After several months of preparation, planning and experimentation, the MU Libraries  are pleased to introduce a mobile interface to the MU Libraries website.   To visit it, just point your mobile device to http://mulibraries.missouri.edu

If you don’t have a mobile device and would like to see a web version, go to http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/mobile

Check it out.

Confused about the overwhelming number of library resources?  Try out our new LibGuide, Best Basic Resources for Research!

Thursday, May 6               7:30 am                4 am

Friday, May 7                     6 am                      4 am

Saturday, May 8               9 am                      4 am

Sunday, May 9                  9 am                      4 am

Monday, May 10              6 am                      4 am

Tuesday, May 11              6 am                      4 am

Wednesday, May 12       6 am                      4 am

Thursday, May 13            6 am                      4 am

Friday, May 14                   6 am                      9 pm

Saturday, May 15             9 am                      5 pm

Sunday, May 16                noon                     5 pm

Monday, May 17              Resume scheduled hours

Bookmark Cafe will be open until midnight on May 9-11.

Bookmark Cafe will also have free coffee starting at midnight on May 9-11. Happy studying!

Hours for Circulation/Reserve Desk

Monday, May 10       7am – 2am

Tuesday, May 11       7am – 2am

Wednesday, May 12       7am – 2am

Thursday, May 13       7am – 2am

Friday, May 14       7am – 6pm

Saturday, May 15     9am-5pm

Sunday, May 16                Closed

Skateboards are a energy-efficient, healthy…and HAWT…means of getting around campus.   We at the MU Libraries have a keen sense of the aesthetic, the body in motion, the spring breeze whipping through the hair of MU scholars on the move.  So come to the Reserve Desk to get your wheels on, just in time for Earth Day.  Each of our unique MU Libraries Scholarly Schateboards is emblazoned with a literary quotation.  We love them!   Pick yours up now!

The following cameras are available for checkout with an MU ID at the Ellis Library Circulation/Reserve Desk.

7 Zeiss SONY 40X HANDYCAM Digital Video Camera Recorders on Reserve for 1 day loan;

1 Zeiss SONY 800X Digital Video Camera Recorder for 1 day loan; and

2 Flip Video Ultra HD Camcorders for 1 day loan.

For more information, contact the Ellis Library Circulation/Reserve Desk at 882-3362.

Sam and Laura
a new play by the
Pulitzer-Prize-winning
author Ron Powers

Hear the play. Talk to the playwright.

Join us Thursday, March 18, 2010
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Play begins at 7:30 p.m.
Stotler Lounge in Memorial Union

Join us for a concert reading of a new play, Sam and Laura, by Ron Powers. Mr. Power is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Mark Twain biographer. Music will be provided by Jane Accurso and Dierik Leonhard of Ironweed. After the reading, there will be a talkback session with the playwright. Refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Marking Twain Centennial Celebration. For a complete list of events, visit http://coas.missouri.edu/events/markingtwain10.html.

Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated undergraduate students who would like to serve as Ruth E. Ridenhour MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will teach fellow students about the libraries, represent the libraries at alumni events and advise the libraries on marketing services to students.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity. Sign up today at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/about/studentambassadors.htm.

For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or (573) 882-4703.

A school/office supplies vending machine is now located by the north entrance of Ellis Library. You may use money or a student ID to purchase the following items:

12 page blue book, $.50

Index cards, $.85

8 page blue book, $.35

Sharpie Accent, $1.60

Correction Pen $3.00

BandAids, $1.40

Binder Clips, $2.20

Sharpie TT, $2.20

Maxell Ear Buds, $7.50

Pilot G2 Black, $2.20

Pilot G2 Blue, $2.20

Bic Pencil  .7mm, $2.70

Bic Pencil .5mm, $2.70

Memo Books, $.35

Pocket Tissues, $.55

CD-R, $1.05

CD-RW, $1.05

AA Batteries, $5.35

AAA Batteries, $5.35

Mini Stapler, $2.20

Fiskars Scissors, $3.60

Ear Plugs, $2.20

Post It Flags, $2.70

Scotch Tape, $2.20

Sticky Notes, $3.20

12 page blue books, $.50

Pencil, $1.40

Flash Drive, $10.00

8 page blue books, $.35

4 Function Calculator, $3.20

Envelopes 5 Pack, $.55