The library offers used books for sale in the Digi-Print copy center located in the north side of the building, just inside the front entrance. Books are priced $1-4. The only exception are Savitars (the MU yearbook), which are priced individually. New books are put out each week on Wednesday mornings. Come in and browse – you never know what you might find!

Pick up your copy at either entrance of Ellis Library.

For Sale at Ellis Library Circulation / Reserve Desks

Both sizes of Blue Books at 35 cents each, tax included

#2 Pencils at 20 cents each, tax included

While supply lasts………………………………………………………….

The Friends of the MU Libraries invite you to share some laughter with Mark Twain at the Conley House on Nov. 13 at 7 pm. Join humorist Bob Priddy, Chancellor Richard Wallace, Missouri Poet Laureate Walter Bargen, and very important MU Theatre folk Brett Johnson, Ben Friesen, cfrancis blackchild, Phebe Nichols and Gloria Dossett for an evening of Twain’s lesser known writings and poetry. Along with the stories, poems, and quips, there will be desserts and beverages. $20 admission, $8 for students. Contact Sheila Voss at vosss@missouri.edu or 882-4701.

Witness as the The Mystical Arts of Tibet, featuring the Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery, bring a culturally rich experience to the MU Campus on October 26-29. Schedule: Mon. Oct. 26, Noon, Opening Ceremony, Lowry Mall/Ellis Library; Mon. Oct. 26 – Wed. Oct. 28, Afternoons, Mandala Sand Painting, Ellis Library; Wed. Oct. 28, 6:00 PM, Lecture – “Tibet Today,” Jesse Wrench Auditorium (Memorial Union); Thurs. Oct. 29, Noon, Closing Ceremony, Ellis Library; Thurs. Oct. 29, 7:00 PM, Sacred Music and Sacred Dance, Jesse Auditorium. Visit Stufftodo or Facebook

On Saturday, October 24, visit Ellis Library after the Homecoming Parade from 10 a.m. to noon for refreshments, tours and family activities. This event is free and open to the public.

Now on display in the Ellis Library Colonnade through the end of October.

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.