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The Mizzou Libraries connected with over 2,400 new students and their parents/guardians during Summer Welcome 2024 tabling! Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers for tabling during 22 sessions this summer! Jara Anderson Megan Ballengee Anne Barker Rachel Brekhus Abbie Brown Janice Dysart Gwen Gray Jill Kline Noel Kopriva Mara Inge Taira Meadowcroft Kimberely Moeller Stephen …
Along with the museums, Special Collections hosted field trip visits for all the sixth grade classes in Columbia Public Schools during April and May. Over 1,300 kids and teachers visited and learned about palm leaf books from Southeast Asia, cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, and papyrus from ancient Egypt. We have gotten feedback that the …
Our Homecoming Open House was a big success! Thanks to everyone who helped out. Megan Ballengee Shannon Cary Cindy Cotner Emilee Flores Zoe Homan Jeannette Pierce Nick Raines Paula Roper Tours: Abbie Brown and Mara Inge
The following committee appointments have been approved for this academic year. Thanks to everyone who volunteered. Staff Development Committee Abbie Brown: 2023-2025 Shannon Cary, SAG Chair: ex officio Ying Hu: 2023-2025 Colleen Smith: 2023-2026 Rhonda Whithaus: 2023-2026 LMT Liaison: Kathy Peters
Thursday, August 31, was our last tour of the fall welcome tour series, and it was a huge success! We held 11 tours between 8/15/2023 and 8/31/2023 with registrations capped at 12 for each. We had participants show up for every scheduled tour and a total of 107 participants over 3 weeks. The tours held …
Congratulations to everyone celebrating a service anniversary this year. The comments posted by supervisors about these employees are posted below. 5 Years Corrie Hutchinson: Corrie has become an invaluable member of the Libraries’ leadership team since she joined us as Acquisitions Librarian five years ago. She has managed cutting huge amounts of money from our …
Hello everyone, Today we have a cool and sunny start for finals as we end the semester and head into summer. Lots has been going on with staff, so I’m just going to start listing the changes. All of these are effective July 1 unless noted otherwise. Abbie Brown is moving to RAIS, to work …
The Mizzou Libraries Instagram account was mentioned in a BuzzFeed article last week! Congrats to our Instagram coordinator Taira Meadowcroft and the rest of the Instagram team, which includes Kate Anderson, Grace Atkins, Michelle Baggett, Abbie Brown, Shannon Cary, Eric Cusick, Ashley Granger, Mara Inge, Charlotte Landreth and Sean Witzman. Also thanks to the other …
Thanks to the wonders of technology our Social Media Team has made sure we will have new content on our social media feeds during the break. So check out the University Libraries Instagram when you need a break from the holiday festivities! We are up to 286 followers, and we get an average of 30 …