News and Events at the UMKC Libraries:
Archive From 2005
- Reception to Honor Marilyn Carbonell
- Dr. Joan Dean featured in University Libraries Communications
- A UMKC Speaker Series Event: Marian Amies. Designer, Book Artist at MNL, 11/14
- Ruth Price Invitation: 11/17 Public Lecture
- Constitution Month and 9/11 Activities
- Dr. Deb Chatterjee featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
- Applying Fair Use Doctrine in Colleges and Universities
- Linda Hall Library closed July 20 - July 23, 2005
- The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection
- Richard W. Bolling Photograph Collection
- Sharon L. Bostick...Dean and Director of University Libraries
- New Look for Ovid
- New Look For MERLIN
- Dr. Vincent Lau featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign poster series
- Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting - April 10th
- Scott Laurent and Frederick Foster featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign poster series
- Lecture: From Gutenberg to Caxton: Digitization at the HUMI Project
- University of Missouri Electronic Resources Initiative: More electronic titles now available! (Updated March 31, 2005)
- New video browsing area at the Miller Nichols Library
- UMKC Libraries Friends of the Library booksales
- UMKC Libraries: How are we doing?
- Bobby Watson featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign poster series
- News and Events
Note: Web addresses were active and accurate at time of publication. These addresses are not maintained.
Postponed due to inclement weather.
Reception to Honor Marilyn Carbonell
The University Libraries is hosting a reception honoring Marilyn Carbonell for her 29 years of dedicated service to the UMKC University Libraries. The reception will begin at 3:30pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 in Room 303 of the Miller Nichols Library. All are invited.
Marilyn Carbonell, Assistant Director for Collection Development, is leaving the University Libraries after 29 years to become Head of Libraries Services at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where she will head a 15-member team and be responsible for the Spencer Art Reference Library, the Museum Archives, and the Slide Library. SARL is the premier art history reference library in the region.
In her 18 years as Assistant Director for Collection Development, Marilyn has been responsible for the team of faculty librarians who build and manage the Libraries' collections. She has also overseen the Special Collections Department, including the Marr Sound Archives. She has served on numerous committees; been involved in many initiatives; and taught library instruction sessions, most intensively Art and Art History (where she is an adjunct assistant professor), and the Master of Liberal Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. She actively supports student honors and undergraduate research as a member of the faculty advisory groups for SEARCH, the UMKC Chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and is a member of the KCUR Advisory Board.
Marilyn has represented the Libraries on regional, statewide, and UM System committees, especially those dealing with collection building and electronic resources, and partnerships with the Truman Presidential Museum & Library, and served as the first chair of the MERLIN Collection Development Committee. She has been active in the American Library Association, chiefly in the Reference and User Services Association.
Marilyn joined the Libraries in September 1976 as the Art, Theatre and Pharmacy Reference Librarian. She has a master's degree in art history (University of Iowa) in addition to a master's degree in library science (Northern Illinois University). She has assisted the UMKC Friends of the Library by managing the annual faculty grant opportunities for their Annual Gift to the Libraries. She and Prof. Emeritus David Weinglass, her husband, are life members of the Friends. She has worked with donors and friends to enhance the collections and services for students, faculty and the community throughout her years at UMKC.
Marilyn's contributions to the UMKC University Libraries, to the campus, and to the community are extraordinary. She will be dearly missed, but we are delighted she is taking on such an exciting new role. Please join us in wishing her the best in her new position.
Link to more information about the reception in PDF format.
Dr. Joan Dean featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
The expression "24/7" has become a part of everyday speech. People apply it to hamburger stands that never close as well as TV infomercials. Such overuse can dilute an expression's significance for day-to-day living.
For the students, faculty and staff of the UMKC University Libraries, "24/7" is neither a euphemism nor an exaggeration. It accurately describes when the millions of library resources are available through remote access. Any hour of the day or night, students, faculty and staff can use their personal computers to research databases, electronic journals and monographs, exhibits, newspaper articles and other library materials. The door to these extensive collections is the UMKC University Libraries website (http://library.umkc.edu/). It opens to you with a UMKC single sign-on account; username and password.
