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Faculty and Graduate Students Invited to Open Meetings About Journal Budget for FY21

Posted on October 9, 2020January 21, 2021

Due to increasing costs, the University of Missouri Libraries must reduce collections expenditures significantly this year. We need your cooperation in identifying the resources you rely on most, so we can explore ways to adjust our purchasing over the next few years to better support you. We would like to hear from you, so we are inviting all faculty and graduate students to attend one of these sessions:

Thursday, October 15, 2:00 PM, at https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/96586506251

Wednesday, October 21, 2:00 PM, at https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/93095286723

We have posted additional information on the Libraries’ Collection Development & Management web page, where you can learn more about the issues and leave feedback for us.

We have appreciated the supplemental support from the Provost and the Chancellor in previous years to maintain subscriptions based on research needs and usage. Unfortunately, this year’s funding situation is full of uncertainty. Not only are campus funds falling short, the funding for the subscriptions purchased as a four-campus system has also diminished, and we can no longer commit to the increasing costs of our large journal publisher package subscriptions, i.e. “Big Deals” with the leading publishers: Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Sage, and Oxford.

Our bundled subscriptions, those that work much like the cable TV bundles, will end December 31^st. For 2021, we will shift to a title-by-title selection model. This action will severely reduce our total number of journal subscriptions. Our subject librarians are doing their best to identify the most essential titles to keep, and will consult with interested departments and faculty about these difficult decisions.

Information about the issues and the list of serials to be maintained will be posted on the Libraries’ Collection Development & Management web page. Please be aware that this year’s cut will include highly used journal titles across all disciplines, since we have already made substantial cuts over the preceding several years. We are reducing collection expenditures by $1.2 million, which is approximately 20% of our total collections budget. This action will likely not affect book purchasing because it is a small percentage of the collections budget.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and document delivery will remain an effective, efficient means of acquiring materials not held by the Libraries. Most articles requested via ILL are received within one to two business days, but please note that we can experience instances of slower service due to COVID-19 disruptions. We remain committed to obtaining articles for you from all sources, even though this also incurs costs.

The Libraries support collections that are used for teaching, scholarship, research, and professional practice. The intent is to offer the most comprehensive array of resources that is feasible with our available financial resources. The Libraries Collections Steering Committee and the Subject Selectors meet regularly to deal with the complex issues surrounding the collections that are vital to the success of our students, faculty, researchers, and other professionals in the academic community. Many institutions are experiencing these difficulties, and we continue to monitor national and worldwide trends in open access publishing and library-publisher negotiations to identify opportunities for change.

We share your concerns for ready access to the content you need in order to excel. As in the past, we encourage you to talk with your subject librarian. To ensure that you have the opportunity to learn more about the issues and participate in the conversation, we are scheduling open meetings for you to attend with Matt Martens, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs; Deb Ward, Interim University Librarian; and members of the Libraries Collections Steering Committee.

Lean times can sometimes lead to surprising solutions when people work together. We look forward to the day when we will have the ability to sustain access to needed collections through new partnerships and new, lower-cost models of published scholarship. Let’s keep the conversation going.

Deb Ward, Interim University Librarian

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The Mizzou Libraries Are Here For You

By Shannon Cary Posted in Resources and Services

Posted on September 30, 2020December 8, 2020

Whether you want research help in person while social distancing or remotely from the safety and comfort of your home, the Mizzou Libraries will stay connected with you!

Many library services — including consultations and assistance, library instruction, reserves and events — will continue remotely online through the fall with some in-person options. The emphasis on remote library services will allow faculty and students to continue their work, regardless of location.

“We want Mizzou students and faculty to have a successful fall semester! That begins by doing everything we can to keep people safe,” said Deb Ward, interim vice provost for University Libraries and University Librarian.

Among the changes that library users will find this semester:

Library users will be asked to display #ClearCampus app or have symptoms checked, including temperature checks.
Everyone in library buildings will need to wear a face mask and maintain 6 feet of physical distancing. Library users may only remove their mask while eating at the Bookmark Cafe on the ground floor.
An MU ID will be required to access the building after 5 pm.
Ellis Library will have limited hours. The library will close most nights at 10 pm, and the Check Out and Information desk will close at 8 pm. Visit library.missouri.edu/hours for the latest information on all campus library hours. Additional hours will be added after Thanksgiving Break.
The Check-Out & Information Desk on the north side of the first floor will serve as a single service desk for assistance in the library. Visit Ask the Librarians! for online help or to schedule a consultation.
Furniture and computer workstations will be spread out in order to ensure physical distancing. The library’s Safety Team will monitor the building to make sure all library users are being safe. Library patrons are asked not to move furniture.
Study rooms will be single occupancy only. Library patrons must use masks in study rooms and keep doors open for proper ventilation. You can reserve a study room through the online reservation system. We encourage study groups to meet on Zoom or other online platforms. If you need a space to do in-person group work, you many use rooms 114 and 114A. The furniture is set up for groups to work while maintaining proper distances.
The ground floor and 1st floors of Ellis Library have been designated as “quiet conversation allowed” for library users, including students who need to attend their online classes in the library. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors are designated as quiet study space.
Only the west entrance of Ellis Library (near Speaker’s Circle) will be open throughout the fall semester. The North entrance and the two reading rooms on the 2nd floor will be closed due to renovations of their windows.
The west stacks will be closed. To request books or other items, please place an online request and the library will retrieve them for you.
Circulation of books will resume, but receiving materials from other libraries may take longer. All materials will be quarantined when they are returned, and the items may stay on your library account during that time. No fines will be assessed for items that are in quarantine.
Food and drink will only be allowed on the ground floor of the library. The Bookmark Cafe has been closed for the rest of the semester.
DigiPrint services have moved out of Ellis Library and will be located in MU Student Center Room 1212A

Library personnel will carefully assess how the new service models are working and will determine whether services can be gradually scaled up or, conversely, whether conditions will require a return to delivering more services remotely. For the latest information on library services and hours, visit library.missouri.edu. You may also subscribe to one of our weekly email newsletters to stay up to date.

