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Eye on UMSL: Name that dog

The university kicked off an initiative to help name the Geospatial Collaborative’s agile mobile robotic dog from Boston Dynamics.

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Eye on UMSL: Forest Park

Eye on UMSL: Forest Park

Theodore Link’s “Plan of Forest Park” (1876) is one of scores of maps that are being catalogued, conserved and displayed for the first time at UMSL’s St. Louis Mercantile Library.

Railroad aficionado remembered, honored with Lee Medal

Railroad aficionado remembered, honored with Lee Medal

The late Robert McKnight, honorary trustee and longtime member of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, will live on through his outstanding contributions to the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Mercantile Library’s 2012 print fair has a few surprises

Mercantile Library’s 2012 print fair has a few surprises

Now in its sixth year, the St. Louis Mercantile Library’s annual Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair attracts a throng of enthusiastic patrons and customers interested in viewing and buying an Audubon print, an antique map or historic photo. But fair organizers have added a few surprises this year to appeal to an even wider audience.