Many UMKC faculty scholars can attest to the benefits of utilizing the UMKC Libraries' remote access capabilities. Few are more familiar with these benefits than Dr. Joan Dean, who is featured on the Libraries' most recent communications poster. She is a distinguished teaching professor of modern American, British and Irish Literature. Her most recent book, Riot and Great Anger: Stage Censorship in Twentieth-Century Ireland, has drawn wide praise from her fellow-scholars. Professor Dean continues to "come to the library" to research even when working from as far away as the Emerald Isle! As she says "No matter where in the world I am, University Libraries is always home."
Dr. Dean's knowledge of the Libraries' extensive collections and skilled professionals does not come solely from her scholarly endeavors, however. From April 2004 to May 2005 she served as the Interim Dean and Director of Libraries at UMKC. While Professor Dean is delighted to have returned to her true calling as a scholar and educator, her ties to the UMKC Libraries have been strengthened and enriched.
The access to library resources which Dr. Dean enjoys is available to each and every UMKC student, faculty and staff via the Library's homepage. "24/7" is not merely a catchy phrase, it is part of the University Libraries' ongoing commitment to serving You!
"No matter where in the world I am,
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Marian Amies, Designer & Book Artist,
at Miller Nichols Library, November 14, 2005
In a continuing effort to contribute to the ongoing discussion about design and art and to present
thoughtful programming for your viewing, listening and thinking pleasure, Miller Nichols Library
and the UMKC Department of Art & Art History present graphic designer, printmaker and book artist Marian Amies.Associate professor, joint head of the graphic design program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Fellow in the Center for International Studies, Marian Amies is a living example that the lines between applied design and the fine arts cannot only be blurred, but intermingle and support the direction of the artist.
On Monday, November 14, at 6:00 pm in room 303 of Miller Nichols Library, Ms. Amies will speak on her activities as a working designer, exhibiting book artist, printmaker and curator of the International Art of the Book Exhibition Series. She will also give an afternoon workshop/lecture on artist's books, at 2:00 pm in the Department of Special Collections (room 411 of Miller Nichols Library), using both her own work, books from the Art of the Book Exhibition and the UMKC University Libraries' special collection of artist's books as examples.
Miller Nichols Library is pleased to be able to host these events which promise an afternoon and evening of learning and enlightenment. Miller Nichols Library is located at 800 East 51st Street (near the intersection of 51st Street and Rockhill Road, just off of Rockhill Rd.) on the University of Missouri-Kansas City's main campus.
For more information, please contact Paul Tosh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Art and Art History at 816-645-4145, Paul Tosh.
Ruth Price Invitation: November 17,
Public Lecture
Ruth Price will discuss her book, The Lives of Agnes Smedley, on Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m.
in UMKC University Center, Room 106. The biography recounts the life of activist and author Agnes
Smedley. The result of more than 15 years of research, Price shares stories of the remarkable
Missouri-born firebrand. A wine and cheese reception and booksigning follows the reading and discussion.
This event is sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library and, from UMKC, the UMKC English Department,
University Libraries, Women's Center, Women's & Gender Studies and the Edgar Snow Fund. The event is
free and open to the public; no tickets are required. For more information, please contact Jane Wood,
Director, UMKC Women's Center, at 816-235-1643.Constitution Month Activities at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Sponsored by
The UMKC College of Arts and Sciences
the University Libraries
the School of Law & the Law Library
and the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology
The U.S. Constitution was signed on 17th September 1787 by the delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The young nation's charter was ratified later by each of the thirteen original states. Changes have been made during the following 218 years. The U.S. Congress mandated in 2004 that U.S. Constitution should be honored and studied on 17th September, with the first commemoration in 2005. The activities and guides listed below are resources for the month-long Constitutional observances at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, including special activities commemorating the 11th of September 2001."Library Guide to the U.S. Constitution," including sources at the Law Library and manuscripts from the Richard Bolling Collection on Civil Rights in the University Libraries Special Collections Department.
URL: http://library.umkc.edu/instruction/MNLsubjguides/constitution.htm
Constitution Month Flyer.
URL: http://library.umkc.edu/gen-info/publications/ConstitutionMonth.pdf
Pocket Guides to the Constitution, including the full text of the document, are available at the Law Library and the Miller Nichols Library.
"We the People.." Exhibit on the Bill of Rights and the Founders of the American Constitution in the Miller Nichols Library, 2nd Floor
"A Celebration of America in Music" Exhibit in the Music/Media Library, Miller Nichols Library Ground Floor.
"Exercise Your Freedom to Read. Banned Books Week, September 24 - October 1, 2005" Book Display of books that can be checked-out in the South Lobby of the Miller Nichols Library on the First Floor.
