The University Libraries are working with the Office of Undergraduate Research to host a virtual Undergraduate Research Forum this year.
The Office of Undergraduate Research offers undergraduates the opportunity to present their student research and scholarly achievements to the Mizzou community multiple times each year.
At the Spring Forum, all undergraduate students from any MU academic department are eligible to present their work. All student participants must have an MU faculty member of record.
For the 2020 Spring Forum the presentations will be digital. No physical poster presentations.
The University of Missouri Libraries Depository (UMLD) is an off-campus storage facility, established in 1997, for important, but infrequently used, library materials. UMLD is designed to provide high-density storage in an excellent climate controlled environment, maintained at a constant 55°F and at a relative humidity near 40%. This controlled environment ensures that valuable, yet fragile, paper materials will be available for generations to come.
Currently UMLD is at capacity, housing over 1 million items. In addition, the Libraries rent space for around 400,000 additional materials, and there are approximately 600,000 items that need to be transferred from the campus libraries. In order to accommodate these materials, the UM Board of Curators approved an expansion of UMLD.
The conditions in UMLD, as it is currently configured, add an average of 125 years of functional life to the items in the collection. The improved conditions in the new module will push that to an average of 150 years. The expansion includes new receiving, processing and storage areas to support the additional collections. A hook up for an emergency generator will allow the Libraries to maintain the conditions inside the new module even during an extended power outage. Utilities updates also include significant upgrades to the technology infrastructure, which allow for connecting the local security system to the campus system, adding security cameras and installing WiFi.
The expansion of UMLD, will allow the libraries on campus to recover some much needed space that is currently used to house infrequently used materials. A space planning project is currently underway that will help to determine the best use of space in the Libraries. Users will continue to have access to these materials by requesting them through the library catalog or having materials scanned.
On March 12, the first fence was put up at UMLD, marking the beginning of construction. The project is scheduled for completion on February 1, 2021.
Need research help? You can ask a librarian for help using our chat service– almost 24 hours a day.
During the day you can chat with Mizzou librarians and library staff. At night, we offer access to a chat reference service called ChatStaff. They will be able to answer most research questions, except for some that are Mizzou-specific.
Ellis Library’s extended finals hours have come to a close. We’ll cut way back on hours during the Winter Break and return to our regular hours when the spring semester starts up. The Libraries will be closed, along with the rest of the campus, the entire week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Yes, it’s that time of the semester again. You’re studying, you’re researching, you’re writing, you’re living on coffee and no sleep…but look, a fluffy puff of pure love and joy! These calm, cheerful, trained therapy dogs are here to give you a break and put a smile on your face ?
Come to Ellis Library on the main floor by the North Doors / checkout desk. Tentative schedule:
Sunday, December 8 from 6-9pm
Monday, December 9 from 6-9pm
Tuesday, December 10 from 6-9pm
There will also be therapy dogs in the Engineering Library on Monday and Wednesday from 9am to noon and Tuesday from 1-4pm.
Thanks to Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet for coordinating all the dogs and owners who help us de-stress during finals!
Ellis Library will be open continuously until Friday, December 13 at 7 pm. For additional information about service hours and specialized library hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.
Deb Ward has been appointed interim vice provost for libraries and university librarian, effective Nov. 28, 2019. Ward has been the director of the MU health sciences libraries, which includes the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Zalk Veterinary Medical Library, for over 20 years. In 2016, she also became the associate university librarian for specialized libraries. Ward has been active in local, regional and national library organizations. Ward was a co-creator of the Missouri AHEC Digital Library, an information service for health care providers in the state of Missouri, created in partnership with the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. In addition, she has been the principal investigator for the Missouri coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine since 2002. She is a partner with three other campus collaborators in the three-year project “Librarians as Catalysts for Healthy Communities,” funded by the Institute of Library and Museum Services. Previously, Ward held a number of administrative appointments at three other academic health sciences libraries. She earned a bachelor of arts in German and a master of arts in education from Eastern Kentucky University. She also earned a master of library science from the University of Kentucky.
Other interim assignments:
Kate Anderson, veterinary medical librarian, Health Sciences and Specialized Libraries Division, assigned oversight for three additional specialized libraries
Corrie Hutchinson, associate university librarian, Acquisitions, Collections and Technical Services Division, assigned oversight for technical services functions of the Health Sciences Library
Jeannette Pierce, associate university librarian, Research and Instruction Services Division, assigned oversight for the division currently assigned to Ann Riley
Chris Pryor, NNLM coordinator, Health Sciences and Specialized Libraries Division, assigned oversight for the Health Sciences Library Circulation Department and responsibility for facility and administrative aspects of the Health Sciences and Specialized Libraries divisional operation
Diane Johnson, assistant director for the Health Sciences Library Information Services and Resources, will take on additional temporary duties including serving on the Collection Steering Committee
In May, they dedicated a new Pauline Pfeiffer traveling exhibit that is housed in the upstairs of our museum. As curator of the endeavor, Anthony’s focus zeroed in on Pfeiffer’s distinguished career as a reporter and editor before her marriage to Ernest Hemingway. Pfeiffer graduated from the University of Missouri with a journalism degree and moved on to claim bylines in newspapers across the United States and eventually landed in Paris, working for Vogue magazine after a stint with Vanity Fair.
Childress, a former journalist, says Pfeiffer’s story is one of great interest and felt, given her ties to Mizzou, that it would seem the ideal place to host the exhibit. It consists of three panels. The first panel is about her high school and collegiate days and a poem she published, the second panel features examples of her reporting news and features for daily papers and Vogue, and the third panel transitions into her role as Hemingway’s editor during their 13-year marriage.
Ellis Library will have limited hours during the Thanksgiving Break. For a complete list of the hours of Ellis Library and the specialized library hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.
The Bookmark Cafe, which is run by Campus Dining Services, will be closed from November 23 to November 30. For a complete list of hours for Campus Dining Services locations, visit dining.missouri.edu/hours.
Ellis Library Hours, November 23 to December 1
Saturday (Nov. 23)…..10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday (Nov. 24)……Closed
Monday (Nov. 25)…..7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tues (Nov. 26)…..7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wed (Nov. 27)…..7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thurs (Nov. 28)……Closed
Fri (Nov. 29)…..Closed
Sat (Nov. 30)…..10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sun (Dec. 1)…..Noon to 12 a.m. (Return to 24 hour schedule)
