The MOspace team is delighted to announce that on August 21, Amy Lana added the 2000th item to MOspace. Item 2000 is an article by Jason Grissom, Asst. Professor in the Truman School of Public Affairs, entitled “The Role of Effective Principals in Reducing Teacher Turnover in Disadvantaged Schools,” first published online May 2009.

Aug 17-21, 8:30am-1:30pm

Aug 22-23, closed

Aug 24-27, 8am-8pm

Aug 28, 8am-3pm

Aug 29-30, closed

Aug 31-Sep 3, 8am-11pm

Sep 4, 8am-3pm

Sep 5-7, closed

Beginning September 8 and for the rest of the semester:

Sunday, 3-11pm

Monday-Thursday, 8am-11pm

Friday, 8am-3pm

Saturday, closed

As is tradition here at Ellis Library, we will be hosting a reception again for Mizzou Reads. The reception will be for journalist Peter Bergen on September 1 from 4-5 p.m.

Thanks to the help of quite a few MU Libraries staff members, we have had some great receptions in the past. We need your help to have another great reception this year. Please contact me if you would like to be on the Mizzou Reads reception planning group.

Shannon Cary, carysn@missouri.edu

September 4th marks the 5th annual College Colors Day, a tradition to promote school spirit and the start of college football season. Students, staff, alumni & fans are encouraged to participate by wearing their favorite BLACK and GOLD. Library staff are encouraged to wear their MU Libraries t-shirts.

Also, some posters and other decorations will be available from MU Licensing and Trademarks. Let me know ASAP if your area in Ellis or your Branch library is interested in decorating with Mizzou gear.

Shannon Cary, carysn@missouri.edu

NEWS RELEASE
June 24, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368

“Art Explorers” to entertain, teach children about Missouri history
By The State Historical Society of Missouri

COLUMBIA, MO—Parents and children are invited to take a trip back in time through “Art Explorers: Discovering George Caleb Bingham’s Missouri” at The State Historical Society of Missouri from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2009. This interactive program will help children learn about Missouri’s cultural and artistic past through the famed works of George Caleb Bingham and give participants hands-on experience with replica clothing, toys, and other objects from the period, 1810-1880.

Attendees will help Society Art Curator Joan Stack pack a suitcase for a trip back to the 1800s, using Bingham’s paintings as a guide for deciding if an object fits with the time period. Each child will also decorate an “explorer’s telescope” to take home as a memento of the experience.

“Art Explorers” is designed for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, with at least one accompanying adult for every two participants. Admission is $5 per child, with no cost for adults. The program is free to Society member families. Registration is required by July 8 and can be made by calling the Society at (573) 882-7083.

The State Historical Society of Missouri is located in Ellis Library at the intersection of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri campus, with parking available in three nearby garages.

NEWS RELEASE
June 25, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: William Stolz (573) 882-0188

Program to answer if Lincoln visited Columbia
By The State Historical Society of Missouri/ Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia

COLUMBIA, MO—Rumors that the 16th President of the United States came to town will be put to rest as William T. Stolz answers the question, “Did Abraham Lincoln visit Columbia?” in a presentation on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Walters-Boone County Museum.

Mary Todd Lincoln had relatives in Columbia during the early1860s, and this fact coupled with the President’s documented travel to Missouri has given rise to reports that “Honest Abe” set foot in the Boone County community. Is it true? Stolz, assistant director of reference at Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia, will examine the local hearsay and what reality lies behind it as part of a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.

“Did Abraham Lincoln visit Columbia?” is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia at (573) 882-6028.

The MU Libraries’ Staff Development Committee invites you to a panel discussion on the topic of the Google books settlement. The session will take place June 30, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Jesse Wrench Auditorium, at MU. Audience members will leave the session with a better understanding of issues surrounding the settlement, including those issues to be clarified over time. Release time is available with supervisor approval.

Panelists include:
Randy Diamond, Director of MU’s Law Library;
Diane Johnson, Head, HSL Information Services;
Chris Le Beau, SISLT;
Ann Riley, Assistant Director for Technical Services.

