Latest Information and FAQ Regarding Mold at Offsite Storage

Updates regarding mold are listed in reverse chronological order. May, 2015 Update on remediation of mold-damaged books The remediation phase of the recovery of mold-damaged books has now been completed with receipt on May 15 of the final shipment of cleaned books back to the Library Depository located in the midway area of Columbia. In …

MU Libraries Seek Student Ambassadors

Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated undergraduate students who would like to serve as Ruth E. Ridenhour MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will teach fellow students about the libraries, represent …

Ann Campion Riley to Lead Higher Education Association for Librarians

Story Contact: Shannon Cary, carysn@missouri.edu, 573-882-4703 COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ann Campion Riley, associate director for access, collections and technical services at the University of Missouri, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) for academic librarians that has more than 12,000 members. Riley will …

FAQ Regarding Mold at Offsite Storage

MU Libraries Plan for Managing Offsite Storage Mold Issue    February 8, 2014 Update: December 10, 2014 Email to MU Faculty, regarding disposition of mold-infested library materials.  It has been just over one year since we learned of the disastrous mold outbreak in the MU Libraries’ off-campus, rented storage facility. From October of last year through …

Meet Laura Ling at Ellis Library

Thursday, September 6 4-5 p.m. First Floor Colonnade Ellis Library MU Campus The MU Libraries will host a reception for journalist Laura Ling as part of the 2012 Mizzou Reads activities. In  2009, while reporting on the trafficking of North Korean women, Ling was detained by North Korean soldiers along the Chinese-North Korean border. Please …

MU Libraries Seek Student Ambassadors

Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated undergraduate students who would like to serve as Ruth E. Ridenhour MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will teach fellow students about the libraries, represent …

John Davis in Concert, Marking Twain: A Musical Celebration of Sam Clemens & His Times

John Davis in Concert Marking Twain: A Musical Celebration of Sam Clemens & His Times Hear the music of Twain’s time, including Tom Wiggins and John William “Blind” Boone Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:00 P.M. Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts Columbia, Missouri This event is free and open to the public. RSVP Contact Shannon …

Meet Mizzou Reads Speaker Peter Bergen at Ellis Library on Sept. 1

The MU Libraries will host a reception for Peter Bergen at Ellis Library in the First Floor Colonnade on Tuesday, September 1 from 4-5 p.m. Please join us for refreshments and an opportunity to meet this acclaimed journalist and terrorist analyst. For more information, contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or 882-4703.

What’s All That Noise? It’s Construction of New Cisco TelePresence Room

Construction of a state-of-the-art Cisco TelePresence room is currently underway on the first floor of Ellis Library near the Administrative Offices. This room is part of the University of Missouri System’s new high-definition Cisco TelePresence system that will be linked to AT&T’s global network. The new TelePresence system will foster greater teaching and research collaboration …

MU Libraries Seek Student Ambassadors

Want to get involved? Make new friends? Gain valuable leadership skills? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference?! The MU Libraries are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated undergraduate students who would like to serve as Ruth E. Ridenhour MU Libraries Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors will teach fellow students about the libraries, represent …