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Ink Indelible Exhibit
Faculty Lecture Series, March 12
“What Makes an Urban Species Urban?” with Prof. Charles Nilon
When: Tues., March 12, 2013
Time: 2 p.m.
Where: Ellis Library Colonnade
Wildlife management and conservation is often portrayed as dealing with rare species in remote places. Nilon’s research focuses on common species in everyday settings. “What makes urban birds
urban,” covers research on how cities act as filters influencing what kinds of birds we see in our daily lives.
This event is free and open to the public.
LECTURE IN ELLIS LIBRARY COLONNADE, 12 PM, WEDNESDAY MARCH 6TH
Family Resemblances: Early Modern Ideas on Sorting out the Natural World
Professor William B. Ashworth
Department of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Consultant for the History of Science, Linda Hall Library
This talk is affiliated with the 9th annual Life Sciences & Society Program symposium ‘Claiming Kin’ <http://lssp.missouri.edu/claimingkin> , Mar 15-17.
Kinship is disputed territory, investigated by a wide array of disciplines that include anthropology, cultural studies, evolutionary biology, family studies, genetics, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, and women’s and gender studies. Kinship classifications change across cultures and over time. As measures of legitimacy and arbiters of social standing, such categories have significant consequences. In the contemporary world, kinship is in flux as a result of such developments as reproductive technologies, blended families, same-sex marriage rights, and shifting gender roles. Our kin is not limited to humans, however. We belong to a vast evolutionary family tree, the history of which may influence the ways we interact with kin and organize kinship itself. The 2013 MU Life Sciences & Society Symposium, Claiming Kin, will explore the evolution of kin groups and evolving notions of kinship.
This lecture will serve to launch a Rare Books exhibit entitled “Kindred Kingdoms: Families in Flora, Fauna, and Fiction.”
High cost of health care challenged in Time magazine article
Steven Brill looks at hospital costs from the charge of a single acetaminophen tablet to the salary of the hospital president in his article, Bitter Pill: Why medical bills are killing us.
Kindred Kingdom Exhibit
MU Libraries Hours Reduced Due to Inclement Weather
Closing times for Feb. 25.
- Ellis Library is closing at 10:00 p.m
- Engineering Library will close at 8:00 pm
- Geology Library will close at 6:30 pm
- Health Sciences Library will close at 9:00 pm
- Veterinary Medical Library is closing at 9:00 pm
- Journalism Library is closing at 9:00 pm
- Math Library is closed at 5:00 pm
All libraries will be closed on Feb. 26. Please check mualert.missouri.edu for further updates.
Pop Quiz: Which of these things can you check out at the library?
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Flash drives?
Headphones?
Camcorders?
Laptops?
Umbrellas?
Answer: all of the above! You can check out an umbrella for 1 day.
The other items listed above are just a sampling of the types of equipment available for checkout – view the complete equipment list here, along with availability and loan periods.
Did You Know…?
You can return books checked out at other campus libraries to the vet library? Return your books to us*, and we'll send them back to Ellis, HSL, Engineering, etc., for you.
You can also request that books from other libraries be sent to the vet library for pick-up. See how to request books.
*Exceptions: reserve items, recalled items, and journals should be returned directly to the owning library.
Emblems of Love are in the Air
Happy Valentine's Day! Today we're taking a look at Emblems of Love by Philip Ayres, a book "dedicated to the ladys" in 1683.
Ayres, a poet and translator, was a tutor to the Drake family and is known primarily in this century for his Lyrick Poems (1687). However, his Emblems of Love was a well-known success in his own time. Emblem books generally have engraved images or symbols with accompanying text or poetry, and they were popular during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emblems of Love was one of the last of the genre to gain wide popularity in England.
The images for Emblems of Love feature putti and human beings in various activities, and are based on two earlier works: Amorum emblemata by Otto van Veen (1608) and Thronus cupidinis (1618). Some of the verses are also borrowed from these sources, although the English versions were composed by Ayres.
A sampling from Emblems of Love:
