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MU Libraries Seek Student Ambassadors

Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated students who would like to serve as Ruth E. Ridenhour MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will represent the libraries at campus and alumni events, market library services to students and teach fellow students about the libraries. Sign up today at http://library.missouri.edu/about/studentambassadors/. For more information, contact Nancy Messina at messinan@missouri.edu or (573) 882-2814. 

MU Libraries Student Ambassadors Application

Upcoming Meetings

Feb 11th @4:30 room 4F51A

Feb 25th @ 4:30 room 114

Mar 2nd  @ 4:30 location to be determined

Mar 11th @ 4:30 room 114

 

home Resources and Services Friday Workshop, Jan. 30

Friday Workshop, Jan. 30

Literature Review Demystified (Part1)
Jan. 30 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Jonathan Cisco from the Campus Writing Program will demystify the literature review by simplifying its components and purpose. He will lead you in a series of easy, practical steps to structure and write your own literature review for your discipline.

Jonathan Cisco, Campus Writing Program Coordinator

All workshops are offered simultaneously in two formats: Face-to-face in Rm. 213 Ellis Library and live online.
To Register: http//tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops
(click on gold calendar entries for face-to-face workshops and pink calendar entries for live online)

Shells, Snails, and Peacocks

A selection of decorated papers from Ellis Library Special collections is now on display now in Ellis 401.Decorated paper must be one of the most visually striking elements of rare books. They are found as endpapers, pastedowns, and on the covers of books produced in Europe from the 17th century onward. With a little background you can begin to appreciate their textures and patterns, and to identify the papers found in our collection and beyond.

Of the many kinds of decorated papers, marbled papers are the best represented in our collections. The art of marbling paper was invented in Japan and spread to Europe by the early 17th century. Though no two sheets are alike, certain designs became traditional. These designs are sometimes named after a formal resemblance, such as the “peacock,” sometimes after the country of origin, as the “Turkish” pattern, or both, such as the “French curl.”

Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière
Volume 12
by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
published in 1749 in Paris by l'Imprimerie royal 
Rare QH45 .B78 
 

Traditional artisans create these designs in oil-based pigments that float on the surface of water. In a carefully orchestrated sequence, they rake and comb the pigments to rake to achieve a design whose swirls and veins resemble those observed in polished marble. The design “lifts” as paper absorbs the pigment.

Marbled papers are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Artists such as Ann Muir create traditional as well as original designs. In a surprising twist, new technology has created a new demand for decorated papers; luxury cases for mobile devices sometimes incorporate them to create a book-like effect.

Vida de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
by Martín Fernández de Navarrete 
published in Madrid by la Imprenta Real in 1819
Rare PQ6337 .N27
 

These and many other examples of decorated papers from our collections are on display now in 401 Ellis and can be viewed between 9-5.

Further Reading
Link to an article by Joel Silver with a bibliography:
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/0306/marble.phtml
Link to a guide at Washington University
https://content.lib.washington.edu/dpweb/patterns.html

Apotelesmata astrologiae Christianae, by Pedro Ciruelo.

Published in Madrid, by Arnaldi guillelmi Brocarij, 1521
RARE QB26 C5

home Resources and Services Mobile device charging now available!

Mobile device charging now available!

Now you can charge your smartphone, iPad, or laptop when you visit the library.
2 Charging stations are available:
– On the main (2nd) floor behind the Information desk
– To the right of the 3rd floor steps.

home Resources and Services, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library New for 2015! Cell Host and Microbe; ILAR Journal

New for 2015! Cell Host and Microbe; ILAR Journal

You now have online access to Cell Host & Microbe!

You now have online access to the current issues of ILAR Journal!

Enjoy!

home Resources and Services Friday Workshop, Jan. 23

Friday Workshop, Jan. 23

Staying Ahead of the Curve: Be Aware of What Your Library Offers You
Jan. 23 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Learn how other faculty and students are using the Library’s services and find out about the newest tools and information sources.

Goodie Bhullar, Library Instruction Coordinator
Rachel Brekhus, Humanities Librarian

All workshops are offered simultaneously in two formats:
Face-to-face in Rm. 213 Ellis Library and live online.
To Register: http//tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops
(click on gold calendar entries for face-to-face workshops and pink calendar entries for live online)

home Resources and Services Read a Romance Novel

Read a Romance Novel

So for the spring semester, the displays will change every 6 weeks and focus on a specific genre.  With Valentine’s Day coming up, why not check out a romance novel.  To see a guide to finding romance novels in Ellis go to https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/ellisromance. This guide includes lists of classics, materials on learning more about the genre, and information about the different categories of romances.

