Now on display in the Ellis Library Colonnade through the end of October.
Shannon Cary
Banned Books at Ellis Library
Did you know the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most challenged books since 1884 when it was originally published because of Mark Twain’s use of slang. See more banned books around the Colonnade area at Ellis Library. The banned books from the MU Special Collections are placed in one of the display cases.
Learn more and Celebrate the Freedom to Read at the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week Web site.
GWLA Directors Meet at MU on Oct. 5 & 6
The Greater Western Library Alliance annual fall meeting was held on October 5 & 6 in Columbia. The MU Libraries were pleased to welcome GWLA to Columbia for the first time.
Streaming video of the program, “Reinventing Reference,” held on Monday October 5, is available at the following link:
mms://mulibraries.missouri.edu/mu-gwla.wmv
Ellis Library Chamber Music at Noon: Haydn & Mendelssohn
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Noon – 1 pm
Join us in the Ellis Library Colonnade for a free concert performed by the MU School of Music.
For more information, visit http://music.missouri.edu/hmf.html.
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians
John Davis in Concert, Marking Twain: A Musical Celebration of Sam Clemens & His Times
John Davis in Concert
Marking Twain: A Musical Celebration of Sam Clemens & His Times
Hear the music of Twain’s time, including Tom Wiggins and John William “Blind” Boone
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:00 P.M.
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
Columbia, Missouri
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP
Contact Shannon Cary, 573-882-4703 or carysn@missouri.edu
Why Banned Books Week Matters, and How Freedom of Information Plays a Role
Why Banned Books Week Matters, and How Freedom of Information Plays a Role
Dr. Charles Davis, Executive Director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition
Sept. 30, 2009
1-2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade
Join us for a look at the issue of book challenges, the politicization of knowledge and how open government laws can save the day.
Sponsored by the MU Libraries Diversity Action Committee.
Celebration of the Book on Oct. 10
History and Fiction: Dueling Narratives
A Celebration of the Book including readings and panels on historical fiction, biography, memoirs, dramatizations of real life,
journalistic narrative, true crime writing, essay writing, poetry writing and the writing of non-fiction.
The Missouri Center for the Book Annual Celebration
Saturday, October 10th 2009
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Stephens College Campus
Register at: http://books.missouri.org/node/1
The registration fee of $25 per person includes a box lunch and
an early evening reception honoring renown Missouri scholar and translator
Margaret Sayers Peden.
The Keynote speaker will be celebrated Missouri historian, novelist, and journalist Harper Barnes
Sponsored by:
Stephens College English and Creative Writing Department
University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries
The Missouri Arts Council and
The Missouri Center for the Book
Zotero for Easier Citing
Zotero Workshop for Beginners & Beyond
Learn to set up and use this powerful, free tool to help you keep track of your references and format them in many different styles.
Friday September 18, 3:00-4:30
Ellis Library Room 213
Instructor: Rachel Brekhus
No registration necessary
Enter the Journalism Library Video Contest
Details available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/journalism/contest/default.htm.