Welcome to Jordan Hamby, library information assistant in the Health Sciences Library. Terri Hall will be her supervisor.
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Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.
Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.
Ken Logsdon Photography on Display in Bookmark Cafe
An exhibit of local artist Ken Logsdon’s photographs is on display in the Bookmark Cafe on the ground floor of Ellis Library. This exhibit will be on display during the spring semester.
Artist’s Statement:
I photograph things that catch my eye. It might be a pattern. It might be a reflection. There might be high contrast. It might be a shadow. It might be the perfect vignette. I love quirky. I have begun doing nature abstracts. I’m hoping the viewer has to look awhile to decide why I shot the photo and what it is; to see a face or a creature. That is why you usually won’t see titles on my photos.
Not represented in this show, I also travel to small towns NOTI (Not on the Interstate) and try to find representations of Americana. I have learned a bit about the current economy by doing so – not in an academic way but observationally.
I post publicly on Facebook as Ken Logsdon https://www.facebook.com/ken.logsdon
kenlogsdon@socket.net
New Muse Posts
In the News
“New RJI Project Seeks to Preserve Digital Archives”
Editor & Publisher, January 16, 2020
“MLK Day events shine light on past, present social justice issues”
The Maneater, January 21, 2020
“Many events happening around town for Black History Month”
Columbia Missourian, January 30, 2020
Graves Publishes in Supportive Care in Cancer
Congratulations to Rebecca!
Anbari, A.B., Wanchai, A. & Graves, R. Breast cancer survivorship in rural settings: a systematic review. Supportive Care in Cancer (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05308-0
2019 Tax Information Is Now Available
2019 tax information is available at libraryguides.missouri.edu/tax. The deadline for filing is Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Journalism Library Saves Students Money with E-Books
The cost of textbooks for students can be expensive, especially in certain disciplines or if a student has a heavy course load. Many students are required to purchase a book for a class that they will only read a few chapters of—or never open at all.
As the School of Journalism redesigns its curriculum, the plan is to incorporate as many open educational resources (OER) as possible. OER are freely accessible, openly licensed materials. This will include creating new content, accessing free and low-cost content created by other educators and working with the journalism library to find eBooks with either multi or unlimited user licenses.
Dorothy Carner, the head of libraries at the Missouri School of Journalism, said she is trying to purchase as many free resources for students as possible. She has already purchased unlimited access textbooks for use in several courses, including Journalism 2000, 4250 and 8000. In addition, e-textbooks will also be available for several communication classes.
Carner estimates that by the end of the upcoming spring semester, over 1,200 Journalism 2000 students will have had the option to access an e-textbook. The e-books are especially useful for online students since they don’t always have access to a physical textbook, Carner said.
Carner recommends that students who don’t want to read the e-book on a computer screen should download the section they need and print it. Not having to purchase the printed textbook will save students money.
Because the Journalism Library collects faculty syllabi each semester, Carner is able to see which textbooks will be used in each class. If possible, she will order those textbooks as multiuser e-books.
Faculty are encouraged to collaborate with the library on OER and request e-textbooks as they plan their courses. In addition, it is important for instructors to show students how to access, download and print these resources as needed.
Written by Christina Mascarenas and Dorothy Carner
Introducing the Creative Commons Search Browser Extension
Creative Commons brings together CC-licensed and public domain works. Creative Commons was initially created as a search and indexing tool. Now CC Search allows you to search among CC-licensed images right from your browser. The CC Search Browser Extension is an open-source plugin that can be installed with any web browser.
With the CC Search Browser Extension, users can now search for CC-licensed images, download them, and attribute the owner/creator without needing to head over to Flickr, Behance, Rawpixel or any other source of CC-licensed content.
For more information, contact Sandy Schiefer at schiefers@missouri.edu.