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The MU Libraries are pleased to announce that Nicole Merzweiler has been hired as the continuing resources cataloger librarian. Nicole has a Master of Library and Information Science from Kent State University. She has previously worked as the cataloging librarian at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Nicole’s professional interests include inclusive cataloging and user experience.
During the fall semester, the work of Jane B. Mudd will be on display in Ellis Library’s Bookmark Cafe.
Jane Bick Mudd lives on a farm outside of Fulton, Missouri with her husband Tom. She has three grown children and is an Assistant Professor of Art at William Woods University in Fulton. She works in several medias and has a body of work that reflects many different themes. “The subject of my next painting or project is usually dictated by my daily experiences and exposures. I look for opportunities and challenges and I’m curious. I feel strongly about the environment, women’s issues, peace, and the importance of art in the world. I most often work directly from life but occasionally use other imagery for inspiration. Recently I have pursued several opportunities for public art.”
Learn more at The Fine Art of Jane B. Mudd website.
You may, or may not know, that Ellis Library is open 24/5 every week, except for holidays, breaks and extended hours during Finals.
From Sunday to Thursday, enjoy studying in Ellis Library 24 hours a day. On Friday the library is open 12am – 8pm and Saturday from 9am – 5pm. All library hours can be found at library.missouri.edu/hours.
Make sure you bring your Mizzou ID with you for late night studying. From 10pm-7am a valid Mizzou ID is required to come into the library.
While the library is open for studying, services like the check out and help desks are closed. If you need to check out a book, you can use the self check out station located by the west doors.
If you need research help, consider using our 24/7 chat service.
Come visit Ellis Library’s colonnade to see this exhibit put together by MU undergraduate students! Mizzou’s undergraduate Digital Indigenous Studies class put together an exhibit at the end of their semester to complement an online exhibit that they created during
their coursework. The exhibit uses objects from the museum’s collections and was done in consultation with the Kawerak people.
Since the Museum of Anthropology is still under construction, the exhibit is being displayed on the first floor of Ellis Library. To learn more and to see the digital exhibit, visit the the Museum of Anthropology’s website.
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The MU Libraries are pleased to announce that Jill Kline has been hired as a student success librarian. Jill has a Master of Library and Information Science from MU and a Bachelor of Secondary Education from Union College. Jill has been working in libraries since 2013 starting as a student worker. After graduating from Union College, she worked as an English, art and yearbook teacher in Centralia, MO, then worked as a public services and outreach librarian at Union College for two years. She has also worked as part of a TRiO Student Support Services program at Doane University.
The MU Libraries are pleased to announce that Janet Hilts has been hired as arts and humanities librarian. Janet has a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts in ethnomusicology and musicology from York University. She previously worked as a research assistant with the project “Sounds of Home: Exploring Local Music Collections and Collecting in Canada,” and as a librarian for the Learning and Instruction Division at Simon Fraser University Library.
The MU Libraries are pleased to announce that Megan Ballengee has been hired as the community engagement coordinator. Megan has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Bachelor of Arts in art history and Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from St. Cloud State University. She previously worked as an instructional services librarian at Heartland Community College and an undergraduate instruction & outreach librarian at Texas State University.
Please visit our summer exhibit celebrating old Hollywood movies and movie stars. This exhibit consists of old movie posters from the private collection of an MU staff member and several books about Hollywood from the library’s collection.
If you want to watch some classic movies this summer, you can check out DVDs at Ellis Library.
Special thanks to Farris Craddock for providing movie reels and to Catherine Hutinett for choosing the books for the exhibit.
Books on Display
Stealing the show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood by Miriam J. Petty
Black manhood on the silent screen by Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
Cinematic appeals: the experience of new movie technologies by Ariel Rogers
Queer love in film and television: critical essays by Pamela Demory and Christopher Pullen
Beyond the Stars by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller
Women on screen: feminism and femininity in visual culture edited by Melanie Waters
Heroines of film and television: portrayals in popular culture edited by Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, and Bob Batchelor
The cool and the crazy: pop fifties cinema by Peter Stanfield
Queen of the Plaza; a biography of Adah Isaacs Menken by Paul Lewis
Hollywood destinies: European directors in America, 1922-1931
Classic Hollywood: lifestyles and film styles of American cinema, 1930-1960 by Veronica Pravadelli
The many lives of Marilyn Monroe by Sarah Churchwell
This ‘n that by Bette Davis with Michael Herskowitz
The Hollywood family film: a history, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter by Noel Brown
The Hollywood economist: the hidden financial reality behind the movies by Edward Jay Epstein
The ABCs of classic Hollywood by Robert B. Ray
The girl who walked home alone: Bette Davis, a personal biography by Charlotte Chandler
On film: a history of the motion picture by Frank E. Beaver
The phantom of the cinema: character in modern film by Lloyd Michaels
Matinee melodrama: playing with formula in the sound serial by Scott Higgins
Out at the movies: a history of gay cinema by Steven Paul Davies; foreword by Simon Callow
85 years of the Oscar by Robert Osborne
The films of Bette Davis by Gene Ringgold