home Special Collections and Archives, Support the Libraries Samir Husni Magazine Collection Donated to MU Libraries

Samir Husni Magazine Collection Donated to MU Libraries

Samir Husni, a leading expert on magazine publishing, has donated his archives to the University of Missouri Libraries Special Collections and Archives division. These wide-ranging research materials will be available to scholarship as the Samir Husni Magazine Collection.

Dubbed “the planet’s leading expert on new magazines” by the Chicago Tribune and “a world-renowned expert on print journalism” by CBS News, Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni, Ph.D., has studied magazine launches for over forty years. Husni received his undergraduate degree from Lebanese University in Beirut, where he was top of his class, earning a scholarship to work on advanced degrees in the United States. He went on to earn a master’s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas in 1980 and a Ph.D. in magazine journalism from the University of Missouri in 1983. He is the founder and director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi, where he served as a professor of journalism from 1984 to 2021.

The Samir Husni Magazine Collection represents a lifetime of research in media history and magazine publishing. Husni’s yearly publication, Samir Husni’s Guide to New Magazines, was in print from 1985 to 2011, and is published electronically to date. The Guide documents more than 40,000 first issue magazines published in the United States in the twentieth century, all of which are contained in the collection. A significant percentage of first edition magazines in the U.S. never published a second issue, so much of the content of the collection is extremely rare. The collection also includes longer or near-complete runs of other periodical titles from the early twentieth century, as well as merchandise and marketing kits created by magazine publishers, and Husni’s professional papers. Taken as a whole, the Husni Collection provides a detailed view of the landscape of American periodical publishing for a large span of the 20th century.

Dr. Earnest Perry, associate dean of graduate studies and research at the Missouri School of Journalism said, “The collection is a history of our pop culture from the 20th century and beyond and a snapshot of what has happened in America from news, to war, to culture and entertainment, to science and beyond.”

The Special Collections and Archives Division is home to a diverse collection of rare, unique, and historic materials across many formats: manuscripts, papers, rare books, maps, posters, comic art, architectural plans, photographs, and film. The collections are a highly used resource that support a busy program of reference, instruction, and outreach to the University of Missouri community and beyond. More information about the Samir Husni Magazine Collection is available on the Special Collections website. Researchers are encouraged to contact Special Collections librarians with questions.

home Support the Libraries Congratulations to the 2023 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners

Jared Rubenstein

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri.

This year the winner of the first place prize of a $500 scholarship is Jared Rubenstein, a junior studying journalism. His project, “Nazi Propaganda in American Universities from 1933 to 1938,” was written for Jerritt Frank’s History 1200 course.

Sasha Goodnow

The second-place winner and recipient of a $250 scholarship is Sasha Goodnow, a junior studying environmental science. Her project, “Missouri Statewide Lake Assessment Program,” was written for an environmental science internship with Dr. Rebecca North.

Jared and Sasha’s papers will be archived in MOspace, MU’s digital repository. You can see their projects, as well as past winners’ projects, here.

Special thanks to the Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries for their support of this award.

home Cycle of Success, Support the Libraries Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries Celebrates the 2021 Stuckey Essay Contest Winners

Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries Celebrates the 2021 Stuckey Essay Contest Winners

The Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Robert J. Stuckey Essay Contest. The first-place winner will be awarded a $1,500 scholarship and the second-place winner is awarded a $750 scholarship. The first-place winner is Ryan Copeland of Sherwood Cass R-8 in Creighton, MO for her essay entitled “Eulogy to My Childhood.” The second-place winner is Emma Behrman of Visitation Academy in St. Louis, MO for her essay entitled “The Asian Main Character.” Each teacher of these students, Johnna Mueller and Susan Shortt, will also receive a $250 award.

Each year the essay contest is open to Missouri High School students in grades 9-12, and only one entry is accepted from each school. Each entry must address one or more aspects of books or reading. Common student topics for essays include literary analyses, accounts of personal experiences and fictional short stories. Each essay should be originally composed by the student without assistance and should not have been submitted to any previous contest or have been previously published.

The Friends of the Libraries have been affiliated with the University Libraries and the University of Missouri since 1960. The Friends have administered the Robert J. Stuckey Essay Contest for the University for the past several years. The late Robert J. Stuckey was a member of the 1963 junior class of Farmington High School and had planned to attend college. He was vitally interested in current events and enjoyed reading. This annual contest is presented in memory of him.

Thank you to this year’s Stuckey Essay judges, who are all a part of our Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries council. Judges Bill Carner, Shelby Catalano, Jody Feldman and Laurie Tourtellot had their work cut out for them with 43 great essay submissions.

