“Cuts to humanities will impact MU professors, renovation projects”
Columbia Missourian, April 3, 2025
Shannon Cary
24/7 Rush Service Added for Most Requested Journals
In a recent user survey, one of the top needs identified by library users was access to more online journal content. In response, the Mizzou Libraries are offering streamlined access to articles in the most most requested journals that are requested through Interlibrary Loan.
When you click “FindIt@MU” for an article in one of these journals, you will see this option: “Need it asap? Request rush delivery.” If you choose this option, the article will be delivered to your inbox within 2 hours, sometimes within minutes. This 24-hour service is available to Mizzou faculty, staff and students.
Don’t see that option for a journal you frequently need? Let us know.
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Congratulations to the 2025 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners
The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri.
This year the winner of the first place prize of a $500 scholarship is Nina Schmolzi, a senior studying anthropology. Her project was “Tracing Routes Through Roots: Unraveling the Bantu Migration Through Linguistics and Archaeology.”
The second-place winner and recipient of a $250 scholarship is Benjamin Peter, a senior studying electrical engineering. His project was “Robust Defense Against Extreme Grid Events Using Dual-Policy Reinforcement Learning Agents.”
In addition Jackson Huenefeldt, a senior studying chemical engineering, was given an honorable mention for his project, “Sounds of the Energy Transition.”
Journalism Library Closed Next Tuesday Afternoon
The Journalism Library will close from noon to 5 pm on the afternoon of March 26. There is a scheduled power outage during that time. The library will resume intersession hours on March 27.
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Librarians Serve on Award-Winning AI Task Force
Rebecca Graves and Kimberly Moeller served on the MU Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the Learning Environment. MU Faculty Council on University Policy awarded this task force the group category of its Shared Governance Award.
Comments from the nomination include: The Task Force’s efforts to make sure faculty and staff have a seat at the table (and a head seat at that) in the development of AI-related policies and training modules exemplify this award’s dedication to inclusive and participatory governance. I am inclined to nominate this group for the Shared Governance Group Award not just because they formed in the spirit of shared governance, met, did careful research, and wrote a detailed report, but because their work was received by administration and has resulted in actual policy implementation.
In the spirit of shared governance, this award will be presented at the Spring 2025 General Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, April 2nd, at 3:30 pm at the Missouri State Historical Society.