Ellis Library will be closed to the public on Wednesday, December 27 for plumbing renovations. In addition, the MU Libraries will have reduced hours during the fall break. Please visit MU Libraries – Hours for a complete listing.

Fundraiser for Friends of the Libraries:  A readers’ theater production of The Defeat of Grandfather Devil, one of the few pastorals from Mexico that retain intact elements from the 14^th and 15^th century Spanish versions will be performed at the MU Corner Playhouse, December 8^th at 2 pm. This pastoral was published by Josephine Niggli, an author, teacher and photographer with roots in Mexico and Northern Texas whose writing focused on Mexican folk traditions and plays. (Josephine’s parents were from Moberly, MO.) This play was found and offered to us for performance by Bill Fisher, a lawyer in San Antonio who will be attending the performance.

When Grandfather Devil attempts to disrupt a Mexican town’s Christmas celebration, the community is joined in the fight by a surprising guest. Enjoy The Defeat of Grandfather Devil, a lively pastoral play performed December 8, 2 p.m. in a readers’ theatre format with traditional music and directed by Alex Iben Cahill. Tickets are $20 ($10 for students) to benefit the MU Libraries and guests will enjoy a dessert reception after. Special guest will be William Fisher, who edited the play. Show will be at the Corner Playhouse on the MU campus. For information and reservations, please call Sheila Voss at 573-882-9168 or contact her via vosss@missouri.edu.

Health Sciences Research Day will take place Thursday November 14th outside the Health Sciences Library. Details are below, derived from the School of Medicine’s Event page:

Health Sciences Research Day

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013

Category I Poster Session – 9 to 11 a.m. in Acuff Gallery
Keynote Address – Noon to 1 p.m. in Acuff Auditorium
Category II Poster Session – 1 to 3 p.m. in Acuff Gallery
Reception and Awards Presentation – 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bryant Auditorium

Health Sciences Research Day provides a forum for original research and educational innovations by undergraduate, medical, nursing, and health professions students, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees working with faculty in the schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions.

Students are encouraged to present the results of their research at Health Sciences Research Day, held each fall at MU’s medical school. This day-long symposium is filled with poster presentations by undergraduate, graduate and professional students, with prizes awarded to the three best presentations in each student category. In addition, special Deans’ Awards will be presented for the most outstanding research conducted by trainees from the schools of nursing, health professions and medicine. Holders of academic titles are not eligible for this competition, except through mentoring roles.

Additional information is available by contacting Debbie Taylor at taylord@health.missouri.edu or 573-884-0042 or visit icats.missouri.edu/researchday/.

We are pleased to announce a new exhibit has been mounted in the display case on the 3rd floor of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library. It features Dr. John Sappington of Arrow Rock Missouri who was one of the many unsung heroes in the opening of the West. A pioneer physician, he was the first person in the United States to advocate the use of quinine to treat malarial fevers. However at the time, he was called a heretic by the other physicians in the U.S. The recommended mode of treatment of the day was to bleed and administer purgatives.

He sold over a million of his Sappington Anti-Fever pills (containing quinine) thereby saving countless lives of the settlers living in the Mississippi Valley region and of those travelers headed westward. The pills also played a large part in the success of the Santa Fe Trail. In 1844 he published his book The Theory and Treatment of Fevers which was the first medical text published west of the Mississippi River. Stop by the exhibit to learn more about the career of this fascinating man. More can be learned about Dr. Sappington at: http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/s/sappington/

 

 

Copyright Law Update for Librarians, Faculty and Academic Administrators

Copyright issues have become increasingly visible in recent years.  What do University faculty and staff need to know to access, create, and share intellectual property?  Join Joseph Storch, Associate Counsel in the State University of New York Office of General Counsel and the Chair of the Student Affairs Practice Group for a presentation and discussion about copyright as it applies to academia, including Fair Use, First Sale, and the Teach Act.  Storch will share his analysis of recent court cases and discuss how they apply to our decisions about use of copyrighted material on our campuses.

This Webinar is open to all interested faculty and staff at MU-Columbia.  The Webinar is sponsored by ET@MO, MU Libraries, and MizzouOnline

November 5, 2013 | 1- 2:30 p.m.
Ellis Library, Room 4F51A
Webinar

After several weeks of intensive work on the part of Hunter Sadler, a student employee in LTS and junior in the Computer Science, the new mobile site is up.  Please take a look at it on your smart phone.

Many thanks to Mathew Stephen for coordinating the project and Danielle Langdon, our graphic designer, for her colorful icons!

Redirect when viewing gateway on a smart phone:  http://library.missouri.edu

Direct link:  http://library.missouri.edu/mobile/

November 7, 2013 | 2-3 p.m.
Ellis Library Colonnade
Faculty Lecture Series presents Nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy
with Dr. Fred Hawthorne
 

Dr. Hawthorne will discuss his work with Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) for cancer, and the remarkable progress made here at MU. In 2006 Dr. Hawthorne founded the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri, where he is Institute Director and Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Radiology. He has been widely recognized including election to the US National Academy of Sciences and in 2013 he received the National Medal of Science.

October 23, 2013 (Wednesday)
2:00 – 3:20 pm Basic/Introductory session
3:30-5:00 pm Intermediate/Advanced session
Location:  125i Chemistry Building (conference room inside 125 Chemistry Building)
Trainer:  Peter Blasi, Applications Specialist, CAS

Register here to attend a SciFinder Scholar training session
 

The Basic/introductory session will cover the following topics plus questions from participants:

• An introduction to CAS content and indexing
• A brief overview of SciFinder features
• Exploring references by research topic, company name, author name, journal name, and patent number
• Sorting/Analyzing/Refining/Categorize
• Saving/Exporting/KMPs
• Exploring substances by chemical name and CAS RN
• Interpreting chemical substance records
• Commercial suppliers and regulatory information
• Retrieving full-text

The Intermediate/Advanced session will cover the following topics plus questions from participants:

• Structure searching
  Reaction searching
  Analyzing reaction answer sets
  Using SciPlanner
• Specialized topics such as polymers/alloys/organometallics  

Please contact Janice Dysart if you have any questions. 

The bad news: Many federal government websites are offline, and links to research reports are broken. The good news: MU Libraries has a Government Documents department with specialists who may help you find what you need through alternate sites or in physical collections. Find contact information under “Reference Services” on the Government Documents home page: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/govdocs

Has the government shutdown prevented you from getting information you need? Please fill out our Government Shutdown and Information Access form and let us know.  

The form is designed to help us determine areas of greatest need during the shutdown. The Government Documents unit will assist respondents in finding alternate sources if requested.

Anyone with an MU login and password may register for Introduction to Endnote by clicking on the course title. Bring your own laptop, with EndNote installed, or use one of our lab computers.

Class schedule: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

• September 10, 2013 – 6:00pm 7:30pm
• September 16, 2013 – 6:00pm 7:30pm
• September 25, 2013 – 6:00pm 7:30pm

(Although Mac users are welcome in any EndNote session, the September 25th session is specifically for Mac users who will need to bring their own Mac laptop.)

• October 01, 2013 – 2:00pm 3:30pm

(Please note the different time for this session.)

• October 24, 2013 – 6:00pm 7:30pm
• November 11, 2013 – 6:00pm 7:30pm

There will be two daytime EndNote classes that will be part of the Graduate Student Research Workshops. 

If classes fill up, or if none of those dates and times work for you, please contact Ashley Nelson at nelsonab@missouri.edu. If there is enough interest, she can add another EndNote workshop.