Poet and visual artist Krista Franklin will give a lecture on her work. Her poetry and mixed medium collages have been published in lifestyle and literary journals such as Coon Bidness,Copper Nickel, RATTLE, Indiana Review, Ecotone, Clam andCallaloo, and in the anthologies Encyclopedia Vol. II, F-K andGathering Ground. Her visual art has been featured on the covers of award-winning books, and exhibited nationally in solo and group exhibitions. Franklin is a Cave Canem Fellow, a co-founder of 2nd Sun Salon, a community meeting space for writers, visual and performance artists, musicians and scholars, and a teaching artist for Young Chicago Authors, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, and numerous organizations in the city of Chicago.
Sponsored by the MU Black History Month Committee, Cave Canem, and the MU Libraries Diversity Committee
Mold Outbreak Threatens 600,000 Books at U. of Missouri Library Facility
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 30, 2014
"600,000 University of Missouri library books damaged by mold"
FoxNews.com, Jan. 29, 2014
UPI.com, Jan. 29, 2014
SFGate.com, Jan. 31, 2014
Mold damages Mizzou library books
KRCG13.com, Jan. 29, 2014
Mold mars 600,000 MU volumes stored at off-campus facilites
Columbia Tribune, January, 28, 2014
Mold means trouble for 600,000 University of Library books
stltoday.com, January, 28, 2014
Mold leads to elimination of 300,000 MU Libraries' volumes
The Missourian, January 24, 2014
CENTRAL MISSOURI FOOD BANK
80 POUNDS OF FOOD
$287.50 MONETARY DONATIONS
SECOND CHANCE
15 POUNDS OF FOOD
$112.50 MONETARY DONATIONS
TOYS, SWEATER, & A BLANKET
HAYDEN MURPHEY WAS THE WINNER OF THE $25 MIZZOU STORE GIFT CARD.
RAINBOW HOUSE SOCK DRIVE
142 PAIRS OF SOCKS
4 PAIRS OF TIGHTS
1 PAIR OF GLOVES
Thank you to everyone who donated. The Food Bank, Second Chance, and the Rainbow House are very appreciative of your generosity.
Sue Barnes
MULSA Community Service Chair
Dr. Tim Evans, a.k.a. The Antidote, will present “Everything is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?” on March 12 at 11:00 am in the Colonnade. Dr. Evans is an associate professor of clinical and diagnostic toxicology in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at MU. The lecture is in conjunction with the Special Collections exhibit Superhero Science! Fact vs. Fiction in Superhero Comics, on display March 3-28 in the Colonnade, and Decoding Science: Bridging the Gap. Engaging the Public, the 10th annual MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium, March 10-15.
Special Collections and Rare Books is on Twitter. Follow us @MUSpecColl. (We’re still on Facebook ,too).
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Participate in the Great Backyard Bird County, Friday, Feb. 14 to Monday, Feb. 17. Count birds anywhere for at least 15 minutes to help scientists get a snapshot of bird population.
Also there is a link to Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Submitted by Jack Batterson
Attending: Jeannette Pierce, Michael Holland, Brian Cain, Deb Ward, Ellen Blair, Mark Ellis, Jim Cogswell
INFORMATION ITEM: Remediation of Books by Gamma Ray treatment and relocation of treated material: we can identify approximately 13,000 items that we know will be sent for remediation (gamma ray exposure).
ACTION ITEM: MU Libraries will proceed/start cleaning the 11,000-13,000k items that are destined for Special Collections by getting of them ready for eradication of mold spores by gamma ray exposure. MU Libraries will work with Procurement Management to pursue a contract for that specific purpose. MU Libraries will also continue to consult with Environmental Health & Safety for guidance in contracting service and handling exposed material.
INFORMATION ITEM: Based on budget options and further discussion with Procurement and Environmental Health and Safety, LMT will consider how much of the collection can be treated with gamma ray vs. other methods and how much of the infected collection will be discarded.
INFORMATION ITEM: Discussion ensued about criteria for selecting what material (beyond the 13K already selected) will be treated and saved. Special attention was stressed on how to fairly proceed (taking into consideration the various stakeholders) while still making decisions in a timely fashion.