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Three Steps to Get the Most from Your Library this Semester

By Kelli Hansen   Posted in Resources and Services
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Want to be more productive, research more effectively, and be more innovative in your teaching?  Your Libraries can help with that!  Add these three steps to your to-do list, and let us help you and your students on the path to success.

  1. Put your subject librarian on speed dial.  Did you know you have a dedicated consultant to help you with your research and teaching?  Subject librarians and specialists teach students and faculty about research resources, help you find information, answer your teaching and research questions, and select books and journals purchased by the MU Libraries. They are also available for personal appointments to discuss research projects or problems. Find your subject specialist.
     
  2. Register for a workshop. Our Fridays @ The Library workshop series covers resources and tools that can make your academic life easier.  It works on your schedule, too. You can sign up for face-to-face sessions in the library, or participate online from anywhere via Blackboard Collaborate. Browse workshops.
     
  3. Schedule a library instruction session. Librarians can help you teach students the skills to find, evaluate, and use quality resources for your research assignments. You can bring your class to the library for a customized instruction session or have us visit your class, in person or online. More information about instruction services.

Extra credit: take a look at our new and improved Research Services page, and let us know what you think.

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Kelli Hansen

Kelli Hansen is head of the Special Collections and Rare Books department.

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Creating the Library of the Future

By Kelli Hansen   Posted in Databases & Electronic Resources Resources and Services Special Collections and Archives
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The University of Missouri Libraries are creating the library of the future as a partner in the HathiTrust, an international community of research libraries committed to the preservation and availability of the cultural record.  By digitizing and curating rare, fragile, and valuable scholarly materials, the University Libraries are helping to build an open access digital library available to scholars all over the world.  The HathiTrust Digital Library is online at https://www.hathitrust.org/.

Among the University of Missouri’s contributions to the project are seven volumes of the Vetusta Monumenta, a landmark publication held in fewer than twenty libraries worldwide.  Vetusta Monumenta provides important historical and cultural documentation of British antiquities, including the first published accounts of important single artifacts such as the Rosetta Stone, as well as visual evidence of monuments that have since been damaged or lost.  The Libraries’ high-resolution scans of this lavishly illustrated, large-format work reveal the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century copperplate engravings in minute detail.   Dr. Noah Heringman, a professor of English, collaborated with the Libraries on this project and is currently using the scans as the basis for a new scholarly edition of the work.

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Kelli Hansen

Kelli Hansen is head of the Special Collections and Rare Books department.

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Dr. Beucke: Out of the classroom and into the community (Open Access)

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services
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Dr. Nathan Beucke, MD., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Health at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. His research interests include General Pediatrics, Newborn Care, and Pediatric/Childhood Obesity. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Beucke, click here.

Dr. Beucke, along with several MU medical and graduate students, recently published in BMC Medical Education, an “open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The journal has a special focus on curriculum development, evaluations of performance, assessment of training needs and evidence-based medicine.” Dr. Beucke’s article, Out of the classroom and into the community: medical students consolidate learning about health literacy through collaboration with Head Start, discusses the Eat Healthy, Stay Active! program, a pediatric obesity prevention program implemented at Head Start, over an academic year.

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WEBINAR: Center for Research Libraries

By Super Admin   Posted in Events and Exhibits Resources and Services
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The Center for Research Libraries (CRL), of which MU is an institutional member, is hosting a one hour webinar at 2:00 PM on August 24.

Some member benefits for belonging to CRL, such as its generous interlibrary loans and joint purchase program, are accessed through Ellis Library, but others, like research consultations, purchase on demand and digitization on demand, are available straight from CRL to you, the researcher.

Attend the webinar online to find out more about ALL the ways CRL can support your work! To register, click here.

Topics to be addressed in the webinar include:

  • An informative overview of CRL collection strengths (historical newspapers, for example)
  • Detailed information on using CRL services, including loans and digital access
  • Introduction to CRL's Global Resources programs: communities of interest dedicated to acquiring and preserving resources from various regions
  • Updates on the Global Resources partnerships, which enhance access to content in law and government, science and technology, and agriculture
  • Ideas for optimizing membership benefits, including participating in cooperative collection development and requesting research consultations
  • Information on CRL's popular eresources licensing program and eDesiderata platform
  • Suggestions for promoting CRL
home Resources and Services, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library Welcome & Welcome Back!

