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Banned Books Week Presentation by Samuel Cohen, Mizzou Associate Professor of English

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Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
114A Ellis Library and Zoom
Register here to attend via Zoom

Dr. Cohen will discuss his forthcoming book anthology, Banning Books in America: Not a How-to.

Since 2020, the U.S. has seen unprecedented efforts at the state and local level to exert control over what is taught and read by banning, challenging, or censoring books in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries. Beginning with criticisms of the 1619 Project and gathering steam with attacks on Critical Race Theory and DEI, these efforts have led to state legislatures, school boards, and city councils becoming culture war battlegrounds. In this talk, Sam Cohen will look at these contemporary battles in the contexts of the long history of book bans, of specific books challenged by them, and of the larger questions raised about the competing interests and values at play.

Presentation sponsored by the Mizzou Libraries and the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies

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Silent Reading Book Club at Mizzou Libraries

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Photo of books and countryside. Text: University of Missouri Libraries, Silent Reading Book Club, Ellis Library 114A

Hello! Join us for Silent Book Club, a low-pressure, no-assignments reading group for book lovers of all kinds! Bring whatever book you’re currently reading—fiction, nonfiction, graphic novel, or anything else—and enjoy an hour of quiet reading in the company of others. There’s no required reading or group discussion—just a cozy, welcoming space to relax, read, and share the love of books. Come early or stay late to chat about what you’re reading, or just enjoy the quiet time. All readers are welcome!

For more information, visit our Silent Reading Book Club LibGuide.

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Calming Crafternoons at Mizzou Libraries

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Join us during the fall semester for crafting activities to help flex your crafting muscles and relieve some stress.

Beaded Plants
 Ellis Library Main Floor
Monday, September 29th 1:30-4:30pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. Drop by to make a beaded plant in a vase. All supplies provided.

Cryptid Coloring
Ellis Library Main Floor
Tuesday October 21st 1:30-4:30pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. Pick out your favorite cryptid coloring page and relieve some stress by coloring! We’ll also have Mothman and Sasquatch stickers. All supplies provided.

Halloween Jars
Health Sciences Library
Wednesday, October 22nd 2pm-4pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. We’ll have glass jars and decorating materials. As always, we will have coloring pages too. All supplies provided.

Friendship/Affirmation Bracelets
Ellis Library Main Floor
Thursday November 6th 1:30-4:30pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. Turn your favorite word or phrase into an affirmation bracelet. All supplies provided.

Mini Books
Health Sciences Library
Wednesday, November 19th 2pm-4pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. We’ll be making mini books. A great way to commemorate the past year of reading. As always, we will have coloring pages too.  All supplies provided.

DIY Hand Warmers
Ellis Library Main Floor
Monday December 8th 1:30-4:30pm

Join us in taking a calming breath and making a craft. Make reusable handwarmers for the winter weather. Customize with aromatherapy of your choosing and get ready to do a little hand-sewing. All supplies provided.

Everyone is welcome!

Not sure where the health sciences library is? Here’s a map for you. 

Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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BYOBook Club at Mizzou Libraries

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Do you want to join a book club but prefer to choose your own book?

Join the BYOBook Club on the first Wednesday of the month! 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.

  • Oct. 1 – a book with a one-word title
  • Nov. 5 – a spooky read
  • Dec. 3 – a book you wish was a movie or tv show

You can find book recommendations and more on our BYOBook Club guide: libraryguides.missouri.edu/byobook-club

This club is sponsored by MU Libraries’ Outreach and Engagement Committee.

Registration is encouraged but not required.

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New Exhibit: Oki Data Microline 320 Turbo: Calculated Inheritance

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What is impact dot matrix printing? Which technologies converged in the mid-20th century to create such a computing icon?

Located in the Engineering Library and Technology Commons and created by Library Technology Services, the history and anatomy of the Okidata Microline 320 Turbo is explored in this compelling exhibit.

For those interested in learning more about the exhibit, there is an online library guide available at https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/dotmatrix

 

 

 

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Check Us Out! Thursdays at Ellis Library

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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.

*Want more chances to enter? Visit each specialized library and find the check us out logo to enter.

Special Collections
Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a look at items from our Special Collections vault.

Wellbeing Collection
Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Learn about our newest collection: the Wellbeing Collection.  This collection features new books for students, faculty and staff who want to focus on their mental health or just need a break from the stress of everyday life.

Archives
Thursday, September 25, 2024 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a look at past Mizzou Homecoming items just in time for the 2025 homecoming game!

Museum of Anthropology
Thursday, October 2, 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.

Digital Media and Innovation Lab
Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Test out our VR googles, 3D scanner and our digital art station.

Columbia Public Library Book Bike and the State Historical Society
Thursday, October 16, 2025 from 11a -2p

  • Columbia Public Library Book Bike at the Ellis Library West Entrance
    Visit the public library’s book bike and sign up for a library card
  • State Historical Society in Ellis Library Colonnade
    Visit to learn more about how the State History Society of Missouri collects stories from the past and the present to ensure Missouri’s history is preserved and shared

Mizzou Specialized Libraries
Thursday, October 23, 2025 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.

Museum of Art and Archeology
Thursday, October 30, 2025 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.

WeMake Deisgn & Learn Lab
Thursday, November 6, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Come learn about WeMake Design & Learn Lab. The lab is available to all MU Students.

Budds Music Center
Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Learn more about the Budds Music Center and how they serve Mizzou students and the community.

Department of Entomology
Thursday, November 20, 2025 from 11a -2p in Ellis Library Colonnade
Take a look at some bugs the Department of Entomology has in their collection.

 

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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New Magazine Exhibits in Special Collections

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A collage of four magazine covers

Students enrolled in Professor Bossaller’s class on the history of books and media have curated five new exhibits related to the Samir Husni Magazine Collection, a wide-ranging collection of first-issue magazines dating as far back as 1805. The exhibits highlight different themes found within the collection:

We are very excited about these exhibits and we hope that you enjoy them!

John Henry Adams

John Henry Adams is a librarian in the Special Collections and Rare Books department. He provides instruction and reference for the history of the book in general, but especially for medieval manuscripts, early European printing, the history of cartography, and English and German literature.

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Touching a Global Past in a Private Collection of Books and Manuscripts

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
2 to 3:15 pm
114A Ellis Library

Open House Research Presentation
ARH_VS 4160W / 7160: Global Encounters in Art History
Prof. Anne Rudloff Stanton

By Ellie Cearley, Alexis Cornett, Fynn Lamanske, Sara Lawson, Jake Mangan, Kaitlyn Melton, Adakunle Ogunleke, Muditha Pathirana, Greg Pekurney, Didintle Setzin, Xiaoran Tang, and Hanxue Zhang

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Black Out Poetry at the Journalism Library

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Now through the month of April.

The Journalism Library is celebrating National Poetry Month by putting on a Black-Out Poetry station the entire month of April. Folks can come and construct original poetry out of newspaper and magazine clippings gathered by the library staff.

Blackout poetry is created by marking out words from a text, like a newspaper, until a poem is created from the words that remain. For inspiration, check out others’ creations at Newspaper Blackout.

Everyone is welcome!

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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Spencer T. Banks Black History Exhibit

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Dr. Joan Stack from the State Historical Society of Missouri developed the exhibit “A Historic Look at Black Labor in St. Louis Seen through the Eyes of Artist Spencer T. Banks (1912-1983),” which is on display in the Ellis Library exhibit area on first floor.

Black History Month Programs at the State Historical Society of Missouri