"Highlighted Books on the Legal History of the U.S. Constitution," a Law Library Exhibit.
Voter registration in the Miller Nichols Library, September 11-16.
Focus on the Faculty: Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End, by UMKC Curator's Teaching Professor of Political Science David N. Atkinson. Call No: KF8744 .A98 1999. Available at Miller Nichols and Leon E. Bloch Law Libraries.
Focus on the Faculty: "Famous Trials" website by UMKC Professor of Law Douglas O. Linder. URL: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
Focus on the Faculty: "Talking History" audio website interviews in the Founders and the Constitution series hosted by UMKC Professor of History Bryan Le Beau. URL: http://talkinghistory.oah.org
Special Activities Commemorating SEPTEMBER 11TH : Patriots Day
24-Hour Library Service. The Miller Nichols Library will open Sunday, September 11, at its regular hour of 1:00 pm and will remain open throughout the night until the regular closing hour of 11:00 pm on Monday, September 12. Volunteers from Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology will assist.Voter registration.
Film and video screenings on Constitutional themes (e.g. Twelve Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, etc.)
On-the-hour performance readings of the Declaration of Independence and selections from the U. S. Constitution.
Everyone is welcome at these free activities at the Miller Nichols Library, 800 E. 51st Street. The building is handicapped-accessible. Please join UMKC for these celebrations of American freedoms!
Dr. Deb Chatterjee and University Libraries student assistant Robert Watson featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
Dr. Deb Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Computing and Engineering Science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is the featured faculty member in a new poster from the University Libraries, highlighting the benefits of the MOBIUS consortium in support of faculty research. In the poster Access Services Student Assistant Robert Watson is handing Dr. Chatterjee a book requested through MOBIUS. The poster also kicks-off year two of the University Libraries' communications campaign to heighten awareness of the resources and expertise which the Libraries offers to the students and faculty of UMKC.
"UMKC Libraries: Connecting Learners to the World of Knowledge" is once again the campaign theme. Door-hangers, bookmarks and wristbands exhort members of the UMKC community to "Just Say Know!: Find an expert @ your library." The posters and giveaway items emphasize the Libraries' eagerness and ability to serve the academic needs of its patrons and provide library contact information.
The UMKC University Libraries participate in many cooperative efforts to ensure library support for faculty research and teaching. Dr. Chatterjee is both a supporter and beneficiary of MOBIUS, of which the UMKC University Libraries is a member. MOBIUS - the Missouri Bibliographic Information User System - brings together the resources of sixty academic libraries from all parts of the state. MOBIUS provides Dr. Chatterjee and other UMKC scholars and students with access to approximately 17 million books and other library items quickly and conveniently, virtually putting them into academic libraries throughout Missouri.
MOBIUS: Find an Expert @ your library®"Borrowing books through MOBIUS is quick and easy. I get the books I need for my research within just a few days from libraries throughout Missouri" --Dr. Deb Chatterjee |  Full screen view (pdf file) |
Applying Fair Use Doctrine in Colleges and Universities web cast
Please mark your calendars. All faculty, staff, and librarians are invited to a web cast on the important issue of copyright and fair use. The UMKC University Libraries and Office of Research Services are hosting the web cast conference, "Applying Fair Use Doctrine in Colleges and Universities," on 23 August 2005, Tuesday, 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm in the Miller Nichols Library, MNL 121 (Library Instruction Laboratory).This web conference is jointly sponsored by the UMKCUniversity Libraries and the UMKC Office of Research Services. No charges to UMKC faculty to attend the session, but an RSVP is appreciated to 235-1528.
Applying Fair Use Doctrine in Colleges and Universities web cast overview:
Copyright issues are central to the mission of colleges and universities, but often copyright policies fail to reflect the current legal landscape. Institutional leaders must learn to understand current fair use doctrine and craft institutional policies around it in order to ensure legal compliance. This online web conference will help institutions:
- Understand the origins and evolution of fair use
- Determine if the use of a particular work is fair under the law
- Learn how fair use applies to materials used in the classroom
- Understand how fair use pertains to electronic reserves
- Craft policy around fair use doctrine
Where: Miller Nichols Library, Room 121 (Library Instruction Laboratory) next to the FaCET Office.
For more information about the web conference, see:
(https://www.academicimpressions.com/web_conferences/0805_fair_use.php). UMKC faculty do not need to register with the company and pay for this web cast individually if you attend the session in the Miller Nichols Library. Please reply to (Pat Payne), administrative assistant, if you can attend or call 235-5828.
