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Due to some unfortunate construction delays, the library closure has been extended until September 8, 2026. The space and collection will remain unavailable until then.
If you need to reach the library team, please email vetlib@missouri.edu or visit us at https://vetmedlibrary.missouri.edu/.
We are excited to welcome you back to our bright new space soon!
We had another successful escape room event during Welcome Week this year! We had over 200 students register and about 150 attend! The students had a great time and that is thanks to all of those who helped this year!
You can see the photos of the groups and their different times they escaped here.
Thanks to everyone who helped!
Jara Anderson
Megan Ballengee
Rachel Brekhus
Shannon Cary
Alexandra Clussman
Heba Abd El Salam
Gwen Gray
Noel Kopriva
Mara Inge
Dylan Martin
Erin Merril
Abby Oldt
Jeannette Pierce
Rhonda Whtihaus
Some others we need to thank: Ellis Library Circulation, Engineering Library, and the Health Sciences Library for letting us use all the ipads; Ellis Library shelving for shelving all the books we used during the event. And to anyone else we may have missed. 🙂
It takes a lot of people to help with this event and we appreciate all the time, big or small, you’ve contributed to make this fun event happen for the new Mizzou students.
Participants can visit us each week and enter for a chance to win a guaranteed study room during Finals Week! The more you visit each week, the more entries you’ll have.
Calming Crafternoon with the Women’s Center
Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a calming moment and craft a self-care punch card.
Wellbeing with the Student Health & Wellbeing
Thursday, September 17, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Learn about the resources available to you through Student Health & Wellbeing.
Student Success Skills
Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Learn more about the Sage Student Success Skills and resources to help you improve your wellbeing while you’re a student.
Sensory Kits
Thursday, October 1, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Test out our new sensory kits for checkout.
Museum of Art and Archeology
Thursday, October 8, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Come and learn about Mizzou’s Museum of Art and Archeology, located on the ground floor of Ellis Library.
Subject Librarians
Thursday, October 15, 2026 from 11a -2p
Did you know every department on campus has a subject librarian? Learn more about how they can support you and your academic success.
Reading for Fun at Mizzou Libraries
Thursday, October 22, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Learn how you can sign up for a Columbia Public Library card and other ways to request the books you want to read.
Wellbeing and the Specialized Libraries
Thursday, October 29, 2026 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Did you know there are 6 other libraries on campus? Visit us to learn more about these specialized libraries.
TBD
Thursday, November 5, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Special Collections
Thursday, November 12, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a look at items from our Special Collections vault.
Museum of Anthropology
Thursday, November 19, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a look at archaeological collections comprise of artifacts dating from 2.6 million years ago to modern times from Missouri’s only anthropology museum.
Do you want to join a book club but prefer to choose your own book?
Join us at BYOBook Club! Read any book for the month’s (optional) prompt and chat with other readers about what you chose. This is a great way to discover new books and authors—or rant about pesky plot holes.
You can find book recommendations and more on our BYOBook Club guide: libraryguides.missouri.edu/byobook-club
This club is sponsored by Mizzou Libraries Outreach and Engagement Committee.
Mizzou Libraries invites the campus community (students, staff, and faculty) to join our inaugural campus-wide Reading Challenge! This challenge runs from September 2026 to April 2027.
Read (or listen to) a book each month based on that month’s theme, tell us about it, and be entered into win one of our monthly prizes. Complete all 8 months to be entered in to the grand prize drawing.
Select this link to learn more about the Mizzou Libraries Reading Challenge: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/readingchallenge
Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.
This month’s featured article, “Polychip-A High-Throughput Droplet Microfluidics Platform for Interrogating Microbial Interactions” was co-authored by Dr. Paul de Figueiredo of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. The article was published in Advanced Science (impact factor of 14.1 in 2025).
See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=July&Year=2026
We are excited to announce that Mizzou Libraries is trying a new year long reading challenge. The whole campus, (staff, students, and faculty) can participate. The reading challenge runs from September 2026 to April 2027.
To participate in the challenge:
The marketing team will be promoting the challenge, but we hope that you all can share with your subject areas and with other colleagues and students you interact with. We will have a news post soon you can share around and we have a guide you can point people to: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/readingchallenge
If you have any questions, send Taira Meadowcroft or Shannon Cary an email.
We asked Mizzou Librarians to tell us what their favorite read of the summer was and of course they had a lot to share!
In this list, you will find beach reads and dense reads. Fiction and non-fiction. This list has a little for everyone, no matter your reading tastes.
You can access the list using this link.
Happy reading!
Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.
This month we have two featured articles from the same journal, Journal of Clinical Oncology (5-year impact factor of 41.3 in 2024):
was co-authored by Dr. Iris Zachary of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Dr. Cherian Verghese of the Department of Medicine – Hematology Oncology.
See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=June&Year=2026
Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.
This month’s featured article, “Endovascular Treatment of Medium-Vessel-Occlusion Strokes”, was co-authored by Dr. Adnan Qureshi of the Department of Neurology. The article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (impact factor of 78.5 in 2024).
See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=May&Year=2026