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Spring 2022 Research Rewards

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Improve your research. Win some coffee. UMKC students enrolled in spring 2022 courses can schedule a meeting with a librarian to discuss their research! We can help you form a research question, plan a literature review, manage your citations, find sources for an assignment, and more.
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New University Archivist

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The UMKC Libraries are excited to welcome Becky Briggs Becker as our new University Archivist.
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Claude “Fiddler” Williams Collection Now Available

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Noted Kansas City jazz violinist and guitarist Claude “Fiddler” Williams is highlighted in this newest digitized entry in the UMKC Digital Special Collections. The photos range from the 1960s through the 2000s and cover the gamut of Williams career, personal life, and local ties to Kansas City. 

Digital Projects Receives Gift Funding

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The UMKC Libraries are excited report that we have received a gift totaling $30,942 from the Herbert Vincent Jones Jr. Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, to fund a term-limited appointment for a Senior Academic Digital Projects Fellow.

Connect with a Personal Librarian

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With our new personal librarian program, UMKC students can be matched with a librarian who will share library tips and reminders, and answer your questions.
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Faculty Purchase Requests Due January 28

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UMKC faculty who would like the Libraries to order materials for courses you are teaching in spring or summer 2022 should place your purchase requests with the library by January 28, 2022.

Libraries Closed December 24 – January 2

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Miller Nichols Library and Health Sciences Library will be closed December 24, 2021 - January 2, 2022 for winter break, reopening and resuming regular intersession hours on January 3.

Winter Wishes from the UMKC Libraries

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As the hustle and bustle of the fall semester gives way to the respite of the winter break, we are all looking forward to finding some moments of peace.

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EXHIBIT DISPLAY TABLES

Case dimensions: 5’ long x 30” wide x 9” high sitting atop 3’ legs

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FIRST FLOOR GALLERY

The First Floor Gallery is located just inside the main entrance of the Miller Nichols Library.

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Conference Room 325

Located on the Third Floor of Miller Nichols Library. For access, enter the library at the north ground floor entrance or the west first floor entrance. Then take the stairs or the elevator to the third floor..

Map of third floor of Miller Nichols Library