Linda Hall Library closed July 20 - July 23, 2005
Linda Hall Library will be closed Wednesday, July 20 through Saturday, July 23, 2005 due to construction going on in the library. The library will resume regular hours on Monday, July 25.The Library parking lot will be closed beginning Tuesday, July 05 for improvements. Parking is sometimes available on Cherry Street both north and south of the Library entrance. Other nearby streets may have limited parking available. UMKC metered parking is also available. Meters cost $0.75 per hour. The closest metered parking lot is at 52nd and Cherry.
For additional information please see the Linda Hall Library web page http://www.lindahall.org/ or call (816) 363-4600.
The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection Debut
The Department of Special Collections at Miller Nichols Library is pleased to announce the debut of The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection, an online collection of over 660 Kansas City musical imprints published from 1874 to 1966, available atThe 660+ titles in the collection comprise over 4600 scanned images. The covers are reproduced in color and the scores are reproduced in black and white. The resulting web collection is made possible through a partnership in cooperation with the University of Missouri Library Systems Office and the MOBIUS network. The collection is hosted by the Missouri Digital Library and is also made available via Virtually Missouri at:
Virtually Missouri coordinates access to digital collections and exhibits created by archives, historical societies, libraries, museums and other cultural and scientific heritage institutions in Missouri. Further information about the Kansas City Sheet Music Collection can be found at the Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections web site at:
Congressman Richard W. Bolling Photograph Collection
Now Available on the World Wide Web
The University of Missouri-Kansas City University Libraries are pleased to announce the availability of the Richard W. Bolling photograph collection on the Internet World Wide Web. The collection includes 2142 photographs documenting Bolling's life and career as a Missouri Democratic Representative from the 5th District to Congress from 1949 to 1983. The photos were organized, preserved, and scanned in the UMKC Libraries Special Collections Department. The resulting web collection is made possible through a partnership in cooperation with the University of Missouri Library Systems Office and the MOBIUS network.The online photograph collection is accessible at the University of Missouri Digital Library website:
The collection is also accessible through the following avenues on the Web:
- Virtually Missouri: a digital project portal which coordinates access to digital collections and exhibits created by the academic, cultural and scientific heritage institutions of Missouri, at:
< http://www.virtuallymissouri.org/vmdigcoll.aspx > - UMKC Libraries website, section: Special Collections, Digitization Projects, at:
< http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/index.html#digitization >
Richard W. Bolling (17 May 1916 - 21 April 1991) served with eight different presidents and through several crucial events in U.S. history as a Missouri Democratic Representative to Congress from 1949 to 1983. His long tenure gave him a unique perspective as a witness to such historical events as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Korean War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the assassination of a president. Bolling served on several House committees including the Select Committee on Committees, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Committee on Rules.
The Bolling Collection is an invaluable resource for researchers in such areas as 20th-century history, political science, and particularly U.S. congressional history. A description of the Bolling Collection in the LaBudde Special Collections Department is available at
New Dean and Director of University Libraries
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Sharon L. Bostick is the new Dean and Director of University Libraries at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She was formerly Director of Libraries at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and held library positions at the University of Toledo, Wichita State University and Oakland University. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Wayne State University, an AMLS from the University of Michigan, and a BA in English from Oakland University. She has also worked as an independent consultant for libraries. |
A New Look For Ovid
Beginning on July 12th, we will be accessing Ovid databases through a newly redesigned Ovid Gateway. In addition to a new look, Ovid has added some exciting new features. These include:- Find Citation
- Find Citing Article, and
- Find Similar.
If you need help in using the new gateway, click on the Help button at the top of the page you are on. You can also contact one of the UMKC University Libraries Reference desks:
- Miller Nichols: (816) 235-1534
- Dental: (816) 235-2030
- Health Sciences: (816) 235-1880
New Look For MERLIN Library Catalog
On Monday June 27, 2005, the MERLIN library catalog will have a brand new look. This move is intended to make it easier for students, faculty and staff to find just what they need from the University Libraries. Some of the key changes are as follows:- Bread crumbs (Home>MOBIUS>All MERLIN>UMKC Libraries Catalog) at the top of the pages from our catalog to all MERLIN to MOBIUS
- Links to UMKC and University Libraries web pages
- Advanced Keyword Searching available
- Link from Course Reserve page to E-reserves
- Icons for books, sound recordings, videos, etc.