You can read the winning essays here.

 

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MU Remembers: Honor with Books

This year’s MU Remembers ceremony, commemorating students who have passed away in the last year, was held virtually on April 16. A book in honor of each student will be added to the University of Missouri Libraries’ collection. Commemorative bookplates are placed inside the books, and students are listed as honorees on the books’ library catalog records. For more information about our Honor with Books program, click here.

The students’ names and the books selected in their memory are listed below.

Students

Miriam Sekyere (MU Online): Wright, Michael T. (ed.). (2018). Participatory health research: Voices from around the world. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Jillian Robinson (MU Online): McLeish, Simon (ed.). (2020). Resource discovery for the twenty-first century library: Case studies and perspectives on the role of IT in user engagement and empowerment. London, UK: Facet Publishing.

Miles Barnhardt (College of Engineering): Kobayashi, Kenji. (2018). Miniature Japanese gardens: Beautiful bonsai landscape gardens for your home. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing.

Emily Kirk (School of Nursing): O’Brien, Mary Elizabeth. (2021). Spirituality in nursing: Standing on holy ground (7th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Andrew “Drew” King (School of Health Professions): Renshaw, Ian, & Annott, Peter, & McDowell, Graeme. (2021). A constraints-led approach to golf coaching. New York, NY: Routledge.

Justin Lee (College of Arts & Science): Ley, Christopher, & Dominicy, Yves (eds.). (2020). Science meets sports: When statistics are more than numbers. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Joseph Pedrotti (College of Engineering): Lesuik Grzegorz, & Correia, Jose A.F.O., & Krechkovska, Halyna, & Pekalsi, Grzegorz, & de Jesus, Abilio M. P., & Student, Oleksandra. (2021). Degradation theory of term operated materials and structures. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Faculty and Staff

Shane Bader (Campus Facilities): Brown, Gabe. (2018). Dirt to soil: One family’s journey into regenerative agriculture. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Gwendolyn Bailey (Hospital Nursing Services): Sole, Mary Lou, & Klein, Deborah G., & Mosely, Marthe, & Makic, Mary Beth Flynn, & Morata, Lauren T. (2021). Introduction to critical nursing care (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Barry Cardwell (School of Medicine): Honeck, Mischa. (2018). Our frontier is the world: The Boy Scouts in the age of American ascendency. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Rhonda Chamberlain (Campus Facilities): Brooks, Daphne A. (2021). Liner notes for the revolution: The intellectual life of black feminist sound. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Chelsea Deroche (School of Medicine): Hirsch, Robert P. (2021). Introduction to biostatistical applications in health research with Microsoft Office Excel and R. (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Michael Edmund Domanoswki (Hospital Support Services): Joy, David & Rickstad, Eric (eds.). (2019). Gather at the river: Twenty-five authors on fishing. Spartanburg, SC: Hub City Press.

Ameia L’Kay Ferguson (College of Veterinary Medicine): Lepore, Jill. (2014). The secret history of Wonder Woman. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

Jim Hall (Information & Access Technology Services): Miley, Mike. (2019). Truth and consequences: Game shows in fiction and film. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press.

Raynolde Pereira (College of Business): Schuster, Peter, & Heinemann, Mareike, & Cleary, Peter. (2021). Management accounting. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Phyllis Rice (School of Medicine): Steuernagel, Marcell Silva. (2021). Church music through the lens of performance. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Joan Tapp (Hospital Based Clinics): Quallich, Susanne A., & Lajiness, Michelle J. (2020). Nurse practitioner in urology: A manual for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and allied healthcare providers. (2nd ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

 

 

home Support the Libraries Become a Mizzou Libraries Social Media Ambassador

Become a Mizzou Libraries Social Media Ambassador

National Library Week (April 4-10,2021) is right around the corner and we need you to show your library love.  

We’re in search of library fans with active social media channels and who love Mizzou Libraries. 

As a special thank you, each participating Ambassador will receive special edition Mizzou Libraries stickers and buttons. 

Learn more about National Library Week 

Let us know if you are interested by emailing ask@missouri.email.libanswers.com

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

Thank You Wilson Family

Sincere thanks to the Wilson Family, who recently gifted a copy of Insomnia and Fatigue after a Traumatic Brain Injury: a CBT Approach to Assessment and Treatment in memory of Matthew Wilson.

The Wilson Family wanted to gift this book in Matthew’s memory in hopes to help bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries to the Mizzou campus. Matthew was a huge Mizzou fan.

The University Libraries Honor with Books program lets patrons honor someone special with a book purchase.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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MU Remembers: Honors with Books

This year’s MU Remembers ceremony, commemorating students who have passed away in the last year, was held virtually on September 4. A book in honor of each student will be added to the University of Missouri Libraries’ collection. Commemorative bookplates are placed inside the books, and students are listed as honorees on the books’ library catalog records. For more information about our Honor with Books program, click here.

The students’ names and the books selected in their memory are listed below.

Students

Freddie Abney (Mizzou Online): Lambert, Heath. (2016). A theology of biblical counseling: The doctrinal foundations of counseling ministry.

Kris Ahn (College of Arts and Science): Shank, Gary D., & Pringle, Janice, & Brown, Launcelot. (2018). Understanding education research: A guide to critical reading

Mark Auden (College of Arts and Science): Beineke, Jennifer, & Rosenhouse, Jason (eds.). (2016). The mathematics of various entertaining subjects: Research in recreational math.

Steven Bailot (School of Law): Dias, Gonçalo, & Couciero, Micael S. (2015). The science of golf putting: A complete guide for researchers, players and coaches

Marcia Berry (College of Arts and Science): Mason, Clifford. (2020). Macbeth in Harlem: Black theater in America from the beginning to Raisin in the Sun

Kevin Bowers (College of Engineering): Miles, Matt. (2017). Missouri: Wild and wonderful

Christopher Butler (College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources): Mercier, Stephanie, & Halbrook, Steve A. (2020). Agricultural policy of the United States: Historic foundations and 21st century issues

Arthur DeQuire (College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources): Berger-Tal, Oded, & Saltz, David (eds.). (2016). Conservation behavior: Applying behavioral ecology to wildlife conservation and management

Kaleb Hong (College of Arts and Science): Knapp, Samuel J. (2020). Suicide prevention: an ethically and scientifically informed approach

Raina Knight-Denton (Trulaske College of Business): Goodman, Ken, & Fries, Peter H., & Strauss, Steven L. (2016). Reading: The grand illusion: How and why people make sense of print

Tyler Kurtz (Trulaske College of Business): McManus, Sam. (2019). Running to glory: An unlikely team, a challenging season, and chasing the American dream

Merryum Munir (College of Arts and Science):Papadopoulos, Irena. (2018). Culturally competent compassion; A guide for healthcare students and practitioners

Cassidy “Graham” Pelchat (College of Engineering): Kumar, Kaushik, & Zindani, Divya, & Davim, J. Paolo. (2020). Mastering solidworks: Practical examples

Erik Severson (Trulaske College of Business): Goodavage, Maria. (2019). Doctor dogs: How our best friends are becoming our best medicine

Alyssa Turner (School of Health Professions): Hemphill, Barbara. (2020). Occupational therapy and spirituality

Logan Warnecke (Trulaske College of Business): Burkitt, Hugh. (2014). Marketing excellence 3: Award-winning companies reveal the secrets of their success

Faculty

Napolean Chagnon (College of Arts and Science): Schmidt, Peter R., & Kehoe, Alice B. (eds.). (2019). Archaeologies of listening

Mark Hinjosa (School of Journalism): Christ, William G., &n De Abreu, Belinha S. (eds.). (2020). Media literacy in a disruptive media environment

William Salzer (College of Medicine): Baker, Carol J. (ed.). (2020). Red book atlas of pediatric infectious diseases

Rachel Wilson (Trulaske College of Business): Ting, Anthony. (2013). The taxation of corporate groups under consolidation: An international comparison

Staff

Wesley Barnes (Campus Facilities): Holmstrom, Darwin. (2016). American muscle cars: A full throttle history

Melissa Connor (Student Affairs): O’Neill, Dan. (2019). When the blues go marching in: An illustrated timeline of St. Louis Blues hockey (Championship ed.)

Willie Cox (Intercollegiate Activities): Rios, Bernardo Ramirez. (2019). Transnational sport in the American west: Oaxaca California basketball

Paul Ellifrit (College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources): Koprowski, John L., & Krausman, Paul R. (eds.). (2019). International wildlife management: Conservation challenges in a changing world

Paula Fleming (College of Arts and Science): Gilmour, Rachael. (2020). Bad English: Literature, multilingualism, and the politics of language in contemporary Britain

Judy Gentzsch (Hospital Nursing Services): Harris, James, & Roussel, Linda, & Thomas, Tricia (eds.). (2018). Initiating and sustaining the clinical nurse leader role: a practical guide

Charles Graham (College of Human Environmental Sciences): Heyer, Katharina. (2015). Rights enabled: The disability revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations

Nicole Guillames (School of Medicine): Higgins, Robert S.D., & Sanchez, Juan A. (2018). The multi-organ donor: A guide to selection, preservation and procurement

Melissa Johnson (MU Hospital): The American Cancer Society (ed.) (2018). The American Cancer Society’s principles of oncology: Prevention to survivorship

Wayne McDaniel (Office of Research): Cunningham, James A, & Harney, Brian, & Fitzgerald, Ciara. (2020). Effective technology transfer offices: A business model framework

Aaron McGee (College of Education): Menickelli, Justin, & Pickens, Ryan “Slim.” (2016). The definitive guide to disc golf

Edward McKane (Campus Operations): Rizzo, Albert “Skip,” & Bouchard, Stephane (eds.). (2019). Virtual reality for psychological and neurocognitive interventions

Emily Meyer (College of Veterinary Medicine): Wynne, Clive D. L. (2019). Dog is love: How and why your dog loves you

Sherrie Neff (Office of Research): Stewart, Nikita. (2020). Troop 6000: The girl scout troop that began in a shelter and inspired the world

Christy Old (School of Medicine): Jespersen, Elias A. (ed.) (2019). Exploring the opportunities and challenges of medical students

Gordon Phillips (MU Hospital): Chan, Emily Ying Yang. (2020). Disaster public health and older people

Asia Plagman (Student Affairs): Harper, Graeme. (2020). Discovering creative writing

Michelle Robinett (Pharmacy and Laboratory Services): Dasgupta, Amitava, & Sepulveda, Jorge. (2019). Accurate results in the clinical laboratory: A guide to error detection and correction

Alyssa Schell (Campus Operations): Casey, Sarah, & Davies, Gerry. (2020). Drawing investigations: Graphic relationships with science, culture and environment

Connie Sprague (Intercollegiate Athletics): Qiande, Zhang, & Hondago, Yuan. (2018). Modern reader on the Chinese classics of flower arrangement: On vase flower arrangement & history of vases

Lawrence Vaught (Office of the Provost): Fox, Juliet. (2019). Community radio’s amplification of communication for social change. Cham, Switzerland

Timothy Whalen (Campus Facilities): Sablin, Ivan. (2018). The rise and fall of Russia’s far eastern republic, 1905-1922: Nationalisms, imperialisms, and regionalisms in and after the Russian empire

James Yeagle (MU Hospital): Cheng, Fanjun, & Zhang, Yu (eds.). (2020). The clinical diagnosis and treatment for new coronavirus pneumonia

Allen Yoder(Office of Research): Beauchamp, Tom L., & DeGrazia, David. (2020). Principles of animal research ethics

Mark Yount (Operations Auxillary & Service Operations): Raposo, Daniel (ed.). (2018). Communicating visually: The graphic design of the brand

 

Thank You Dr. Robert Logan

Dr. Robert Logan, PhD. gifted a digital copy of Deep Learning Techniques for Biomedical and Health Informatics in memory of Dr. Donald Lindberg.

Dr.  Lindberg was a pioneer in using computer technology to improve health care. Beginning his career in 1960 at the University of Missouri as a professor of information science and pathology, he was named Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in 1984 and served until 2015.

The University Libraries Honor with Books program lets patrons honor someone special with a book purchase.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

Thank You Adam Shapiro

Recently, Adam Shapiro, gifted a digital copy of Building continents of knowledge in oceans of data : the future of co-created eHealth : proceedings of MIE 2018, in memory of Dr. Donald Lindberg.

Dr.  Lindberg was a pioneer in using computer technology to improve health care. Beginning his career in 1960 at the University of Missouri as a professor of information science and pathology, he was named Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in 1984 and served until 2015.

The University Libraries Honor with Books program lets patrons honor someone special with a book purchase.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home Support the Libraries An Autumn Evening for the Libraries

An Autumn Evening for the Libraries

Friends of the University Libraries invites you to

An Autumn Evening for the Libraries
Thursday, October 24, 2019
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

The State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies
605 Elm Street (across from Peace Park)
Parking is available in the parking lot directly behind the building.

Enjoy drinks, hors d’oeuvres, music, a tour of the fabulous art gallery with Dr. Joan Stack and a short program. The attire is business casual.

Tickets are $75 per person. Proceeds will go toward renovations in Ellis Library to accommodate the University Archives move from Lewis Hall.

There are two sponsorship opportunities available: $250 level receives two tickets to the event, $500 level receives four tickets to the event

Please respond by October 11, 2019. Send payment to 104 Ellis Library, Attn: Ali Sauer, Columbia, MO 65201-5149. Call Ali at 573-882-9168 for credit card payments. Email sauera@missouri.edu with questions.