home Resources and Services Ellis Library will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Ellis Library will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

home Resources and Services Ellis Library Closed Sunday and Monday (September 11 & 12).

Ellis Library Closed Sunday and Monday (September 11 & 12).

Ellis Library will remain closed through Monday, September 12.  The Library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, September 13.  Circulation, Reserve and Interlibrary Loan Services have been temporarily relocated to the Current Periodicals Reading Room on the west side of the first floor of Ellis Library.

On Monday, September 12,  Ellis Reference will resume phone service (573-882-4581) in addition to answering questions through chat, email and text messages until 6:00 pm.  All branch libraries will follow their regular hours. 

More information regarding the Saturday morning fire and cleanup may be found here.

 

home Resources and Services HSL Symposium: Wednesday, September 28th

HSL Symposium: Wednesday, September 28th

Join the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library in celebrating 25 years! The HSL Anniversary Symposium will be held on Wednesday, September 28th, from 9am to noon. National Library of Medicine Director Don Lindberg will be the honored guest.

 

home Resources and Services Free Anti-Theft Registration

Free Anti-Theft Registration

MUPD and Ellis Library Security will be providing a FREE bike/electronics (laptops, iPads, e-readers, etc.) registration and engraving session in Ellis Library for the 2011 Fall Semester on Wednesday, September 7th 9am – 1pm and Thursday, September 8th from noon – 4pm. DoIT will also have a help station set up for any computer questions or problems. The event will take place on the first floor of Ellis Library in the colonnade. All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to be proactive in protecting their property.

Tuesday Trivia

question marksThis semester, get acquainted with Special Collections and Rare Books by playing Tuesday Trivia!  Each week, we’ll post a question on our Facebook page.  Be the first to leave a comment on Facebook with the correct answer, and we’ll send you a Special Collections bookmark.  At the end of each month, the person with the most correct answers will win a “grand prize” – including packs of Special Collections notecards, publications, and more.

We’ve designed these questions to challenge you, but a hint: most of the answers can be found on the Special Collections website, in the MERLIN library catalog, or in the UM Digital Library.

Stay tuned for the first Tuesday Trivia question!

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Database Trial: Natural Standard

MU Libraries is conducting a trial of the Natural Standard Alternative Medicine database.   Nature Standard summarizes and synthesizes research evidence on effectiveness of herbal and alternative therapies. Trial ends September 30, 2011.

If you have comments about this resource, send them to wordens@health.missouri.edu.

home Resources and Services Natural Standard Alternative Medicine database trial until September 30

Natural Standard Alternative Medicine database trial until September 30

MU Libraries is conducting a trial of the Natural Standard Alternative Medicine database from now through September 30.   Summarizes and synthesizes research evidence on  effectiveness of herbal and alternative therapies.  If you have comments about this resource, send them to wordens@health.missouri.edu.

home Resources and Services Change of Venue: Meet Lt. General Russel Honoré, Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, at MU Student Center

Change of Venue: Meet Lt. General Russel Honoré, Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, at MU Student Center

The MU Libraries will host a reception for Lt. General Russel Honoré at the Traditions Lounge in the MU Student Center on Wednesday, September 14 from 4-5 p.m. Please join us for refreshments and an opportunity to meet Lt. General Honore.

Lt. General Russel Honoré
Leadership and Preparedness in the 21st Century

September 14, 2011
7:30 pm
Jesse Auditorium, Jesse Hall

When it seemed that desperation and chaos were taking over the ciy of New Orleans, one man took charge.  Don’t miss this opportunity to see Lt. General Russel Honoré, commander of Joint Task force Katrina, speak about his experience restoring hope and order to a community left in shambles.

Tickets available after August 17th at the MSA/GPC Box Office in the MU Student Center.
Tickets are free for MU students and the general public. Everyone must have a ticket.

Sponsored by New Student Programs, Department of Student Life and MSA/GPC.

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You@the Library

Come and see what the MU Libraries has to offer.  Find Fun, Treasures, Quality, Access, Help and Study resources – all at the library!  An informational display is on view in the Colonnade through September 30.

Welcome Back, Students!

Fall is in the air, and students are everywhere!  As we welcome members of this record-breaking freshman class, it may be interesting to see how their predecessors dealt with the first weeks of classes at MU twenty-five, fifty, and even 100 years ago.

100 Years AgoSavitar, 1911

The Savitar yearbook published a fictitious freshman's diary in 1911, which describes in humorous and exaggerated terms the experiences of a bumbling new student from rural Hemlock, Missouri.  He describes his first sight of the Quad, and the now-defunct tradition of freshman beanies:

The schoolhouses are all set around just like the town square at Hemlock except that there are six pillars covered with vines in the middle.  As soon as I came up on the walk on the square, some fellows grabbed me and made me shine shoes.  There are big signs pasted all over telling the freshmen to buy caps.  They tell me that I'll have to wear a red one but I won't do it because my hair is red. [see source online]

The university bulletin for 1911 records a total enrollment of 2,956 students in the Columbia campus.  One hundred years later, enrollment at MU is more than ten times that number.

50 Years Ago

Construction Nears End on Arts & Science BuildingThe current student newspaper, the Maneater, was in publication by 1955.  In the first week of classes in 1961, it reported that the new Arts and Science Building was nearing completion and would be in use later that semester. The new building would feature a language laboratory, increased classroom space, a public address and intercom system, and a special classroom equipped with closed-circuit television. And – perhaps most importantly – air conditioning.

The Arts and Science Building was home to the departments of English, History, German and Russian, and Romance Languages when it opened in 1961.  Classrooms and office space for these departments had previously been in Jesse Hall.

25 Years Agomaneater1986_lg

During the first week of classes in 1986, the Maneater documented registration delays.  Long lines of students snaked through the stairwells and corridors of Brady Commons, and the newspaper commented:

Director of Admissions Gary L. Smith said when the first online computers were used for registering students in April of 1985, approximately 40 to 50 students could be registered in five minutes.  But things were going a lot slower this week at Brady.

Student registrations were taxing the processing power of MU's relatively new computer network, causing the slowdown.  Over the past 25 years, various computerized registration systems have made waiting in line at Brady Commons obsolete – and Brady itself has become part of the new Student Center.

Want to Know More?

Records of of past student life, including documents, publications, photos, and memorabilia, are at the University ArchivesSpecial Collections also holds the student publications mentioned above, and over 100 years of the Savitar (1891-2000) are available in the University of Missouri Digital Library.