Welcome & Welcome Back!

By Kate Anderson   Posted in Resources and Services Zalk Veterinary Medical Library
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Team Zalk

Check out the Zalk Library guide for your first two years: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/vm1.

Here, you'll find the basics of how the library operates and information on the resources we have available for you.

Most importantly, we are here to help you succeed in vet school. Don't hesitate to ask us a question.

Team Zalk
Kate Anderson: Librarian IV & Head. Ask Kate about searching the literature.
Laura Buck: Library Specialist, Sr. Ask Laura about circulation and reserves.
Sue Giger: Library Information Assistant. Ask Sue about InterLibrary Loan and Document Delivery.

Actually, ask any of us anything!

Friendly Reminders to Start Off the New Year:

  • The library is often the only quiet space in the building. Respect your classmate's need for a quiet study area…don't make us shush you.
  • Drinks in covered containers allowed. "Snack" foods allowed (think things that come out of a vending machine). "Meals"/messy/smelly/noisy food not allowed — really, eat your lunch in the Zou.
  • Keep it clean. If you do spill something, please let us know right away.
  • Don't leave your stuff unattended.
  • Always have your badge on you.

 

home Resources and Services Digital preservation: What needs to be done?

Digital preservation: What needs to be done?

By Edward McCain   Posted in Resources and Services
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Most recent news content resides in the back rooms and basements of news agencies across the country. It’s scattered through various forms of media, in all kinds of formats, and often with little organization, management or care.

Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Digital preservation: What needs to be done?

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Register for a free webinar to preview DTMH 2016 at UCLA

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Online news content, today’s first rough draft of history, lasts about 100 days — the lifespan of a common flea. Addressing this urgent threat to cultural memory requires immediate action by individuals from all parts of society.

Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Register for a free webinar to preview DTMH 2016 at UCLA

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Travel scholarships available for graduate students to attend DTMH 2016 at UCLA

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Dodging the Memory Hole 2016: Saving Online News forum organizers today announced a travel scholarship program for select graduate students to attend the forum at the UCLA Library on Oct. 13 and 14.

Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Travel scholarships available for graduate students to attend DTMH 2016 at UCLA

home Resources and Services VPN Access for IEEE Xplore has been Disabled.

VPN Access for IEEE Xplore has been Disabled.

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There were several compromised accounts being used to access IEEE via the vpn so that a robot could download an excessive amount of articles.

Although Library Technology Services and DoIT worked to identify compromised accounts and block them, the compromised access continued. To restore access to users, we needed to stop the unauthorized access that was tying up all the seats.

To do this, we disabled the vpn access to IEEE by removing those IP addresses from the list of authorized IP addresses for IEEE. Any user with the vpn connected trying to access IEEE will not be able to access unless going through the libraries’ website (where the user will have to authenticate via the proxy server). Once the vpn IP addresses were removed, the access problems we were experiencing disappeared.

We can now access IEEE. If users contact us unable to access IEEE, try accessing via the libraries’ site (http://library.missouri.edu/databases/moreinfo/?id=46) or the Engineering Library home page (http://library.missouri.edu/engineering).

To provide an alternative mode of access to IEEE with the VPN currently disabled, Library Technology Services is working with IEEE to enable Shibboleth authentication at the IEEE site. This would mean that users who go directly to the IEEE site instead of going through the libraries’ site would still be able to login. It’s not set-up yet, but we hope it will be up soon. Access does work via the proxy server now.

Please let me know if there are any problems or questions.

Judy Maseles
Engineering Librarian

 

Note: Many thanks to Rhonda Whithaus for her diligence in pursuing this issue and for drafting the above memo!

home Resources and Services Fiscal Year 2017 Collections Update

Fiscal Year 2017 Collections Update

By Shannon Cary   Posted in Resources and Services
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The University Libraries are proceeding with the previously announced 1.2 million dollar reduction to our collections expenditures for FY17. More information about the need for this spending reduction and how we are identifying potential savings can be found at –  University Libraries – FY17 Collections Budget update. The update now includes an initial list of titles recommended for cancellation.

Faculty and students may contact the subject librarian for their program with questions. General questions may be sent to Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu. The University Libraries are committed to providing quality service and timely access to materials, though more materials will need to be acquired using our consortial and interlibrary loan services.