Congratulations to Paula Roper, Winner of MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian

Dr. Paula Roper was named Outstanding Professional Librarian at the 2024 Missouri Library Association Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. First awarded in 2017, the Outstanding Professional Librarian Award recognizes a librarian with an MLS or MLIS degree who has made a significant contribution to the improvement and advancement of library and information services. Nominees must …

Congratulations to Paula Roper, Winner of MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian

Dr. Paula Roper was named Outstanding Professional Librarian at the 2024 Missouri Library Association Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. First awarded in 2017, the Outstanding Professional Librarian Award recognizes a librarian with an MLS or MLIS degree who has made a significant contribution to the improvement and advancement of library and information services. Nominees must …

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“Paula Roper named MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian” Show Me Mizzou, November 6, 2024

Highlighted Posts of the Week

Workshops Increase Your Citations Through Open Access, Preprints and Postprints, Oct. 24 Canvas Integrations and the Digital Media and Innovation Lab, Oct. 15 MOspace: How to Preserve and Share Your Research Digitally, Oct. 23 Predatory Journals: The Dark Side of Open Access, Oct. 22 Other Posts Check Out Your Books 24/7 With Our Pickup Lockers …

Thank You to Summer Welcome Volunteers

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 …

Thank You to Special Collections Field Trip Volunteers

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 …

Black History Month Books Display

Stroll by Ellis Library to pick up a book from our Black History Month Book Display! Celebrate African American authors, stories, culture and arts and learn the history of the African diaspora. Thanks to Paula Roper, social sciences librarian, for providing a curated lists of books from the library collections for the display.

Safe Space Training

Thank you to everyone who came to Safe Space Training! We had 14 people attend in person and 23 people online. We appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to engage in such important conversations. And mark you calendars for a presentation by Lily Hunter on October 25th. This presentation will focus …

Thanks to Everyone Who Participated in the United Way Bake Sale!

The Great Libraries Bake Off was a big sucess! We raised $99 and enjoyed lots of yummy baked goods! Thanks to everyone who participated. Special thanks to the following staff who provided the baked goods. Rachel Brekhus Shannon Cary Gwen Gray Erin Powell Ann Campion Riley Paula Roper Sheila Voss You can give directly to …

Black History Month Event, Feb. 4

Exodus: Images of Black Migration in Missouri and Beyond, 1866-1940 Presentation on the images and other items in the Black History Month display in Ellis Library on Black Migration in Missouri. Contact: Joan Stack (stackj@ shsmo.org) and Paula Roper (roperp@ missour.edu) Sponsors: State Historical Society and Black History Month Committee February 4, 2019 4 p.m. …