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Gwen Gray, business, economics and entrepreneurship librarian at the University of Missouri, is the 2025 winner for the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award. BRASS is the Business Reference and Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Jaya Ghosh, program director of the MU Coulter Biomedical …
When students enroll in MANGMT 4700: Principles of Entrepreneurship, they expect to learn how to build a business. What many don’t expect is the role the library plays in helping them evaluate ideas, analyze markets, and build evidence based business plans. Each semester, Business Librarian Gwen Gray, visits Stacie Kane’s entrepreneurship course to introduce students …
Predatory publishing doesn’t just take advantage of authors by misrepresenting review, editorial, and fee structures. It also hinders access to the work itself, hurting the overall enterprise of research. The epidemic of predatory journals reached serious enough heights in 2016 that the Federal Trade Commission charged OMICS, one such publisher of hundreds of predatory journals, for …
As your United Way reps for this year, Gwen and I have planned a few events to take place over the next few months to raise money for the University’s United Way Campaign. The first one is the Bake for Later Bake Sale! Here’s how it works: We will recruit “bakers” who would commit to …
We need a few additional volunteers to help maintain the Ellis Library Staff Lounge on Mondays and Thursdays. Cleaning takes 15-20 minutes, and we provide the gloves, supplies, and training. Sign up for one shift or more per semester – your choice! Contact Gwen Gray, MULSA Staff Lounge Chair, GrayG@missouri.edu, if interested.
In Choi’s July 2nd blog post, he has a link to a Boston Globe article that is behind a paywall. Mizzou and Choi get a fair amount of coverage in this article. Universities in red states and heartland may be winners as Ivy League contends with Trump onslaught Liz Kowalczyk, Hilary Burns, Diti Kohli 2646 …
We had another successful escape room event during Welcome Week this year! We had 150 students register with a few dozen on the waiting list. The students had a great time and that is thanks to all of those who helped this year! You can see the photos of the groups and their different times …