Ellis Library

Elmer Ellis Library
Established 1839
Location Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°56′39″N 92°19′35″W / 38.9443°N 92.3265°W / 38.9443; -92.3265Coordinates: 38°56′39″N 92°19′35″W / 38.9443°N 92.3265°W / 38.9443; -92.3265
Branches 7
Collection
Size 3.1 million volumes (as of August 2014)[1]
Access and use
Members University of Missouri students, faculty and staff
Other information
Budget $17,417,519 (fiscal 2013)[2]
Staff 163
Website http://library.missouri.edu/
View of the library's west entrance which faces Ninth Street and Conley.

Constructed in 1915,[3] Ellis Library is the main library of the University of Missouri on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. It was named in 1972 for former university president Elmer Ellis.[4] With holdings of over three million volumes and six million microforms,[5] The University of Missouri library system has been part of the Federal Depository Library Program since 1862.[6]

The State Historical Society of Missouri and Western Historical Manuscript Collection are at the main branch of the library on Lowry Mall.

The Division of Special Collections is on 4th Floor West and houses rare books, the Comic Art Collection, and plat maps and insurance city maps of Missouri, as well as various other special collections. Some of the materials have been digitized and made available online.

Also in the main branch of Ellis is the Bookmark Café, which is on the ground floor. Aside from providing study space and social space for students and faculty, Bookmark Café also provides gallery space.

References

  1. ↑ "About the Libraries // Libraries // Mizzou // University of Missouri". library.missouri.edu.
  2. ↑ http://library.missouri.edu/staff/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/10/MU-Libraries-Operating-Budget-Expenditures-FY11-13-Jul13.xlsx
  3. ↑ http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/
  4. ↑ http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/images/gen-04.jpg
  5. ↑ http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/collectionoverview.htm
  6. ↑ http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/default.htm
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