Additional Information Regarding Specialized Libraries
Zalk Veterinary Medical Library

J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library

Engineering Library and Technology Commons

Journalism Library

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Research Team Turns to Library to Help with Quick FDA Submission Deadline

By Taira Meadowcroft Posted in Cycle of Success

Posted on September 25, 2020January 21, 2021

Dr. Farhan Siddiq, MD, a neurosurgeon with MU Health Care, recently embarked on a Food and Drug Administration submission project for a National Institutes of Health funded multi-site medical device clinical trial. The trial is looking at a device to be used on patients with chronic subdural hematoma, which is a bruise under the skull that can compress the brain. While the clinical trial includes both researchers at Harvard and University of Texas, it was Dr. Siddiq’s team at MU that was tasked with completing the FDA submission. The submission required a thorough review and summary of information in the literature regarding all uses of the medical device. The team needed to get their hands on and review hundreds of papers quickly to write the summaries and develop the bibliography. With this huge project on the horizon, the research team looked to the Health Sciences Library for assistance.

Suzan Moser, the director of regulatory affairs at the MU Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and a member of the research team for the project, says that contacting the library was natural “From past FDA submissions, I know the benefits of a good medical library and librarian. I asked the Dean of Research’s office in the School of Medicine to recommend someone. She suggested Rachel Alexander, and we are forever grateful,” says Suzan.

Rachel Alexander
Research Support Librarian

With Rachel Alexander, the research support librarian at the Health Sciences Library, on board, the team quickly fulfilled the FDA submission requirements. Rachel ran several searches and worked with Dr. Siddiq to pull relevant manuscripts, eventually working with Katy Emerson in the library’s Interlibrary Loan department to get copies of all 250 articles to be reviewed, with the library having access to most of the articles and only borrowing 19 from other libraries. Dr. Siddiq and Rachel further boiled down the list of articles to 158 that they would submit to the FDA. With the final 158 articles, Rachel created bibliographies for the protocol, proposal and literature summary.

In all, searching the literature, pulling the articles, and choosing the articles took about 85 hours and Rachel was there every step of the way. According to Suzan, Rachel spoiled the research team with all of her assistance.

“Rachel’s knowledge about how to find, access, organize and file the publications so all team members could easily use them was most valuable. Her extreme reliability, flexibility and excellent communication skills are most noteworthy,” says Suzan.

If you are embarking on a literature review for a project, whether big (like an FDA submission) or small, consider contacting the Health Sciences Library for a consultation.

Cycle of Success is the idea that libraries, faculty, and students are linked; for one to truly succeed, we must all succeed. The path to success is formed by the connections between University of Missouri Libraries and faculty members, between faculty members and students, and between students and the libraries that serve them. More than just success, this is also a connection of mutual respect, support, and commitment to forward-thinking research.

If you would like to submit your own success story about how the libraries have helped your research and/or work, please use the Cycle of Success form.

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MU Remembers: Honors with Books

By Shannon Cary Posted in Support the Libraries

Posted on September 18, 2020October 5, 2020

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 21^st 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

home Resources and Services 1,000 Documents Added to the MU Extension Collection in MOspace

1,000 Documents Added to the MU Extension Collection in MOspace

By Shannon Cary Posted in Resources and Services

Posted on September 15, 2020August 13, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Mizzou Libraries’ Digital Services department has added 1,040 MU Extension publications to MOspace, the University of Missouri System institutional repository. These include historical and current publications. We digitized older publications, dating back to 1915 — “Reducing waste in feeding hay” — and added publications from the MU Extension website through 2019.

Extension publications cover a variety of topics including farming, farm animals, gardening, clothing tips, healthy diets and managing a club. Here are two to get you started in your exploration of the collection.

Homemade rugs (1938) – https://hdl.handle.net/10355/70494

For hobbyists, learn about braided rugs, sewed rugs, crocheted rugs, woven rugs, knitted rugs and hooked rugs.

Metric and other international units for agriculture (1978) – https://hdl.handle.net/10355/76837

This publication gives us a reminder that in the past the United States has discussed plans to adopt the metric system. As noted in the publication:

“By the time 1980 rolls around … the United States will be well on its way to adopting the International Standard of Units or, as it is more commonly referred to, the metric system. The International System of Units was formally adopted by the countries of the world in 1960. This system has six standard units from which all measurement can be derived. These six units are: meter (m) … kilogram (kg) … second (s) … degree Kelvin … ampere (amp) … candela (cd).”–First page.

Note: For many topics, particularly those related to farming, gardening and food, always check the MU Extension website for current information.

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