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Ellis Library Room Reservation Guidelines Updated

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The Library Managment Team approved the following updated room reservation guidelines, including guidelines for 114A Ellis Library, which were submitted by the Events Team on January 26. These guidelines will also be added to the staff web page.

Ellis Library Room Reservation Guidelines:

  1. Library employees can make a meeting reservation for:

    1. Library Departments
    2. Library Committees/groups
    3. Campus Committees/Groups – If a Library employee is a member
    4. Campus/University related groups that are granted special permission by the Library Director
  2. When making a reservation, please enter:

    1. The name of the meeting
    2. The name of the meeting organizer
  3. When making a recurring meeting, please

    1. Promptly update changes to each meeting – especially if cancelled
    2. Regularly review the details and evaluate the need to have a recurring reservation
  4. Rooms available for meetings include:

    1. 159 Ellis
    2. 4F51A Ellis
    3. 4D11 Ellis
  5. Rooms requiring special permission include:

    1. 213 Ellis (Electronic Classroom II) – Instruction Coordinator
    2. Staff Lounge – MULSA Board
    3. Room 201 – Communications Officer/Building Coordinator
    4. Bookmark Café – Communications Officer/Building Coordinator
    5. 114A Ellis Library – Communications Officer/Building Coordinator

      1. To be used primarily for library presentations with theater setup, eg. Candidate presentations, Faculty Lecture Series
  6. Library related events occurring outside of Ellis Library may be listed under “Other”

    1. Please include location of event in the name field
    2. The “Other” category is informational only
  7. Outside groups using rooms in Ellis Library

    1. will be responsible for all costs incurred (examples: AV rental, catering)
    2. must use qualified personnel (usually Campus Facilities staff) to move any furniture 

MU Libraries Host Exhibition Celebrating 500 Years of Anatomical Science

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December 31, 2014, will mark the five hundredth birthday of Andreas Vesalius, one of the most important anatomists in the history of medicine. The MU Libraries will commemorate this historic occasion with an exhibition entitled Vesalius at 500: Student, Scholar, and Surgeon, on view November 5-30 in the Ellis Library Colonnade.

Andreas Vesalius is frequently called the father of modern human anatomy.  Born in 1514 in modern-day Belgium, he studied at the Universities of Louvain, Paris, and Padua before becoming a professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Padua.  His primary contribution to the history of medicine was his emphasis on dissection and firsthand observation.  Vesalius differed from his colleagues because he used his observations to challenge ancient and often inaccurate Greek and Roman medical writings, which formed the basis of all medical knowledge for over a thousand years.

Vesalius at 500 showcases materials from the Libraries’ collections that helped to shape Vesalius’ career, including medieval manuscripts and early printed books on medicine.  The centerpiece of the exhibition is Vesalius’ most famous work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica.  The Libraries hold two copies of this important book, a second edition printed in 1555, and a later edition from 1568. Recognizing MU’s strength in human and animal medical research, the exhibition considers Vesalius’ effect on the history of veterinary medicine with several early illustrated works on animal anatomy.  Works of Renaissance science are also included in order to situate Vesalius within the world of sixteenth-century scientific thought.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Dr. Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, a professor of veterinary anatomy in the College of Veterinary Medicine at MU, will present “Andreas Vesalius: On the 500th Anniversary of His Birth” on November 12 at 12:00 pm.  Dr. Constantinescu is a medical illustrator and author investigating the gross anatomy of domestic and laboratory animals.  His presentation will be held in room 4f51a in Ellis Library.

Vesalius at 500: Student, Scholar, and Surgeon is curated by a team of rare book librarians from the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, the Zalk Veterinary Medical Library, and Ellis Library’s Special Collections and Rare Books department.  The exhibition draws on MU Libraries’ special collections of more than 100,000 original artworks, manuscripts, rare books, and historic documents.  The collections, exhibition, and lecture are all free and open to the public.

 

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Events

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Researching the Civil War in Government Documents
Monday, October 27
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Online

Marie Concannon, Government Documents Librarian, will discuss techniques for finding primary source documents 
about the Civil War and individuals who participated in it. 

 

Abraham Lincoln in Song
Friday, October 31
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Hulston Hall, Classroom 7

Endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Chris Vallillo’s historically accurate program showcases period music directly associated with Lincoln using the president’s own stories and words to explore his life and  times and the issues he faced while in office. Not a requirement for attendees, but if you would like, dress in Civil War era clothing. The costume judged best will win a prize.

Superhero Science! Fact and Fiction in Superhero Comics on Display at Ellis Library

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Columbia, Mo. − Science is a central theme of superhero comics. There’s a seemingly plausible explanation for just about everything that happens in the Marvel or DC universe, including the biological origins of super powers. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Hulk get their powers from exposure to radioactivity, which supposedly changes their DNA. The X-Men carry rare genetic mutations that give them incredible, superhuman powers. The villains Mr. Freeze and Dr. Octopus rely on technology such as cryogenics and prosthetics, while others clone and genetically engineer their minions in secret laboratories. Many superheroes are even scientists themselves. To name just a few: the Hulk is a nuclear physicist; Poison Ivy is a botanist and biochemist; and the Flash is a forensic chemist.

In affiliation with the MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium “Decoding Science,” the MU Libraries are hosting an exhibit during the month of March featuring comics from the Ellis Library Special Collections and Rare Books. This exhibition looks at four themes in superhero comics: Evolution, Genetic Modifications, Technology and Anatomy. Each section challenges the viewer to identify the ways that comics and superheroes have contributed to his or her understanding of science and the natural world.  

As part of the Superhero Science! Exhibit, Dr. Tim Evans will give a talk titled “Everything is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?” on March 12 at 11 am in the Ellis Library Colonnade. Dr. Tim Evans is the Toxicology Section Leader Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Evans is the recipient of a 2013 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, and dressed in mask and cape, “The Antidote” is Tim Evans’ alter ego, spicing up the field of toxicology at MU for 12 years.

In addition, the MU Libraries and the Bond Life Sciences Center are sponsoring a scientific superhero contest for MU students. Detail for the contest can be found at http://library.missouri.edu/specialcollections/superhero-challenge/.

For more information, visit the MU Libraries online at library.missouri.edu.

Sappington Exhibit on Display at HSL

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We are pleased to announce a new exhibit has been mounted in the display case on the 3rd floor of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library. It features Dr. John Sappington of Arrow Rock Missouri who was one of the many unsung heroes in the opening of the West. A pioneer physician, he was the first person in the United States to advocate the use of quinine to treat malarial fevers. However at the time, he was called a heretic by the other physicians in the U.S. The recommended mode of treatment of the day was to bleed and administer purgatives.

He sold over a million of his Sappington Anti-Fever pills (containing quinine) thereby saving countless lives of the settlers living in the Mississippi Valley region and of those travelers headed westward. The pills also played a large part in the success of the Santa Fe Trail. In 1844 he published his book The Theory and Treatment of Fevers which was the first medical text published west of the Mississippi River. Stop by the exhibit to learn more about the career of this fascinating man. More can be learned about Dr. Sappington at: http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/s/sappington/