Library Notes

On March 5 at 4:00 pm, the Ozarks Studies Institute will be hosting Sue Reichling, Library Associate II, for an event entitled Remembering Doc Dasher: Springfield’s Song and Dance Man (1898-1987). The event will take place at the Duane G. Meyer Library in Room 107. Doc Dasher was an African-American lyricist who lived in Springfield during the Jim Crow era.  “He started off in Florida and he was on the vaudeville circuit for a few years, which was not great…

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  The 2001 Lady Bears Final Four team and staff and all Lady Bear alumni were honored during the Missouri State Lady Bears’ game on February 7th and celebrated together at a reunion event. Special Collections and Archives were thrilled to share materials from the Lady Bears Collection at both events! Danielle Richesin, Director of Marketing and Promotions for Missouri State Athletics, contacted the Archives about materials for a video honoring the 2001 Lady Bears in October 2025. Tracie Gieselman…

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Paige Harp, a Library Associate III at the Duane G. Meyer Library, was chosen to be a member of the 2027 Randolph Caldecott Award Selection Committee. Their term runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The winner will be announced at the American Library Association’s 2027 Youth Media Awards.    “It’s been a goal of mine for many years to be a member of the Caldecott committee,” said Paige. “I’m looking forward to this experience and working with…

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Dean Dave Richards of MSU Libraries will be hosting the second Donuts with the Dean event! Next Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 9 am to 10 am, Dave will be in the lobby of Meyer Library handing out donuts and meeting with students. “I am thrilled that we’re able to do Donuts with the Dean. It’s great that I get to interact with the students. They love donuts and so do I,” Dave said. “This is just one of the…

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The latest issue of OzarksWatch Magazine has arrived! Series 3 Volume II is Route 66-themed in honor of the centennial of the Mother Road. A telegram naming it “Route 66” went out on April 30, 1926. This issue features the history of how the route came to be, explorations of tourist destinations in the Ozarks, a sports story, an environmental story, a profile of an artist, and a personal essay all about the Main Street of America. There are also…

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Beginning January 26, the Reading Room will be closed on Mondays. This will allow staff time to focus on collection care, including organizing archival material, digitization, and conservation needs. We will be available by appointment on those days, so please reach out to Archives@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5428 to schedule research consultations or class visits. Hours will remain 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (closed University holidays.) Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to making additional historical documents…

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From January 12, 2026 to February 5, 2026, the first floor of Meyer Library will host an exhibit on French culture from Fall 2025 students in Instructor Jeff Loughary’s Elementary French and Intermediate French classes. “This exhibit showcases student projects related to France and Quebec in relation to National French Week which is celebrated in November nation-wide,” said Loughary. “The purpose of National French Week is to share French language and cultures with community members outside of our classroom.” The…

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Lisa McEowen tries not to spell her name for people. The reason being that her name is not pronounced how it appears. She would like you to know that she is called LEE-zuh MI-KYOO-en, please and thank you.  Her parents named her after a Cat Steven’s song called “Sad Lisa.”  “They just liked the way that the name sounded,” she said. “It wasn’t the content of the song. It was the sound of the name.” She was born in the…

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Tonight from 5-7 pm, Meyer Library is hosting its annual What’s Brewing? event on the first floor of the library. Alcoholic beverages will be provided by Hold Fast Brewing, Springfield Brewing Company, Piney River Brewing Co., Mother’s Brewing Company, and donations from Heart of America Beverage Company and Wil Fischer Companies.  Local singer/songwriter Barak Hill will be providing the evening’s musical selection.  The event was put together by the library’s Marketing and Communications department, who wishes to give a special…

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Annie Stauffer is a librarian who works as a non-student part-time employee in the Resource Management and Discovery department in the Duane G. Meyer Library. She works on gift donation and processing.   “We’ve had a big backlog of donations,” she said. “I’ve been going through the items that have been donated and checking to see if we already have them, and if we don’t, analyzing the conditions of the items, documenting a list of everything that was donated, and…

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