For a sampling of some romance novels that are in Ellis Library, check out the display near the scanners on the 1st floor starting January 9, 2015.

Happy Reading!

home Resources and Services William Osler and his connection to MU

William Osler and his connection to MU

Read how a 16th century book from William Osler’s personal collection found a home in the Special Collections of MU Libraries.

home Resources and Services, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library More Online Access to ScienceDirect Journals

More Online Access to ScienceDirect Journals

Happy New Year!

We’ve added many more years of “backfile” access to ScienceDirect veterinary journals.

You now have online access to:

Animal Feed Science and Technology (1976 – 1994; 1998 – present)
Animal Reproduction Science (1978-1994; 1998 – present)
Applied Animal Behaviour Science [formerly known as Applied Animal Ethology] (1974 – 1994; 1998 – present)
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (1978 – present)
Journal of Comparative Pathology [formerly known as Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics] (1888 – present)
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (1981 – present)
Livestock Science [formerly known as Livestock Production Science] (1974 – present)
Preventive Veterinary Medicine (1982 – present)
Research in Veterinary Science (1991 – present)
Small Ruminant Research (1988 – present)
Theriogenology (1974 – present)
Tuberculosis [formerly known as Tubercle and Lung Disease and Tubercle] (1919 – present)
Vaccine (1983 – present)
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology (1979 – present)
The Veterinary Journal [formerly known as British Veterinary Journal] (1984 – present)
Veterinary Microbiology (1976 – present)
Veterinary Parasitology (1975 – present)

Previously, online access began in 1995 or 1998. Enjoy!

home Events and Exhibits, Resources and Services, Special Collections and Archives William Osler, W. J. Calvert, and MU’s Vesalius

William Osler, W. J. Calvert, and MU’s Vesalius

This post is by Amanda Sprochi, Health Sciences Cataloger at the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library.

Often called "the Father of Modern Medicine," William Osler was a Canadian physician, pathologist, and internist who established the programs of clinical clerkship and medical residency still in use in medical schools today. One of the four founders of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, he continued his career as the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and later was conferred a baronetcy and knighted.

Osler was from an early age a lover of books, and as his career advanced (and his salary along with it) he became a collector of rare medical volumes, such as the De Humani Corporis Fabrica he donated to the University of Missouri Medical School. He was known to buy works for libraries whose collections were lacking particular volumes, or to encourage other philanthropists to donate them. His own library eventually numbered 8,000 volumes, which he detailed in an extensive bibliography called the Bibliotheca Osleriana. Osler's collection was donated to McGill University upon his death where it forms the core of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.

Sir William Osler donated a copy of Vesalius' seminal work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, to the University of Missouri Medical School Library in 1909. In his entry on Vesalius in the Bibliotheca Osleriana, he mentions donating a copy to the University of Missouri "to my old student and friend Calvert, at that time Professor of Anatomy." He indicates in the Bibliotheca that at the time, copies of the Fabrica were "numerous and very often appear in sale catalogues at prices ranging from 10 to 20 varying with the condition." It is safe to say that the days of buying a first edition of Vesalius' work for $30-$40 are long over.

There is a bit of mystery involved with the MU Fabrica. In his original letter to the Medical Faculty, Osler mentions that he is sending a first edition, published 1543. In fact, the volume he sent was a second edition, published in 1555, as evidenced by the frontispiece and the number of lines per page. The 1543 edition has 57 lines per page; the 1555 has 49. There are also differences in the frontispiece between the first and second editions, the most notable being the staff held by the skeleton in the center of the image, which changes from a pole to a scythe, as well as content differences between the two editions. The MU Fabrica was rebound sometime in the 18th or 19th century, however, and the spine was stamped 1543 in Roman numerals. Whether this was a mistake or was done to fool unwary buyers is unknown.

Osler purchased a number of Fabricas in his lifetime, and was a well-known and expert collector of rare medical texts. It is unlikely that he would not have known the difference between the 1543 and 1555 editions of the book. It is equally unlikely that he would have deliberately sent one volume masquerading as the other. Perhaps he simply grabbed and sent the wrong one. At any rate, the gift was a priceless one in honor of a much-favored student and friend, and is a wonderful addition to the MU Library collection.

The volume in its current conservation binding by Jim Downey at Legacy Bookbindery.