The Mizzou Advantage initiative is announcing three separate requests for proposals: 1.) research 2.) instructional development 3.) high-impact conferences. The objective of these requests is to lead to high-impact results, related to one or more of the four Mizzou Advantage initiative areas (One Health, Food for the Future, Media of the Future and Sustainable Energy). The Mizzou Advantage initiative’s and the request for proposals’ ultimate goals are to raise the stature of the University of Missouri as well as leverage, enhance and nurture collaborative networks. Details for each call as well as team contact information can be accessed via the below link. If you have additional questions after reviewing these documents, please feel free to contact one of the Mizzou Advantage facilitators or any team member. All faculty and staff are encouraged to apply. http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu/opportunities/faculty-staff/

 

Mizzou Advantage invites faculty, staff and students to our 3^rd annual Mizzou Advantage Day on April 30.

1:00-2:30 pm – Guest Speaker Dr. Holly Falk-Krzesinski “Resources, Funding and Tools for Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research”
2:30-5:00 pm – Poster Session/Photo Booth/Refreshments
4:00-5:00 pm – “Dialogues About Breast Cancer” performed by the MU Interactive Theatre Troupe
5:00-6:00 pm – Catered Reception with Live Music

This event is open to all faculty, staff, students and community members. Be sure to come with your friends and colleagues to get your picture taken in the photo booth!

If interested in participating in the poster session please contact LeAnne Stewart at stewartle@missouri.edu to reserve your easel.

Did you know that Mizzou Advantage funding is available for professional development? Check out the opportunities at: http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu/opportunities/faculty-staff/.

Awards of up to $2,000 each are intended to help faculty and staff more fully engage in the interdisciplinary efforts of Mizzou Advantage.

Want to keep up to date with what’s happening with Mizzou Advantage? Sign up for the newsletter at: http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu/subscribe/

The Mizzou Advantage web site has a new look: http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu. You can now receive newsletters and the latest site updates for all the initiatives or the initiatives of your choice.

Mizzou Advantage’s Facebook page is another good way to keep up on events: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mizzou-Advantage/151084541597168

–Submitted by Kate Anderson

For a list of Mizzou Advantage events, visit the Mizzou Advantage Facebook page.

Please join us for the upcoming Future of Archives in a Digital Age Symposium, being held at the University of Missouri, February 24-25, 2011.  The conference features two keynote addresses, by Prof. William Ferris (UNC-Chapel Hill, former director of the NEH) and Prof. Robert Darnton (Director of the Harvard Libraries), as well as a series of roundtable conversations with campus and regional experts in the digital humanities. There is no cost to attend for MU employees and students, but you must pre-register online.  The cost for non-MU affiliated attendees is $40 and includes a reception on Thursday evening; continental breakfast and lunch on Friday; and a parking permit.

The website for the event is now open at:  http://muconf.missouri.edu/futureofarchives/.  It includes a schedule of the event and an online registration form.  If you plan to attend, please register soon!  Also, we’d be grateful if you’d share this information with any colleagues who may be interested in the event.

Please feel free to contact Barbara Wills (willsbj@missouri.edu<mailto:willsbj@missouri.edu>) with any questions you have regarding registration.  If you have any questions about the program or would like to be further involved in the Mizzou Advantage digital humanities networking group that is organizing this symposium, please contact Devoney Looser (MU English; looserd@missouri.edu<mailto:looserd@missouri.edu>), Berkley Hudson (MU School of Journalism; hudsonb@missouri.edu<mailto:hudsonb@missouri.edu>) or Michael Holland (MU Libraries; HollandM@missouri.edu<mailto:HollandM@missouri.edu>).

Check out the Mizzou Advantage: Creating the Future video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMn3kQl-SlI

Look for Mike Holland and Dorothy Carner!

Submitted by Kate Anderson, Mizzou Advantage Library Liaison

A Brown Bag Panel Discussion Organized by Print for the People
(Print for the People is an Mizzou Advantage Networking Group)
Wednesday, November 17th,  2010, 12-1 pm
Tucker Forum, MU School of Journalism

Panelists: David F. Moore (Western Historical Manuscripts Collection), Sean Franzel (German and Russian Studies), Noah Heringman (English)

David Moore will discuss the challenges and issues with past and current digitization projects undertaken by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia.  He will also discuss how WHMC-Columbia has tried to prioritize the collections that are considered for digitization.

Sean Franzel and Noah Heringman will discuss their research on German-language holdings at WHMC and the State Historical Society in light of the challenges and possibilities of digitizing historical materials for use by students, scholars, and the broader public.  Putting historical sources online represents an important way to make library holdings significantly more accessible, but it also requires renewed reflection on how to organize and present them.  Franzel and Heringman will initiate discussion by presenting their preliminary research on local holdings produced by Missouri’s extensive German-language publishing industry in the nineteenth century.  Our goal in this brown bag discussion is to focus on the process of selecting materials to digitize from MU’s collections.