If you would like to read comments on the Settlement prior to the sessions, you might consider these links:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6650383.html

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6658504.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=695446462

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/its-not-just-microsoft-thats-balking-at-googles-book-plans/

Leo Agnew
Chair, SDC

NEWS RELEASE
May 26, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368

Under Construction: Images of the Gateway Arch by Art Witman opens June 20 at the Society
By The State Historical Society of Missouri

COLUMBIA, MO—The 630-foot Gateway Arch dominates the St. Louis skyline, and images documenting its construction will cover the walls of the State Historical Society’s Main Gallery when Under Construction: Images of the Gateway Arch by Art Witman opens on June 20, 2009.

By its completion in 1965, the Gateway Arch had been 30 years in the making. President Franklin Roosevelt named the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial the first site under the Historic Sites Act in 1935, but it was not until 1947 that architect Eero Saarinen won a design contest to construct the memorial, and work on the Arch did not begin until 1963. St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Art Witman joined workers high above the city and took breathtaking shots of the monument’s various stages of creation. The resulting mural-sized, full-color photographs were donated by Witman to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis in 1984.

Under Construction will be on display through September 5, 2009. The State Historical Society of Missouri is located in Ellis Library at the intersection of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri campus, with parking available in three nearby garages.

About The State Historical Society of Missouri
Founded in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and a trustee of the state since 1899, the Society is the preeminent research facility for the study of the Show Me State’s heritage and a leader in programming designed to share that heritage with the public. Through educational outreach, such as the Missouri History Speakers’ Bureau and genealogy workshops, or the performing arts, like MoHiP Theatre, the Society not only brings Missouri history to the state’s citizens, but also gives Missourians the tools to uncover the history in their own lives.

Library News Notes is officially on summer schedule, which means it will be distributed every two weeks. Thanks.

Shannon

NEWS RELEASE
May 12, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368

COLUMBIA, MO—The artistry and social commentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Daniel Fitzpatrick will be on display in the North-South Gallery of The State Historical Society of Missouri beginning on June 6, 2009, in “Wall Street and Main Street”: Editorial Cartoons on the Economic Crisis of the 1930s from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The exhibit demonstrates Fitzpatrick’s talents and the continued relevance of his work through more than 40 cartoons documenting political and social milestones of the depression era.

Born in Superior, Wisconsin, at the turn of the twentieth century, Daniel “Fitz” Fitzpatrick was a classically trained artist who was not afraid to use his lithographic crayon against any person, place, or event that he saw trampling the average American. Fitz ridiculed presidents and other politicians, took aim at Nazis, pressed for equal rights, and during the 1930s reflected the truth of the Great Depression for readers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He depicted the “Hooverville” shantytowns that plagued St. Louis and the rest of the country, and viewers could read in the faces of his characters the economic hardships brought to bear on both financial elites and “main street” America.

“In his dark, brooding drawings, [Fitz] made the pain felt by so many people almost palpable—the psychological, the sociological, and the economic pain,” said fellow former Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist Tom Engelhardt, who took inspiration from Fitzpatrick’s work as a young man. “It was this sensitivity and honesty that infused his works and led to his being called ‘the dean of American editorial cartoonists,’ a title he carried for many years. It was his visual commentaries that added to the [Post’s] reputation as a powerful force working on behalf of the poor and downtrodden.”

“Wall Street and Main Street” will be on display through October 3, 2009. The State Historical Society of Missouri is located in Ellis Library at the intersection of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri campus, with parking available in three nearby garages.

About The State Historical Society of Missouri
Founded in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and a trustee of the state since 1899, the Society is the preeminent research facility for the study of the Show Me State’s heritage and a leader in programming designed to share that heritage with the public. Through educational outreach, such as the Missouri History Speakers’ Bureau and genealogy workshops, or the performing arts, like MoHiP Theatre, the Society not only brings Missouri history to the state’s citizens, but also gives Missourians the tools to uncover the history in their own lives.