Keep Current with Your Latest Research Without the Stress
Oct. 17 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 213, Ellis Library

Is trying to keep up with new developments in your field stressing you out? We’ll show you some tools that can make keeping up with the latest research easy and painless.

Rhonda Whithaus, Electronic Resources Coordinator

Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops

 

On Saturday, October 25, visit Ellis Library after the Homecoming Parade from 10 a.m. to noon for refreshments, tours, family activities and free mini pumpkins. This event is free and open to the public.

Managing and Sharing Your Research Data
Oct. 10 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 213, Ellis Library

This session will provide an overview on facilitating the access and reuse of your research data. Learn how to comply
with funding agency policies; create data management plans; and submit data sets to MOspace, MU’s digital institutional
repository.

Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops

Kate Anderson, Head, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library

For the 175 year anniversary of the University of Missouri, MU professors recommended 175 influential books. See the display near the scanners on the first floor to browse and check out these influential books.

For a full listing of the books go to https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/mustreads. The books are broken out into different categories: autobiographies/biographies, fiction, nonfiction, philosophy/spirituality, plays & poetry, science and social sciences.

Happy Reading!

            

Oct. 3
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 117, Health Sciences Library

Utilize ORCID, Google Scholar Profile, MOspace, h-index, impact factors and more to maximize your professional impact. Learn how to set up accounts and make these tools work for you!

Janice Dysart, Science Librarian
Rebecca Graves, Health Sciences Librarian

Sept. 26 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 213, Ellis Library

Learn about resources, data, and services available to use in your business plans. We’ll cover free online sources as well
as those available to people with a current MU ID. 

Gwen Gray, Business Librarian

Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops

 

A new quiet study area opened on the first floor of Ellis Library. Room 156 – formerly a work room in the West Reference office area for graduate students and library staff  – has been converted into public space for quiet study. It is available for quiet study all hours that Ellis library is open. Thanks to funds from the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee, the room was repainted and now has eight tables and seating for about 26 people. Check out the lovely new study space! 

“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a traveling exhibition opening at the MU Law Library on September 18, 2014 examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.  The MU Libraries and the MU Law Libraries are co-hosting the exposition.

Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents, but his historical reputation is contested. Was he a calculating politician willing to accommodate slavery, or a principled leader justly celebrated as the Great Emancipator? This exhibition provides no easy answers. Rather, it encourages visitors to form a nuanced view of Lincoln by engaging them with Lincoln’s struggle to reconcile his policy preferences with basic American ideals of liberty and equality. This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, at a time when the nation was on the brink of war. Lincoln struggled to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation’s history: Was the United States truly one nation, or was it a confederacy of sovereign and separate states? How could a country founded on the belief that “all men are created equal” tolerate slavery? In a national crisis, would civil liberties be secure? President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront these three crises of war, ultimately reinventing the Constitution and the promise of American life.

“We are delighted to have been selected as a site for this exhibition,” said Jim Cogswell, Director of Libraries.  The Director of MU’s Law Library, Randy Diamond is equally pleased with the opportunity to co-host this exposition.   “As a new president, Abraham Lincoln was faced with enormous challenges. This exhibition shows how Lincoln struggled with issues of secession, slavery and civil liberties—all questions our country’s founding charter left unanswered. Each section of the exhibit features information about a different aspect of Lincoln’s presidency. For example, the section about slavery examines the various policy options Lincoln once embraced and how his thoughts about slavery evolved over time. Most importantly, the exhibit helps visitors understand why Lincoln’s struggle with the Constitution still matters today.”

The National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office organized the traveling exhibition, which was made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): great ideas brought to life. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.

The traveling exhibition is composed of informative panels featuring photographic reproductions of original documents, including a draft of Lincoln’s first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment.

The libraries are sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” will be on display at the law library until October 31, 2014.