- The addition of the Add to Bookbag feature. Use this to mark and view records, export bibliographic information, or request items.
- New button names – most notably Return to Browse is now Return to List.
- Drop-down boxes replace lists
- New layout for search results
Dr. Vincent Lau featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
Dr. Yuen-Sum (Vincent) Lau, Professor and Chair of Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy, appreciates the Interlibrary Loan service at the University Libraries. "I rely heavily on current literature and I count on our Health Sciences Library to get the books and journals we do not have. As an active professor and research investigator, I could not do my work without Interlibrary Loan services," says Dr. Lau. Recently, Dr. Lau was awarded a $1.37 million grant from NIH to investigate if endurance exercise can slow down the progress of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a special service offered by the University Libraries. If you need a book or article not found at one of the University Libraries, specially trained staff members at the libraries use international electronic systems to locate the needed item at another library. The item is requested electronically and shipped to the library or transmitted electronically for use by a student or faculty member at UMKC.
Often students' and faculty researchers' needs for journal articles are met entirely in an electronic environment. The request can be made from a computer workstation at home or a campus office using the Interlibrary Loan form on the UMKC University Libraries' Web site, and the journal article is delivered electronically in a couple of days. Requests also can be made when searching many of the online databases the libraries provides, such as those from Ovid. The Health Sciences Library also accepts requests from Loansome Doc, a service available from the National Library of Medicine. Dr. Lau, pictured in his laboratory on the poster, has used these methods. Turnaround time between making the requests and receiving the item can be quite good. Sometimes needed materials arrive in just a couple of days, though other items may take longer.
Requested books are delivered to the library, and the student or faculty member is notified to pick up the item at the library.
To make a request for an item not owned by the University Libraries, go to http://library.umkc.edu/forms/illcheckpage.html. For additional assistance and information please call: Miller Nichols Library ILL (816) 235-1511 or Health Sciences Library ILL (816) 235-1878.
Interlibrary Loan : Get it fast, get it friendly @ your library®"I rely heavily on current literature and I count on our Health Sciences Library to get books and journals we do not have. As an active professor and research investigator, I could not do my work without Interlibrary Loan services."
Dr.Vincent Lau |  Full screen view (pdf file) |
Link to additional information about the University Libraries Communications Campaign.
(May 2005)Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting
Join the UMKC Friends of the Library at their Annual Membership Meeting on Sunday, April 10, 2005. Charter members Jean Green, Marilyn Patterson, and Jack Jonathan will share their motivation, passion, and leadership that built an organization responsible for:- Over $1 million in gifts to the UMKC University Libraries' Collection;
- Programs and book sales enriching Kansas City's educational and cultural communities;
- Enhancement of library facilities, and much more!
This is the UMKC Friends of the Libraries 40th anniversary. Please join us in celebrating our 40th birthday!
When: Sunday, April 10, 2005, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Miller Nichols Library, Room 303
For more information, call the University Libraries at (816) 235-1531.
Link to program flyer (pdf format).
Scott Laurent and Frederick Foster featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
Scott Laurent, Coordinator of the Office for Students with Disabilities and Frederick Foster, BA Psychology, UMKC pose in front of the Universal Access computer stations in the Miller Nichols Library Information Commons in the new poster for the UMKC University Libraries Communications Campaign. Frequent users of this adaptive equipment available to UMKC students, faculty and staff agree that "Expert assistance and adaptive technologies provide access for everyone. Indispensable tools for academic success at UMKC are at the Miller Nichols Library."
The Universal Access work stations are located in the northeast section of the Information Commons on the first floor of the Miller Nichols Library. The equipment available in this area provides tools for magnification of computer screen images and of books and articles as well as various screen readers for the visually impaired. Hardware and software available allows for scanning print, converting text into an electronic format and translating text into Braille for a final embossed printout. Miller Nichols Library provides the most extensive array of adaptive technology on campus for use by UMKC students and faculty. For more information and a complete listing of hardware and software available in and for specific services provided by the Miller Nichols Library, please check out: http://library.umkc.edu/AbouttheLibraries/disabilityservices.htm.
