving the faculty and students of MU, and she will be missed. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, April 3 from noon - 1:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 16 Hitt Street, Columbia.Forever Free: Local History Walking Tour, March 31
3/17/2007
Get a glimpse into Columbia during the Civil War era with this tour of the Columbia Cemetary just down the street from the library. Bill Berry, immediate past president of the Boone County Historical Society, will introduce you to many important individuals buried there, including black Civil War soldiers who started Lincoln University, relatives of Mary Todd Lincoln and famous black musician J.W. Blind Boone. After a brief presentation in the Friends Room of the Columbia Public Library, we will walk to the Columbia Cemetery. Sponsored by the Columbia Public Library. March 31st at 10:30 a.m.Miniature Book Society's Traveling Exhibit Now at Ellis Library
3/7/2007
MU Faculty Lecture Series: "Crime Fiction: Theory and Practice"The Miniature Book Society's Traveling Exhibit presents a wide variety of miniature books along with photographs of collectors, designers and publishers. It also features books entered into last season's Annual MBS Competition, "Distinguished Books" from previous competitions and other outstanding examples of contemporary miniature book publishing. This exhibit has been brought to Ellis Library in an effort to introduce contemporary miniature books to Mid-Missouri.
In addition, a collection of miniature books from Ellis Library's Special Collections department has been assembled to display in accompaniment with the Miniature Book Society's Traveling Exhibit. Books on display are children's books, reference materials, art books, classic literature, and religious materials. While miniature books have been published as small as ¼" x ¼", our smallest text on display is Holy Bible: contains a portion of the New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which measures 1.13" x 1.5". Books measure from this size to just over the Library of Congress limit for miniature books, at 4", with Robert Burns' Tam o'Shanter measuring 4.3" x 3.5". Also noteworthy is Special Collections' oldest volume in this exhibit, written by Emperor Justinian I in 1667, Imperatoris Ivstiniani Institvtionvm Libri IV. Publication dates range 337 years, from Emperor Justinian's work to contemporary art works, published as recently as 2004.
For more information about miniature books, or a list of Special Collections titles on display, please visit: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/mini_index.htm, or call the Special Collections Reading Room at (573) 882-0076.
3/7/2007
As author of the Jack Grant crime fiction series and as an English professor doing scholarly research on crime fiction, Dr. Schwartz will share his unique perspective as both a consumer/reader and creator writer of this popular genre. Please join us for an informative and enjoyable session.MU Libraries Faculty Lecture Series: "International Conscience, the Cold War, and Apartheid"
Dr. Schwartz has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Research in the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Along with his work in eighteenth-century literature and intellectual history, he is interested in fiction writing, nonfiction prose writing, and contemporary American genre fiction.
This event is free and open to the public!
Monday, March 19, 2 p.m.
Ellis Library, 1st Floor Colonnade
For more information about the series, including a list of upcoming lectures, please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/faculty-lecture-series/.
2/21/2007
Carol Anderson, "International Conscience, the Cold War, and Apartheid: The NAACP's Alliance with the Reverend Michael Scott for South West Africa's Liberation, 1946-1951"MU Libraries Ensure Future Access to Electronic Journals
Are you aware of the NAACP's role in fighting for the liberation of peoples of color in Africa and Asia? Drawing from her forthcoming book, "Bourgeois Radicals: The NAACP and the Struggle for Colonial Liberation, 1941-1960," Professor Anderson explores a transnational, sovereignty-piercing alliance between the NAACP and an outcast Anglican minister, and how both risked everything in a landmark UN battle against apartheid and South Africa.
Thursday, March 1, 3 p.m.
Ellis Library, 1st Floor Colonnade
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information about the series, including a list of upcoming lectures, please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/faculty-lecture-series/.
The MU Libraries Faculty Lecture Series showcases original scholarship and other creative work from across the disciplines, presented in an accessible fashion for an audience of non-specialists.
Interested in presenting your work in this series? Contact Geoff Swindells at SwindellsG@missouri.edu or 884-8123.
