Marie Concannon Receives American Library Association Award

Marie Concannon, head of government information and data archive at the MU Libraries, is the recipient of the 2024 James Bennett Childs Award. This honor, which is awarded by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, is a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the …

Concannon Receives James Bennett Childs Award

Congratulations to Marie Concannon! She is the recipient of the 2024 James Bennett Childs Award. This honor, which is awarded by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, is a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of documents librarianship. From the award letter: …

Marie Concannon Receives National Library Award for “Prices and Wages by the Decade”

Marie Concannon, head of government information for the University of Missouri Libraries, has been awarded the 2023 NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award from the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association. This award provides funding for research that would make a contribution to the field of documents librarianship. The prize will be used …

Marie Concannon Receives Two Awards from National Library Association

Marie Concannon, head of government information and data archives for MU Libraries, was chosen for two awards by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Concannon was selected as the 2022 recipient of the RUSA History Section’s Genealogy/History Achievement Award, sponsored by ProQuest for her creation, research …

Concannon Publishes on Government Information Blog

“The PEGI Project National Forum: Looking Together Toward a Shared Destination” PEGI (Preservation of Electronic Government Information) Project Blog, December 21, 2018

Concannon’s LibGuide Highlighted by HathiTrust

Congrats to Marie on having her Prices & Wages guide highlighted by HathiTrust. https://www.hathitrust.org/blogs/perspectives-from-hathitrust/popular-libguide-draws-on-hathitrust-repository-unleashing-power

Concannon Attends FDLP Anniversary at Rockhurst University

On November 14, Marie Concannon traveled to the Rockhurst University Library in Kansas City to give a speech in honor of their 100th anniversary in the FDLP. Green Lease Library Marks Century as a Federal Depository  

In the News

“Marie Concannon receives American Library Association Award” Show Me Mizzou, Sept. 29, 2024

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 …

In the News

“Walt from the vault” Show Me Mizzou, Feb. 28, 2024 Faculty Achievements: Marie Concannon Office of the Provost Newsletter, Feb. 29, 2024