home Resources and Services Check Out Your Books 24/7 With Our Pickup Lockers

Check Out Your Books 24/7 With Our Pickup Lockers

Did you know we have two locations on campus where you can pickup your library books 24/7?

Users can choose Ellis Locker or Lottes Locker as their pickup location when requesting MU Libraries materials. Once the item is ready, users will receive an access code to pick up their items.

Patrons who select the pickup locker location will receive an email saying they have three days to pick up their library materials. At this time, only regular library items will be included in the pickup lockers; no equipment, reserve materials or ILL materials.

The Ellis Library lockers are located inside the vestibule of the west entrance, which is near Speaker’s Circle. The Health Sciences Library Pickup lockers are located in the Medical Science Building, just across the courtyard from the Medical Annex.

Questions? Contact mulibrarycircdesk@missouri.edu.

home Events and Exhibits Woven Memories Exhibit

Woven Memories Exhibit

Location: Library West Entrance Niches
Dates: Now through December

Woven Memories brings together the work of Mizzou students Reese Betts, Hanieh Darvishian and Sofia Ortega, who use art as a vehicle for exploring their identities and personal narratives. United by a shared focus on fiber arts, these graduate and undergraduate students from the School of Visual Studies push the boundaries of their medium by combining textile techniques such as pulp painting, weaving, and crochet with other artistic processes. Each student featured in the display highlights an element from their familial past and heritage, bringing it to life through their synthesis of various mediums. This display accompanies the exhibition Parting Gifts, currently on view at the Museum of Art and Archaeology, and is a product of a collaborative effort between the museum and MU’s School of Visual Studies.

View Parting Gifts exhibit by Katina Bitsicas in the Museum of Art & Archaeology

home Workshops Canvas Integrations and the Digital Media and Innovation Lab, Oct. 15

Canvas Integrations and the Digital Media and Innovation Lab, Oct. 15

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Teaching for Learning Center
Registration

Your students may not be aware of the information resources and services the library provides to help them be successful in your class. In this session, we will discuss how library resources and services can be integrated directly into your Canvas course.

The discussion will cover collaborative possibilities and practices for teaching and learning such as scheduling in-person or online instructions sessions, creating, and using interactive library learning modules and tutorials including self-guided tours for students.

You will also be introduced to the Digital Media and Innovation Lab (DMiL) in Ellis Library which offer tools for creative course projects and assignments.

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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 Cycle of Success Congratulations to Paula Roper, Winner of MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian

Congratulations to Paula Roper, Winner of MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian

Dr. Paula Roper was named Outstanding Professional Librarian at the 2024 Missouri Library Association Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. First awarded in 2017, the Outstanding Professional Librarian Award recognizes a librarian with an MLS or MLIS degree who has made a significant contribution to the improvement and advancement of library and information services. Nominees must have at least five years post- MLS/MLIS work in the library profession.

Dr. Paula Roper has worked for University of Missouri Libraries for nearly 40 years, beginning her career at Ellis Library as part of the inaugural MU postgraduate “Intern-Scholar Program” in 1986. During her time at Ellis, Dr. Roper has worked closely with the MU School of Education and the Black Studies Department to aid both students and faculty, from the early days of online catalogs to the current challenges of navigating AI software. She has also advocated for the Library’s involvement across campus, including large, public events like Black History Month programming and National History Day. Her experience, knowledge, and drive is valued by both her library colleagues and the faculty at her liaison departments. As one of her colleagues puts it, Dr. Roper “encourag[es] and valu[es] her less experienced colleagues, spurring us to get out of our academic comfort zone, and embrace the power we have, as architects of ‘extracurricular curriculum’.”

home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Workshops Introduction to Dimensions, Oct. 11

Introduction to Dimensions, Oct. 11

Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Online via Zoom
Registration

The Introduction to Dimensions webinar will showcase how researchers can use this powerful database to find collaborators, track funded activity, identify trends and more.