The UMKC Office for Students with Disabilities provides the training needed for the most effective and efficient use of the many adaptive tools available in the Miller Nichols Library. If there are questions about training to use the equipment in the Miller Nichols Library or for services to students with disabilities on the UMKC campus, please contact Scott Laurent at (816) 235-5696, or visit him and/or his staff at LL23 University Center. If there are questions about equipment or services available to UMKC students in the Miller Nichols Library, please contact Michael Golden, University Libraries ADA Coordinator, at (816) 235-1508 or the Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.
The UMKC Miller Nichols Library and the Office for Students with Disabilities have a longstanding cooperative relationship and a strong commitment to the provision of adaptive services and resources to our students, faculty and staff. Find these "indispensable tools for academic success" available at the UMKC Miller Nichols Library.
Adaptive Technology: Get it fast, get it friendly @ your library®"Expert assistance and adaptive technology provide access for everyone. Indispensable tools for academic success at UMKC are at the Miller Nichols Library." Scott Laurent |  Full screen view (pdf file) |
Link to additional information about the University Libraries Communications Campaign.
(March 2005)
From Gutenberg to Caxton: Digitization at the HUMI Project
The UMKC University Libraries, The UMKC Friends of the Library, Friends of the Linda Hall Library, and The UMKC College of Arts and Sciences will present a Bernardin/Haskell Lecture on Thursday, March 17, 2005. In his presentation, "From Gutenberg to Caxton: Digitization at the HUMI Project," Professor Takamiya will introduce you to the origin and history of the HUMI (Humanities Media Interface) Project and offer the opportunity to view digital images never captured in the past.
In 1996 Keio University Library acquired a copy of the Gutenberg Bible and the HUMI Project was launched. HUMI is an interfaculty initiative to digitize rare books and manuscripts for the Internet and CD-ROM. HUMI has since digitized the Gutenberg Bible at Keio; Cambridge; Mainz (two sets); London (two sets at the British Library); and Pelplin, Poland. No. 1 of the Pelplin Gutenberg in paper fascimile was presented to Pope John Paul II to celebrate his 25th anniversary in office. When the British Library's digital copies of the Gutenberg Bible were made available on their website, it recorded more than one million hits in the first six months.
Place: Miller Nichols Library, Room 121
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2005
Time: Informal tea: 4:30-5:30 p.m.; lecture: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
(February 2005)
University of Missouri Electronic Resources Initiative: More electronic titles now available!
(Updated March 31, 2005)At the beginning of the New Year and the winter 2005 semester, it is a pleasure to share good news about new electronic information sources in the University of Missouri- Kansas City Libraries, and across the University of Missouri system. The University of Missouri Library Directors Electronic Resources Initiative project supports the system-level licensing of electronic resources in the life sciences and other disciplines. The electronic full-text journals, reference works, and abstracting resources funded by the University of Missouri President’s Innovation Fund are being activated now with full availability anticipated by the end of January or early February 2005.
President Elson Floyd, the four Campus Chancellors, and the UM Library Systems Office are responsible for funding the UM Library Directors’ Electronic Resources Initiative, a three-year project for almost $1 million dollars. This example of leadership significantly improves information resources for teaching, learning, and research at the University of Missouri system.
Twenty electronic products, primarily in life sciences disciplines, will add full-text access to over 1,800 electronic journals, reference sources, abstracting and indexing databases for the faculty, students, and staff of the four UM campuses, with remote access for authorized users. The UM Electronic Resources Initiative advances the UMKC campus goals and vision.
A recommendation with the titles was prepared by the MERLIN Collection Development and Reference Services Committee, composed of librarians from each UM campus. It was approved by the UM Library Directors and reviewed by Provosts for the campuses in mid-December 2004. The UM Library Systems Office worked with UM Purchasing and Legal Counsel on the licensing contracts, and each campus on the implementation schedule.
The phased implementation plan means that as licenses and contracts are approved, the databases are being activated title by title rather than holding progress. Some resources are already available (see list below).
At UMKC multiple access points are being provided for campus users through the UMKC Libraries website using the "Databases" list feature or the "Serial Solutions" portal on the main page at library.umkc.edu. At UMKC, the “Databases” alphabetical list will provide entry for authorized students, faculty, and staff from any location. The funding source of relevant database titles will be labeled as “UM Electronic Resources Initiative.” The “Serials Solutions” portal provides individual journal title access to publisher collections. Additionally, the almost 1900 individual journal titles will be cataloged in the MERLIN library system through an intercampus project. The MERLIN bibliographic entry will be linked to the online content (“click-and-go” access).
