MU Libraries Centennial Planning Event

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December 12, 3-5 pm
Stotler Lounge 

The MU Libraries Centennial Committee is holding a planning session for the 2015-2016 centennial celebration. All MU Libraries employees are welcome to participate with supervisor approval. The Centennial Committee is seeking suggestions from staff for engaging events that will highlight the various branches and services the Libraries provide while making great memories for students, faculty and alumni. Phil Shearrer will be leading us through a series of activities meant to inspire your creative thinking skills. Groups interested in working as a team are welcome, as well as individuals who seek a team to join. For questions or further information, contact Marie Concannon or Chris Montgomery.

Staff Computer Replacement

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LTS will begin replacing staff computers before the end of the month. Those with a Dell Optiplex 755 tower model will receive a Dell Optiplex 9010 with a 23" screen. They are an all-in one machine similar to the iMacs we’ve had in the past.

The Dell Optiplex 755 is the last series of staff computers running Windows XP; upon completion, all staff will be on Windows 7. The newest version of Microsoft Office, 2013, will be included on the new computers.

LTS will contact those being upgraded individually as new machines become available to work out a replacement plan.

 

 

MULSA Halloween Contest Winners

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Our winner for Overall Favorite is Karen Eubanks, with Flo, the Progressive insurance rep.

In Scariest, the runaway winner were our Plague Doctors, Adrienne Arden and Bill.

In Most Complicated, Sharon Gaughan with her Pokemon Trainer costume.

And for gutsiest, another runaway winner was Tammy Green, in her pirate togs.


Thank you to everyone who dressed up and made Hallowe'en at Ellis a lot more fun and a lot more spooky!

–Ruth

Sappington Exhibit on Display at HSL

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We are pleased to announce a new exhibit has been mounted in the display case on the 3rd floor of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library. It features Dr. John Sappington of Arrow Rock Missouri who was one of the many unsung heroes in the opening of the West. A pioneer physician, he was the first person in the United States to advocate the use of quinine to treat malarial fevers. However at the time, he was called a heretic by the other physicians in the U.S. The recommended mode of treatment of the day was to bleed and administer purgatives.

He sold over a million of his Sappington Anti-Fever pills (containing quinine) thereby saving countless lives of the settlers living in the Mississippi Valley region and of those travelers headed westward. The pills also played a large part in the success of the Santa Fe Trail. In 1844 he published his book The Theory and Treatment of Fevers which was the first medical text published west of the Mississippi River. Stop by the exhibit to learn more about the career of this fascinating man. More can be learned about Dr. Sappington at: http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/s/sappington/