Staff news
In the News
“Special Collections team brings history to life”
Show Me Mizzou, Oct. 12
“Moving memories”
Show Me Mizzou, Oct. 12
Library Management Team Meeting Information and Action Items 10/5/21
New Muse Posts
Travel, Training and Time Off Requests
See the new Travel, Training and Time Off requests information under Travel Forms on our website: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/staff/forms
Please email completed request forms to muellislibraryrec2@missouri.edu
Glossary of Rare Book Terms Available
Special Collections staff has prepared an illustrated glossary of rare books terms. If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between engraving and etching, or what exactly a nonce volume is, then this is your chance to find out!
The glossary contains 130 definitions and 112 images of examples drawn from Special Collections’ holdings. The glossary was written by John Henry Adams and photographs were taken by John Henry Adams, Courtney Gillie, and Kelli Hansen.
Escape Room
The Welcome Week Escape Rooms went amazingly last Friday. There were over 150 new students that went through the 4 rooms we created.
Special thanks to Alex Boeckman, Gwen Gray, Noel Kopriva, Mara Inge, Rae Thudium, and Rhonda Whithaus as well as our student workers Ellen Thieme and Taten Janes for helping out with all the rooms. They helped make the escape rooms a great experience for the students!
New Fall Exhibit: Instagram Favorites
Since 2016, Special Collections has used Instagram to share our collections with the world. To mark our fifth anniversary on the platform, and to welcome students and faculty back to campus, our fall exhibition celebrates two sets of favorite posts.
One of the exhibit cases highlights your favorites: the posts that were the most liked, commented, and interacted with over the past five years. As you will see, there are wonders to discover in Special Collections, from medieval manuscripts to nineteenth-century publisher’s bindings. These posts are just the beginning!
The other exhibit case highlights our favorites: posts chosen by Special Collections and Archives staff. As these materials show, we envision a future in which Special Collections and Archives foster, reflect and inform an inclusive, diverse, and engaged community, locally and beyond.
This exhibition will be on view in the Ellis Library North Colonnade through fall 2021. For more, make an appointment to visit us in person, or follow us on Instagram.
Marketing Highlight
We got a lot of comments and likes for the post about the fallen tree on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Thanks to Gary Cox for quickly locating the 1938 Missouri Alumnus and finding out the tree was a pin oak tree which is a type of red oak.
Employment Opportunity
University Libraries is seeking a part-time Library Information Specialist: E-Learning and Web. Apply online at https://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/staff with Job ID 36174.