Library Notes

The Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives (OLGA) is looking at ways to elevate its presence at community events and a grant from Springfield Black Tie will make that happen!  For twenty years Springfield Black Tie has been the region’s premiere fundraiser for LGBTQ+ organizations and activities. This year’s grant to OLGA will allow staff to create a pilot program to preserve audio files created at events, including Pride and AIDS Walk. Participants will use a portable vocal booth to share…

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Tara E. Benson, Associate Director Plaster Student Union/Director of Student Engagement at Missouri State University, recently reached out to Special Collections and Archives regarding an upcoming celebration for the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) chapters on MSU’s campus. University Collections including the Ozarko yearbooks, the Southwest Standard, the Office of Publications Collection, and the Greek Life Collection contain great photographs, articles, and records that document the importance of the NPHC chapters on campus and in our surrounding communities. The Archives are…

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Last week, Professor Tracy Stout from the Missouri State University Libraries braved the winter weather to attend the 2024 Midwestern Open Education Summit. Five representatives from each Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) state attended the summit in Rosemont, Illinois. Nicole Allen, Direction of Open Education at SPARC provided the summit’s plenary presentation and guided state teams through an advocacy plan exercise. Throughout the summit, all State OER teams worked on creating a strategic plan for their state, visited with other…

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Derek Moser, Assistant Professor and Meyer Library’s Director of Resource Management & Discovery, was named co-Editor of Taylor and Francis’ Collection Management in January of 2023. Collection Management is a refereed quarterly journal that presents practical, research-based information about building, administering, preserving, assessing, and organizing library collections. The publication provides library professionals across the field with guidance on how to navigate the fast-changing, fast-paced environment of collection management—especially as it relates to digital content.   Core topics that Collection Management…

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Yesterday afternoon former U.S. Senator for Missouri Roy Blunt visited Duane G. Meyer Library to confer with President Smart, Provost Jasinski, Dean Peters, and select members of the library faculty and staff.  Among the topics discussed: The publication activities and successes of the Ozarks Studies Institute, especially OzarksWatch Magazine. Senator Blunt complimented managing editor Susan Croce Kelly and everyone involved in that informative and delightful publication. The fine and growing corpus of materials at the MSU Libraries about Ozarks history…

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Yesterday the search officially began for a new leader and coordinator of the Digitization Lab at the MSU Libraries on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University.  This is a full-time, exempt staff position. Derek Moser is serving as the chair of the search committee.  The proposed salary is $45,073. The first date of consideration is February 14, 2024. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. GENERAL FUNCTION The digitization lab of the Missouri State University…

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The Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is publishing a book on the conservation of a local ecosystem. Saving Bull Creek by Bob Kipfer and Loring Bullard is in the final stages of graphic design and is expected to be published this winter. With a foreword by Mike Kromrey, the Executive Director of the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, the book chronicles the history of the Bull Creek watershed from the time the Osage…

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Two Independent Women, Changing Times, And A Bully Pulpit:  Join Author Susan Croce Kelly on February 8th For the Low-Down on Pioneer Newswomen Lucile Morris Upton and Betty Love Before the word Ozarks was synonymous with the idea of goofy hillbillies, fast boats, and family vacations, it was a place where real people lived their lives day-to-day and learned about the world from their local newspapers. Lucile Morris Upton was one of the people who made reading newspapers worthwhile, and…

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Due to a scheduling conflict, the author talk by Laura McHugh has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 9, 2024 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of Kentwood Hall on East St. Louis Street, across the street from the Shrine Mosque.  This event is free and open to the public. Ample free parking is available at Kentwood Hall.  Safe and Sound, the latest thriller novel from Missouri author Laura McHugh, will be published in April 2024.  Here is the…

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