2/16/2007
Electronic access to journals is cost-effective and convenient, but as library collections become more electronic, the question of long-term future access to this material has arisen. MU Libraries has taken an important step to ensure that its users will always have access to its electronic journals by entering into an agreement with Portico, a not-for-profit service launched in 2005 that offers a permanent archive of electronic scholarly journals.Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln Exhibit
"Our relationship with Portico means that MU Libraries can continue to expand electronic access to information, which is increasingly the preferred format of our users, while also maintaining our traditional preservation function, which is vital to many researchers," stated Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries. "The libraries have dramatically increased online journal access for our users in the past year, and we now have subscriptions for over 8,000 Internet journals from the top science, medical, and social science publishers. The journals made available through Science Direct, Wiley InterScience, SpringerLink, and Sage will all be protected through the Portico service."
Portico provides all libraries supporting the archive with campus-wide access to archived content when a publisher stops operation, ceases to publish a title, no longer offers back issues, or for some other reason the content is no longer available from the publisher or other source. To date, over 5,300 journals have been promised to the Portico archive, and over 175 libraries are participating in the archive. Portico is actively receiving content from publishers and is engaged in carefully converting this content to an archival format and depositing it into the Portico archive.
The MU Libraries serve a student body of 28,000 plus a faculty of 1,800, and have a collection of 3.2 million print volumes, 35,000 journal titles (in print or online) and 7.4 million microforms. With an annual budget of $12.5 million, the Libraries support the instruction, research, service, and economic development missions of the University of Missouri-Columbia. By acquiring scholarly resources, developing innovative services, and applying new information technologies, the MU Libraries fulfill their primary purpose: to serve users. MU Libraries Web site is at the following address:
http://mulibraries.missouri.edu.
2/8/2007
The University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries is proud to be one of 63 libraries nationwide selected by the American Library Association to host Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation.Sage Journals Online Now Available-Includes Over 460 New Journals
Forever Free is a traveling panel exhibit that reexamines President Lincoln's efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. Organized by The Huntington's John Rhodehamel, Norris Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts, the exhibit consists of reproductions of rare historical documents from The Huntington's collections and those of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and draws on the latest scholarship in the field.
Please visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/events/foreverfree/ for more information.
1/26/2007
The MU Libraries are pleased to announce the acquisition of over 460 journals through a new subscription to Sage Journals Online. With notable strengths in social science, these journals are some of the most heavily cited in their fields. With the addition of this new subscription, MU Libraries are now providing researchers access to over 8,000 online journals.2007 Scholarly Communications Conference, March 20.
Sage Journals Online includes many tools that improve researcher productivity by making access to full-text content quicker and easier. Researchers can select and manage their "favorite journals" to easily customize browsing and searching. The tools also include email alerts, which allow you toTo find out more about Sage Journals Online and to start searching, visit Sage Journals Online.
- Receive the table of contents for your favorite journals upon publication;
- Receive notices when a chosen article is cited; and
- Receive notices when an article matching your search criteria is published.
2/6/2007
MU Libraries Launch New Web Site--Give Us Your Feedback
2007 Scholarly Communications Conference---"The Millennial Dilemma: Convergence and Divergence in Meeting the Needs of Higher Education"
We are sorry that we can not accommodate additional registrations for this conference. Those persons who have already registered will soon receive additional information about the conference by email to their personal email accounts in the registration form.
The conference will be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 in the Courtyard by Marriott, 3301 LeMone Industrial Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201 (573) 443-8000. If reservations for hotel rooms are needed, they may be made at this hotel or any other of attendees' choosing. Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. The conference will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.
As part of the continuing series on Scholarly Communications, the MU Libraries, Educational Technologies @ MU (ET@MO), and the University of Missouri Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs are planning a day-long workshop on March 20, 2007 in Columbia MO. This Conference is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
The topics will focus upon the millennial generation of college students and faculty-particularly their expectations concerning information access in a time of unrelenting technological change-and the resulting forces of convergence and divergence in higher education.
This conference will examine the ways in which academic libraries, faculty, and support units of the university address the information demands of a networked generation of students and faculty while simultaneously serving traditional users accustomed to the legacy resources of a pre-digital era. We will explore the convergence of new media technologies which seek to offer perpetual connectivity and have an ongoing effect on teaching and learning methods. Likewise, speakers will address the divergent forces that impact academic institutions as keepers of our intellectual heritage and affect access to historical content. Finally, woven throughout these topics are the threads of legal, social, technological and global issues that impact students' and faculties' access to information.