The UM Library Directors Electronic Resources Initiative includes the following titles:
- Annual Reviews (30 e-Journal Titles in Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences) - Available March 2005
- BioOne 2005 (77 e-Journal Titles) - Available March 2005 (on campus only)
- Cell Press (12 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- Cell
- Cancer Cell
- Cell Metabolism
- Chemistry & Biology
- Current Biology
- Developmental Cell
- Immunity
- Molecular Cell
- Neuron
- Structure
- OVID Core Biomedical (15 e-Journals) - Available January 2005
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences II (122 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences III (120 e-Journals including titles in Music) - Available March 2005
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV (100 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- JSTOR Ecology & Botany (29 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- JSTOR General Science (7 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- Kluwer Electronic Access - Merged with SpringLink (see below)
- Nature (1 e-Journal) - Available January 10, 20005
- Nature Reviews & Research (15 e-Journals) - Available January 10, 2005
- Nature Biotechnology
- Nature Cell Biology
- Nature Genetics
- Nature Immunology
- Nature Materials
- Nature Medicine
- Nature Neuroscience
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Nature Reviews Immunology
- Nature Reviews Cancer
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- OVID Lippincott Williams & Wilkins High Impact Collection (50 e-Journals in Biomedical Sciences) - Available January 2005
- Science (1 e-Journal) SciFinder Scholar Upgrade (24-hour access, all UM campuses) - Available Now
- SpringerLINK Electronic Access (1250 e-Journals) - Available March 2005
- TRD Technology Research Database (3 titles, CSA-abstracting and index to 4,000 titles in engineering, materials science, & technology) - Available January 10, 2005
- U.S. Serial Set - Readex (325,000 full-text documents, journals, reports of Congress) - Available January 10, 2005
- Web of Science (1995-present) shift costs from campuses
- Web of Science Backfiles, 1990-1994 - Available March 2005
(Adds 5 additional years access to 8,700 high impact research journals)
(January 2005)
Announcing .
The new video browsing area at the Miller Nichols Library
Did you know that we have over 2,200 videos and films in the Miller Nichols Library Media Collection and that we continue to add more titles? This collection includes feature films and educational films in many different subject areas. We have VHS, DVD, and laser disk formats.
Feedback from faculty, students, and staff indicated that improvements were needed to provide an easier way to browse the collection, and facilitate access using MERLIN and the Libraries website.
In response to this feedback, a Task Force to Improve MNL Video Access was formed in Summer 2004. After much hard work, we are excited to announce our new video browsing area at the Miller Nichols Library today, January 26, 2005!
What you will find when you visit the video browsing area located on the ground floor of the Miller Nichols Library:
A display with bins of cards - one for each video. Each card includes a photocopy of the information from the video container, or, when none was available, information from our MERLIN Catalog record which describes the video. The cards are arranged in order by the Library of Congress call numbers - the same system used for our books. This arrangement allows you to find videos in the subjects of interest to you. The cards are color-coded for format to help you pinpoint just what you want.Online browsing will continue to be available, also.
Please refer to the following two guides on the Library Website for information on searching for videos in the MERLIN Library Catalog:- Finding Films and Videos in the MERLIN Library Catalog (library.umkc.edu/Resources/av-videos.htm)
This guide includes options to conduct a keyword search and to search by format (VHS, DVD, laser disk, or all three). You also will find information on other searches you can use to find videos in the MERLIN Library Catalog.
- Finding Films and Videos by Genre or Category (library.umkc.edu/Resources/films.htm)
In this guide you will find a list of the genre and category headings used in the MERLIN Library Catalog. A click on an entry will retrieve a list of the video titles in our collection.
Thanks to all who made this possible!
Thanks to everyone who helped in the first phase of improving access to this important and growing audiovisual collection, by creating the video browsing area, by creating the webguides, and by enhancing the library bibliographic records. Many people in all areas of the Libraries and campus Information Services assisted with the development and implementation of this project to better serve UMKC students and faculty.A special thanks to the following persons and units:
Members of the Task Force to Improve MNL Video Access who developed the idea and the plan: Marilyn Carbonell (convener), Ann Dykas, Michael Golden, Laura Gayle Green, Kathleen Schweitzberger.Staff of the Catalog Processing Unit, the Technical Services Division, and the Music Department who implemented the ideas: Laura Bundy, Ann Dykas, Laura Gayle Green, Debbie Keeton, Pat Wenzel, Anjing Xu.
