Libraries News Blog

Call for Applicants for UMKC Friends of the Library Annual Scholarship 2010

Submit your 500-1000 word orginal piece written in response to the statement "I am UMKC Libraries" for a chance to earn a $500 scholarship. The selection committee welcomes writing in all genres, such as essays, poems, song lyrics, memoirs, personal reflections, short stories, scripts, etc.

LibGuides are web resources designed by UMKC librarians to lead you through common information-gathering tasks and library services.

New website provides 2011 survey results, analysis and progress report toward improvement.

In Spring 2011, the UMKC community "graded" our libraries through the LibQual+ survey, a rigorously tested Web-based, nationally-normed assessment tool.

New display highlights Miller Nichols libary's most recent acquisitions.

[The following was provided by the Division of Academic Affairs and Office of the Provost.]

Dean Sharon Bostick has accepted the position of Dean of Libraries at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. She will be leaving UMKC June 30, 2012.
During Dean Bostick’s seven years at UMKC’s University Libraries, she led a major strategic planning process, and helped guide architects, consultants, and constituents in the vision and design of Miller Nichols Library’s expansion and renovation project, which included the installation of RooBot, our Automated Storage and Retrieval System.

In addition, under Dean Bostick’s leadership the Libraries received a $500,000 gift from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to catalog a rare collection of tran

Call for Applicants for UMKC Friends of the Library Annual Scholarship 2012
Submit your 500-1000 word original piece written in response to the statement "How UMKC Libraries' vast and vearied resources support my educational success." for a chance to earn a $500 scholarship.

Northwest entrance will connect library to center of campus, University Way.
Recent renovations to Miller Nichols Library have been received with resounding enthusiam. Students love the open floor plan, combined service desk, group study rooms, and added computers on the first floor. As soon as they opened last spring the new iX Theatre, Presentation Practice Room, and Robot Cafe quickly became some of the most popular meeting and study spaces on campus.

No more wasting paper, your precious print quota, or schlepping around folders and backpacks full of loose leaf paper copies - UMKC Libraries is happy to announce the installation of Knowledge Imaging Center (KIC) scanning stations.
 
Scanning with KIC is free and they are super easy to use! Capture digital images of research and study materials, then either email them to yourself or save them on a portable flash drives. Scanners can handle virtually any size book, magazine, journal, newspaper, photo or other material from postage stamp size up to 11 x 17 inches in black and white or full color. The images and even text from PDF files can then be pasted into reports or research papers.

Textile exhibit features UMKC Women's Center's 40th Anniversary "Women Equity Quilt"

Join us for the opening reception February 2, 5:30pm celebrating the exhibit, “Stitches,” featuring textile works of local artist NedRa Bonds.

Declare your love for UMKC Libraries by sharing your Library Haiku

Post your Library Haiku to UMKCLibrariesHAIKU.wordpress.com or Facebook.com/UMKC.Libraries

Have a secret crush on your Dental librarian?

Covet the cappuccino at Miller Nichols Library’s Robot Café?

Groove on the vast volumes of medical journals at the Health Science Library?

Tell us about it in a Haiku!