Keynote speakers Betsy Barefoot, Co-Director for the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Brevard College, North Carolina, Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Carie Windham, author of Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millennial Mind and Father Google and Mother IM: Confessions of a Net Gen Learner, as well as a panel of Missouri experts, will address these relevant topics and help conference participants explore ways to better meet the needs of their own students and faculty.
Questions and comments may be sent to June DeWeese at deweesej@missouri.edu
1/23/2007
On January 17, the MU Libraries unveiled an updated and redesigned library Web site. The redesign is based on user information gathered over the past year from testing with students and faculty. "At MU Libraries we are always striving to improve the research process for our users," stated Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries. "Our new Web site will make it easier and quicker for users to get the information they need." The redesign includes:New Computers in Information Commons: Apple and Windows Operating Systems AvailableThe Library welcomes your comments on the new site.
- Improved layout of categories, links, and navigation;
- One search box that allows users to search for books, articles, electronic reserves, or library information; and
- Highlighted news about the Library, including web feeds.
1/19/2007
Ellis Library has replaced all of the computers in the Information Commons with Apple iMacs. The majority of the computers, those located on the East side and along the South wall, will run Windows XP and work just like a PC. A smaller number of these computers, those located on the West side, will be running OS X, the Apple operating system. If you have any questions, feel free to Ask a Librarian at the reference desk for help.Molecular and Cell Biology Protocols Available
12/11/2006 MU Libraries Receive Kemper Grant for $200,000 to Preserve Rare Books
11/17/2006
COLUMBIA, MO - The University of Missouri - Columbia Libraries house many old, rare, and unique books. Because of their age and rarity, these materials require special care. The William T. Kemper Foundation of Kansas City, MO has awarded a grant of $200,000 to help the MU Libraries establish a program to provide this special care.
"We are profoundly grateful to the Kemper Foundation for awarding this grant," stated Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries. "With this award, the MU Libraries will, for the first time, be able to provide proper care for our rare books and other artifacts."
The grant, payable in equal installments over three years, will be used to fund necessary staffing and operational support for the initial phase of a new conservation program in the Libraries. Ultimately, the MU Libraries plan to create a comprehensive program that will provide for the preservation of endangered artifacts and the restoration of deteriorated materials to ensure continued access to these collections by future generations of scholars.
The Libraries plan to engage a consultant to oversee a needs assessment in the Rare Books and Special Collections department and to identify priority requirements within the department. In addition to paying for a consultant, the grant funds will be used to purchase equipment and supplies deemed necessary to protect and preserve the collections.
Grant funds will also be used to augment the recently-announced Friends of the Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. This program will allow individual donors to support the restoration or conservation of specific books in the MU Libraries collections. Funds from the Kemper Foundation grant will match donations made to the Adopt-a-Book program over the next three years. In this way, private donors will be encouraged to support the long-term conservation efforts of the Libraries.
For more information about rare books and special collections at the MU Libraries, visit http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/. For further information about the Friends' Adopt-A-Book Program, contact Gena Scott at scottgl@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4701.
The MU Libraries serve a student body of 28,000 plus a faculty of 1,800, with collections of 3.2 million print volumes, 35,000 journal titles (both in print and online), and 7.4 million microforms. With an annual budget of $12.5 million, the Libraries support the instruction, research, service and economic development missions of the University of Missouri-Columbia. By acquiring scholarly resources, developing innovative services, and applying new information technologies, the MU Libraries fulfill their primary purpose: to serve the information needs of users. MU Libraries' website is at the following address: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu.
The William T. Kemper Foundation -- Commerce Bank, Trustee was established in 1989, following Mr. Kemper's death. The Foundation is dedicated to continuing Mr. Kemper's lifelong interest in improving the human condition and quality of life. Its philanthropic areas of focus include education, health and human services, civic improvements and the arts.
Contact: Shannon Cary
(573) 447-2239
carysn@missouri.edu