- Graduate students can contact Karen Gruen at 884-2326 or gruenk@missouri.edu. Karen is the coordinator of the Graduate Student Tuition Support Program.
- The student medical insurance procedure can found at http://gradstudies.missouri.edu/financials/student-medical-insurance/enrollment-procedure.php. This page is put up by Graduate Studies, and has information for students to register in myzou, through the office of cashiers or on the aetna website.
- The graduate school also put up an information page that may be useful – http://gradstudies.missouri.edu/about/news-events/news-features/2015/information-about-student-health-insurance/
Resources and Services
McCainspeakwrite or How I came up with the name ‘Dodging the Memory Hole’
It’s been two years since I rolled out of Tucson, Arizona, and headed east on Interstate 10 toward the University of Missouri. I brought audiobooks to pass the hours on cruise control. My first selection was George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: McCainspeakwrite or How I came up with the name ‘Dodging the Memory Hole’
MU Libraries Centennial Kickoff on Sept. 23
The University of Missouri Libraries are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ellis Library! Mark your calendar for the Centennial Kickoff Event on Wednesday, September 23 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Lowry Mall as we celebrate the past and look forward to the future of the Libraries. You won’t want to miss the free pizza, ice cream, giveaways, fun games and more. Join Chancellor Loftin, Howard Richards and others as we celebrate our 100th birthday. See you there!
Drop-In Library Tours
Tours offered on the hour!
Wed-Sun, August 19-23
- Wed, 1-6pm
- Thurs, 11am-6pm
- Fri, 10am-6pm
- Sat, 1-6pm
- Sun, 1-6pm
Tours begin at the Reference Desk on the 1st Floor. Last tour starts each day at 6pm.
Extended Intersession Hours, Aug 17-23
Ellis Library Building Hours
104 Ellis Library 882-4701
library.missouri.edu
Intersession Hours
(Aug 17–Aug 23)
August 17–20 (Mon–Thurs) 7:30am–10pm
August 21 (Fri) 7:30am–8pm
August 22 (Sat) 9am–8pm
August 23 (Sun) Noon–8pm
For a complete listing of hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours/.
ClinicalKey login services unavailable August 1
Maintenance for ClinicalKey is scheduled to begin on Saturday, August 1, 2015, starting at 5:00 pm with an estimated end time of 10:30 pm.
During this time, login and authentication services will be unavailable. ClinicalKey users will be unable to utilize any features that require login, such as the Presentation Maker, Saved Content, Search History, and Manage Credits services. However, all ClinicalKey users will still be able to access, search and browse content on ClinicalKey without logging in.
Preserving a visual record, Part 2
Let’s return to the Missourian’s photo desk. Aside from not knowing which drive or disk might hold a certain photo, there was a much bigger problem: There was only one copy of each photo file stored on a drive or disk.
Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Preserving a visual record, Part 2
New request and registration system
If you've used many materials here in Special Collections, you're probably all too familiar with these little yellow slips of paper. They're our call slips, and until recently, we required all readers to fill one out for each item being requested from the stacks.
This summer the MU Libraries transitioned over to a new computer system, and we took it as an opportunity to try a new way of requesting and paging materials. Instead of filling out your name and contact information multiple times, you'll be asked to do it once per year, on our new Patron Registration Form (you can even print it out from our website, fill it out in advance and bring it with you to the reading room if you want to save time). On subsequent visits, simply check in at the desk. We'll be able to complete the rest of your request electronically – no handwriting or carbon copies required!
Although we don't yet have the capability to take requests online, you can, as always, email us to place materials on hold. We're hoping that this system will prove easier and more efficient for everyone involved. No more repetitive request writing for you, and no more wrangling thousands of paper slips for us. Our call slip mascots, the Special Collections sheep, might have gotten a little excited when they heard about this.
The new registration system takes effect August 1. Although we've spent weeks practicing and trying to anticipate bugs, we'll probably need your patience as we learn this new way of doing things. Please feel free to contact us with any thoughts, concerns, or problems.
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas in July…
… we present Jesus and the Twelve Apostles.
In this collection of the Gospels from 1591, the text is written in both Arabic and Latin. It's inscribed "With compliments to my friend Dr. W. Burggraaf, Christmas 1931."
A beautiful example of works in translation, the book also contains 149 woodcut illustrations. They were, however, printed from only 68 blocks, so the careful reader can discern some copycat pictures in different places. Like the two below, both used to illustrate a version of the same story in Matthew and then in John.
Reusing woodblocks was a fairly common practice, particularly in bibles where multiple versions of similar events or themes are told by the various authors of the books of the Bible throughout. We've come across several other books in our collection where the illustrations give us deja vu.
That's it for the 12 Days of Christmas in July series! Have a merry holiday, and if you should feel like celebrating with us, stop by and see us next week – we'd be happy to show you any of the books featured here, along with any of the others in our collections!
Welcome to Taira Meadowcroft!
Welcome to Taira Meadowcroft, our new Information Services Librarian. Taira worked as a Graduate Library Assistant at the Health Sciences Library reference desk since September 2014. In May, Taira graduated with her Masters in Library Science. Before rejoining the library on July 13th, she took a trip to Europe, exploring England, Ireland, and Scotland. Now refreshed from her European adventure, she is available to assist you with your questions and research.
You can contact her by email at meadowcroftt@health.missouri.edu or by phone, 573-884-3575.
