Do You Want to Live Like Jane Austen?
Weekend Fun: The Wiz, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Race to the Ag Park 5K
Your source for what's new at Mizzou Libraries
“In making more room for students, MU libraries will move more print materials off-site”
The Maneater, October 29, 2019
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and University of Missouri Libraries received a $250,000 grant this fall from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help ensure the survival of today’s digital news record for future generations.
During a yearlong project, a team from the Journalism Digital News Archive, a joint initiative of RJI and University Libraries, plans to visit news outlets across the U.S. and Europe. Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at RJI and the University Libraries, said that during these visits, the team will identify what’s hampering the process of preserving online content by examining the outlets’ technology, workflows and policies.
This project builds on work done during the Journalism Digital News Archive’s five Dodging the Memory Hole conferences, which brought together librarians, memory institutions, newsroom leaders and others between 2014 and 2017 to have conversations about how to preserve and protect “the first rough draft of history.”
For more information, visit Mizzou News.
We had a successful Homecoming Open House last weekend with a huge crowd. We helped visitors make around 130 library buttons, almost 100 mini pumpkins and lots of tiger masks. We also handed out tons of pencils, post it notes, Special Collections bookmarks and black & gold beads. Visitors enjoyed cider, coffee, pumpkin bars and more!
Check out pictures of the event at https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nT0kmnjnU/.
Thanks to the following librarians and staff who helped with the event:
Shannon Cary
Cindy Cotner
John Fifield
Matt Gaunt
Taira Meadowcroft
Ann Campion Riley
Ali Sauer
To support United Way, we are going to have a bake off (really, it’s a bake sale) on Nov. 4-8. Please participate by bringing in your best bake goods or purchasing the yummy treats! All the proceeds will support United Way’s fight against poverty in Boone County.
To make it more fun and more like the Great British Bake Off, each day of the bake sale will have a theme!
I will send out more details soon!
If you would like to give to United Way right now, go to https://unitedway.missouri.edu.
“Floor damage at Ellis; Tigers win at Homecoming; Possible flavored e-cigarette ban”
Columbia Missourian, October 14, 2019
“Demolition derby: MU’s building plan will prioritize removing inefficient space”
Columbia Missourian, October 17, 2019
How does United Way play role in meeting immediate needs while addressing systemic, generational poverty?
If you would like to support United Way, go to the 2019 Mizzou United Way Campaign.
Visit Ellis Library immediately after the Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 12 for refreshments and family activities.The first 100 kids will receive a free mini pumpkin. This event is free and open to the public.