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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Library at the University of Missouri, Missouri, U.S.}}<br />
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{{Infobox library<br />
| library_name = Elmer Ellis Library<br />
| library_logo =<br />
| image = [[File:Ellis Library.jpg|300px]]<br />
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| location = [[Columbia, Missouri]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|38.9443|-92.3265|type:landmark_region:US-MO|display=inline,title}}<br />
| established = 1839<br />
| num_branches = 7<br />
| collection_size = 3.1 million volumes (as of August 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.missouri.edu/about/|title=About the Libraries // Libraries // Mizzou // University of Missouri|website=library.missouri.edu}}</ref><br />
| annual_circulation = <br />
| pop_served = <!--Population of area the library provides service to.--><br />
| members = University of Missouri students, faculty and staff<br />
| budget = $17,417,519 (fiscal 2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.missouri.edu/staff/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/10/MU-Libraries-Operating-Budget-Expenditures-FY11-13-Jul13.xlsx |title=Operations Expenditures for MU Libraries |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref><br />
| director = <br />
| num_employees = 163 <br />
| website = http://library.missouri.edu/<br />
}}<br />
[[Image:EllisLibraryLower.JPG|thumb|200px|left|View of the library's west entrance which faces Ninth Street and Conley.]]<br />
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Constructed in 1915,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/ |title=Ellis Library |website=MU i Brick and Mortar |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822040644/http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/ |archive-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> '''Elmer 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/images/gen-04.jpg |title=Elmer Ellis Library Sign |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004056/http://umcspace.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Ellis/images/gen-04.jpg |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> With holdings of over three million volumes and six million microforms,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/collectionoverview.htm |title=Collections Overview |website=MU Libraries |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930191918/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/collectionoverview.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> The University of Missouri library system has been part of the [[Federal Depository Library Program]] since 1862.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/default.htm |title=Government Documents |website=MU Libraries |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112213128/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/default.htm}}</ref><br />
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The University of Missouri Museum of Art & Archaeology, as well as the Museum of Anthropology, are located in the lower level of the library on Hitt Street and Lowry Mall.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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