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Grace Atkins, User Engagement Librarian, and Kelli Hansen, Print Collections Librarian, Rare Books & Special Collections, gave a presentation on the News Hub at the Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) Conference on April 3rd. Both Grace and Kelli attended the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, where the conference was held. …
Thank you to Kelli Hansen for agreeing to serve as Acting Head of Special Collections for the coming year. If you have questions about the Reading Room or services provided by Special Collections, please consult with Kelli beginning next week. Special Collections will continue as part of RAIS until a new Assistant/Associate University Librarian for …
Now on display, “Provenance: Everywhere in Everything” showcases research and creative works completed by students enrolled in the Honors Seminar during Fall 2022, GN_HON 1050H, “Get Real, Go Places! Let Objects Take You There.” The eight-week course takes as its focus the study of material culture, specifically the opportunities for research that objects and artifacts …
The search committee for a new Head of Instructional Services (Jeannette Pierce, Nav Khanal, Kimberly Evans, Kelli Hansen, and Rebecca Graves) have closed the search without hire at this time. Jeannette appreciates the good work of all the committee members and will share more information about next steps later in the semester.
What do you think of when you hear special collections and archives? Old books? Decades old letters? You’d be correct, but there’s so much more that happens on the 4th floor of Ellis Library! Join Macy Love and John Henry Adams in an exploration of what we do in Special Collections, Libraries, and Archives. They …
Kelli Hansen and Anselm Huelsbergen will report to the Vice Provost for Libraries as of August 1, 2022, due to their department’s connection with advancement, facilities and fiscal functions. This restores the reporting as it was under the previous Vice Provost for Libraries. The two department heads will rotate participation in Library Management Team annually, …
In Fall 2020, Dr. Brittany Rancour worked with Special Collections to create a digital guide to the Fragmenta Manuscripta collection through a partnership with the Department of Visual Studies. The Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection is a collection of manuscript fragments, most of them from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, but with materials extending as far …
November 8th is National First-Generation College Celebration Day and we are thrilled to celebrate our first-generation students, faculty and staff at Mizzou. Additional information, success stories and resources (Zoom backgrounds, social media graphics) to celebrate and support our first-generation students can be found on our website. One of the featured events on November 8th is …
Now on display, “Provenance Learning and Storytelling” showcases research and creative works completed by students enrolled in the Honors Seminar during Fall 2021, GN_HON 1050H, “Get Real, Go Places! Let Objects Take You There.” The eight-week course takes as its focus the study of material culture, specifically the opportunities for research that objects and artifacts …
Special Collections staff has prepared an illustrated glossary of rare books terms. If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between engraving and etching, or what exactly a nonce volume is, then this is your chance to find out! The glossary contains 130 definitions and 112 images of examples drawn from Special Collections’ holdings. The glossary …