Hand colored plates by Lotte Pritzel
Images taken from Puppen by Rainer Maria Rilke
Munich, 1921
Resources and Services
Friday Workshop, Oct. 17
Keep Current with Your Latest Research Without the Stress
Oct. 17 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 213, Ellis Library
Is trying to keep up with new developments in your field stressing you out? We’ll show you some tools that can make keeping up with the latest research easy and painless.
Rhonda Whithaus, Electronic Resources Coordinator
Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops
Homecoming Open House
On Saturday, October 25, visit Ellis Library after the Homecoming Parade from 10 a.m. to noon for refreshments, tours, family activities and free mini pumpkins. This event is free and open to the public.
Digital archives not as complete or long-lasting as they should be — or could be
Today, digital archives and ?computer-assisted journalism? are commonplace. Almost all stories, photos, videos and related news assets are now created digitally ? so one might think electronic archives are universal. But it?s not necessarily so. Digital archives may not be as complete or long-lasting as they could/should be.
Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Digital archives not as complete or long-lasting as they should be — or could be
View “Maximizing your research identity and impact” from your computer
We had a full house for our recent Fridays@the Library class, “Maximizing your research identity and impact”, but if you missed it, you can now review the recording to learn how to utilize ORCID, Google Scholar Profile, MOspace, and impact factors to maximize your professional impact.
Ghosts, Friendly and Otherwise
While sometimes our stacks can certainly feel like they're haunted, the only ghosts we know live here are the ones in our books! From Casper the Friendly Ghost to the Headless Horseman, our shelves are inhabited by a large variety of spirits. We even have books claiming to be written by ghosts, such as the Ghost Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, and collections of ghost stories spanning the years.
Automatic writing allows a person to channel the supernatural to produce written words without consciously writing. In this case, allowing the figure of Lazar to write pages worth of witty epigrams from the spirit of Oscar Wilde.
In this pamphlet, a speech is recorded from the ghost of Lord Haversham, who was so disturbed by some of the carrying-ons of the Parliment that he returned as a ghost after his death to give this speech to the House of Lords in 1710.
Even Holmes and Watson join the fray in the fight against evil spirits in these crossover comics that pit the famous consulting detective and his biographer against the opera ghost, or the Phantom of the Opera.
One of the more well-known ghosts in American literature is that of the Headless Horseman from Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Also a terrifying figure in other European folktales, a common theme among all depictions is that, where this spirit shows up, death usually follows.
So if these books make you want to take up ghosthunting this October, you know who to call. (Hint: it's us, Special Collections!)
New Art Display: Medical Illustrations
Please stop by and view our new display, the medical illustrations of Stacy Turpin Cheavens, MS, CMI. Stacy has been the School of Medicine's sole Certified Medical Illustrator for 10 years now, currently at the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute. She works directly with health professionals of all types to create illustrations and animations for journal articles, presentations, posters, textbooks, websites, patient education, and clinical materials, among other uses.
While attending the University of Missouri as an undergrad, Stacy learned that she could combine her two passions, art and the life sciences, in one career. She knew immediately that Medical Illustration was the profession for her. After graduating in 2000, she studied drawing and sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, and taught an écorché class (learning anatomy through sculpture). She then continued on to the Medical Illustration Graduate Program at Georgia Regents University in Augusta (then the Medical College of Georgia). It was there that she gained an in-depth understanding of anatomy, studying side-by-side with medical students, and became familiar with the tools necessary to create professional illustrations and animations.
You can view more of her work at medicine.missouri.edu/illustrator. She is also happy to talk about starting a new project or to answer any questions about a career in Medical Illustration. Contact her at cheavenss@health.missouri.edu or 884-5324.
Ma and Pa Ingalls
Charles and Caroline Ingalls (Pa and Ma)
Image taken from Let the Hurricane Roar by Rose Wilder Lane
New York and Toronto 1933
Written by their grandaughter, Rose Wilder Lane, Let the Hurricane Roar tells the story of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. The novel recounts events in the lives of the young newlywed couple making their way West, detailing the challenges and adventures encountered along the way.
Friday @ the Library Workshop, Oct. 10
Managing and Sharing Your Research Data
Oct. 10 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 213, Ellis Library
This session will provide an overview on facilitating the access and reuse of your research data. Learn how to comply
with funding agency policies; create data management plans; and submit data sets to MOspace, MU’s digital institutional
repository.
Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops
Kate Anderson, Head, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library
Mizzou Must-Reads
For the 175 year anniversary of the University of Missouri, MU professors recommended 175 influential books. See the display near the scanners on the first floor to browse and check out these influential books.
For a full listing of the books go to https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/mustreads. The books are broken out into different categories: autobiographies/biographies, fiction, nonfiction, philosophy/spirituality, plays & poetry, science and social sciences.
Happy Reading!