Staff of the Libraries Technology Office: Mike Harrell, Keivan Moghadem, Barb Croft, Dominque Newland.
UMKC Information Services for the network connections: Tom Brenneman, David Johnston.
NOW, let us know about your favorite viewing titles!
(January 2005)
Coming Soon!
Friends of the Libraries First Friday Book Sales
Once again, the UMKC University Libraries Friends of the Library will sponsor their First Friday Book Sales. Stop by to find a wide variety of used and nearly new books and other materials at bargain prices. These sales provide an opportunity for you to purchase books while supporting the Libraries' collections.
Where:
Ground Floor, Miller Nichols Library
51st and Rockhill Road
When:
Friday, February 4, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, March 4, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Your donated used books can make the next sale happen! To make a donation, please call (816) 235-1682. We will be happy to provide you with acknowledgement of your tax-deductible gift to the Friends of the Library.
Please call (816) 235-1682 or (816) 235-1531 for directions and to schedule time to drop off donated books when unloading assistance is available at loading dock, Northwest corner of Miller Nichols Library.
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UMKC Libraries: How Are We Doing?
The UMKC Libraries want to know what you think. We will be posting several questions, one at a time, on our Website over the next several months. Each question will be posted for three weeks. After the responses are tabulated you will find the results on the Website.
Please help us improve by giving us your comments and ideas!
Our first question: When visiting one of the UMKC Libraries or when using the Website, did you receive the assistance you needed?
Go to the "Monthly Question" page to send us your answer.
Bobby Watson featured in University Libraries Communications Campaign Poster Series
Bobby Watson, William and Mary Grant Professor of Jazz Studies in the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, urges students and faculty to explore the collections and services offered by the Miller Nichols Library Music/Media Library and Marr Sound Archives. In Watson's own words: "The collections and services of the Music Library and Marr Sound Archives are world class. Check it out. It's the bomb! What are you waiting for?"Bobby Watson was photographed in the Marr Sound Archives, a unit of the Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections Department located in the southwest corner of the ground floor (Room G-11) of the Miller Nichols Library. The focus of the collection is the American experience as reflected in recorded sound and includes nearly 250,000 sound recordings with substantial and significant holdings in: historic voices, American popular music, jazz, blues, country, vintage radio programs, and historical classical and operatic recordings. The Archives is especially noted for its collection of jazz recordings which encompasses all styles and movements of jazz and hosts Club Kaycee (www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/), a Website devoted to Kansas City jazz history featuring photographs, music and sound files, and additional information about the golden age of Kansas City jazz. For more information, please visit: library.umkc.edu/spec-col/marr.html.
The Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections located on the 4th floor of the Miller Nichols Library offer marvelous research opportunities in many areas and especially in music history, particularly American music history and the history of American jazz. The music collections in Special Collections include: American Composers, American Dance Band Music, Kansas City Sheet Music, and Popular American Sheet Music, as well as papers and collections related to Robert Brookmeyer, Wilbur "Buck" Clayton, Dave E. Dexter, Jr., Frank Driggs Jazz Oral History, Mel Lewis, "Cactus" Charlie Menees, Mutual Musicians Foundation Photographs, and more! For more information, please explore: library.umkc.edu/spec-col/guidelin.htm.
The Music/Media Library collections located on the ground floor just inside the north entrance to the Miller Nichols Library include videos, sound recordings, scores and music books. The Listening/Viewing Center is available for students, faculty, staff and community members (with a valid photo I.D.) to enjoy an opera on video, listen to a recording on reserve for a Conservatory of Music and Dance course or watch a film on reserve for an English course. The Music/Media Library is open the same hours as the Miller Nichols Library and basic music reference assistance is available at the Music/Media desk. More specialized music reference assistance is available from the Music/Media Librarian, Laura Gayle Green. More information is available on the University Libraries' website: library.umkc.edu/musiclib/index.html.
Considered together the collections and services of the Marr Sound Archive, Special Collections, and the Music/Media Library offer UMKC students and faculty and community members an incredible source of materials and expert assistance related to music and music research. So - "What are you waiting for?"
| "The collections and services of the Music Library and Marr Sound Archives are world class. Check it out. It's the bomb? What are you waiting for?"
Bobby Watson William and Mary Grant Professor of Jazz Studies
UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance Music: Get it fast, get it friendly @ your library® |  |
Link to additional information including an enlarged version of the poster.
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