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Vet Med Review from 1980 to 2007 is now online in MOspace, MU’s digital repository. Check out the awesome 80s hairdos on our beloved CVM faculty!
The Veterinary Medical Review was the official chronicle of College and alumni activities and was sent to all MU veterinary medical alumni, former faculty, current students, parents of students, friends of the College and all veterinarians practicing in Missouri.
Check out the research guide for the Veterinary Research Scholars Program: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/vrsp
What’s on reserve? How do I request something from another library? What are Boolean operators? Check out the new resource guide for first- and second-year veterinary students: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/vm1
When a noisy scanner in the library disrupted his studies, one savvy student went straight to the library suggestion blog. The suggestion: relocate the scanner or replace it with a quieter model. Great idea! We communicated with DoIT and they quickly came to the library to replace the old scanner with a quieter model. Study on!
We're happy to announce that an exhibition of selected materials from the Lanford Wilson Collection, curated by our colleagues at the University Archives, is on view in the Ellis Library Colonnade.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson made a legacy gift of his papers to the University of Missouri in 2011. Wilson grew up in Springfield and Ozark, Missouri, and spent most of his life in New York. He began his career at Caffe Cino, a pioneering Off-Off Broadway theater run by Joe Cino that produced plays by many young, aspiring playwrights.
Wilson wrote plays for La MaMa Experimental Theater Club and the Circle Repertory Company, a project organized by Wilson and three of his associates from the Caffe Cino and La MaMa. Plays that premiered at the Circle Repertory Company included Talley's Folly, Serenading Louie, The Mound Builders, Fifth of July, and The Hot l Baltimore. Wilson's plays were critically acclaimed and won several awards and nominations. In 1980, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Talley's Folly. Wilson was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2001 and to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004.
The Lanford Wilson Collection includes 53 linear feet of correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, posters, photographs, and over 100 books. Researchers can access the finding aid online, and the collection is available for use in the Special Collections reading room.
The Lanford Wilson exhibition is presented in conjunction with a conference, "Angels in Performance: Documenting LGBTQ Lives in Theatre & Performance," hosted by the MU Department of Theatre, April 24-28. The conference will feature guest artist and award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Tony Kushner. The exhibition will be on view through the month of April.
The Health Sciences Library will be handling out cake pops and other goodies in celebration of National Libraries Week. Stop by to say hello to your friendly library staff April 17th from 11am to 1pm and share what YOU love about your library!
Check out our Toxicology subject guide: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/subjects/toxicology.htm
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On April 19 at 10:30 am in the Ellis Library Colonnade the MU Confucius Institute will present Chinese-language and culture materials to the MU Libraries. The MU Vice Provost Handy Williamson, MU Libraries Director James Cogswell and Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Chris Belcher will speak. The MU Libraries and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Programs invite you to attend this book presentation ceremony to learn more about these important materials.