 

Division of Research, Innovation & Impact

home Gateway Carousel Journalism, Journalism Library, Resources and Services New Ebooks at Mizzou Libraries: Journalism and Communication

New Ebooks at Mizzou Libraries: Journalism and Communication

Below are a few of the jounalism and communication ebooks we’ve recently added to our online collection. You can see the rest of our new ebooks here.

These ebooks were purchased with student success grant funds awarded by the Office of the Provost.

 

An Influencer’s World

What is the influencer lifestyle? How do influencers win their fight for relevance and create a brand that catches fire, while still leading an authentic, healthy life? Influencing is a business built around likes and hate, which can take a huge psychological toll on those who choose to play the game. An Influencer’s World pulls back the curtain and shines a light on the often-misunderstood realities of this dynamic industry.

 

Childhood and Celebrity 

Childhood and Celebrity brings together international scholarly writing and research about famous children, and representations of childhood, from a range of disciplines including Childhood Studies, Celebrity Studies, Cultural Studies and Film Studies in order to open up a theoretical space in which to explore and understand the complex relationship between contemporary childhood and celebrity culture.

 

 

 

 

Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World

The emergence of new media like the Internet, email, blogs, text messaging, cell phone photos, and the increasing influence of first informers are redefining the roles of government and media. The tools and rules of communications are evolving, and disaster communications must also evolve to accommodate these changes and exploit the opportunities they provide.

 

 

 

Imagined Audiences

Many believe the solution to ongoing crises in the news industry–including profound financial instability and public distrust–is for journalists to improve their relationship with their audiences. This raises important questions: How do journalists conceptualize their audiences in the first place? What is the connection between what journalists think about their audiences and what they do to reach them? Perhaps most importantly, how aligned are these “imagined” audiences with the real ones?

 

 

 

Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers

Who makes the news in a digital age? Participatory Journalism offers fascinating insights into how journalists in Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclusion of content produced and published by the public.

 

 

 

 

 

home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services Save a Trip to the Library: Request Scan & Deliver

Save a Trip to the Library: Request Scan & Deliver

If you need journal articles, book chapters, proceedings, technical reports, government documents, and any part of other printed publications found within the libraries, simply request that the item be scanned and delivered to you via email. This includes items in any library building, and our off-site depository.

There are many ways you can request items from the libraries:

  • In our MU Libraries catalog, you can request items we have in print using
  • When searching for articles in databases, you can request a copy throughFindit@MU
  • Fill out the blank interlibrary loan form if you already know what item you are looking for

There is no charge for MU Faculty, Staff, and Students. For more information on our Scan & Deliver service, please visit our Scan & Deliver page.

home Resources and Services Special Spaces in Mizzou Libraries: All Gender Restrooms

Special Spaces in Mizzou Libraries: All Gender Restrooms

Did you know both Ellis Library has all-gender restrooms? And for our other libraries that don’t, there are several all-gender restrooms located near them.

We want Mizzou Libraries to be a welcoming space for students of all gender identities and expressions. 

Ellis Library: Rooms 203 & 412

Engineering Library (Lafferre Hall): Room C1211

Geology Library (Geological Sciences Building): Rooms 16, 212A & 315A

Journalism Library (Neff Addition & Neff Hall): Rooms 061, 137D & 106

Math Library Mathematical Sciences Building): Room 332

You can find the full list of all gendered restrooms on campus here.

MU Libraries and Research Cycle

From discovering new resources to tracking your impact, MU Libraries is here to support you every step of the way!

We offer a range of services covering all aspects of the Research Lifecycle, such as:

Contact your Subject Librarian for services in your area!

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home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Workshops Introduction to ZoteroBib: A Tool for Quick Bibliographies

Introduction to ZoteroBib: A Tool for Quick Bibliographies

Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time:3:00pm – 4:00pm
Online via Zoom
Registration

Get to know the capabilities, limitations, and use cases for Zoterobib, a fully online, non-login tool that will help you format your bibliography using your phone, tablet, or computer.