Library Notes

Over two and a half years into the Ozark Jubilee Digitization Project, a collaborative project with the UCLA Film and Television Archive, demand for these digitized kinescopes of the popular Fifties live ABC-TV national broadcasts, which originated from Springfield, remains strong.  The April 16, 1955 episode has been viewed 7,140 times. The July 30, 1955 episode has been viewed 5,003 times since it went online on June 28, 2017.  To date, 13 dates have been uploaded, and more are being…

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You can now check out books and other items from Meyer Library using your own iPhone, iPad, or Android mobile device, without ever visiting the checkout desk.

Meyer Library is pleased to announce that beginning July 1, 2019 we are no longer charging overdue fines many items.

Late last month Tracie Gieselman, Archivist at the Missouri State University Libraries, received a $2,500 grant award from the Society of American Archivists. The project will be a cooperative endeavor with archives and cultural heritage institutions and the emergency response community in the region. The period of performance for this grant-funded project will be fiscal year 2020. Disaster Response and Recovery Team members will draft and implement an emergency response plan for each institution, undergo fire extinguisher and basic emergency response…

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Professor Tracy Stout of the MSU Libraries will join a SPARC Open Education Leadership Program cohort beginning this Fall semester. The cohort will attend the Open Education Conference in October and each participant will work toward completing a capstone project. SPARC is an intensive professional development program designed to empower library professionals with the knowledge, skills, and connections to lead successful open education initiatives that benefit students. This highly selective two-semester program utilizes a blend of online, peer-to-peer, and project-based…

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In July Tyler Drenon began working for the Missouri State University Libraries as a non-student, part-time employee.  Tyler will be assisting with the relocation, relaunch, and re-envisioning of our ASPIRE program. ASPIRE supports interdisciplinary scholarship within a technologically enhanced library space. It provides opportunities for students and faculty from multiple disciplines to apply classroom learning to real-life issues and actual requirements on the job. ASPIRE is just one of many efforts by MSU to support regional workforce development.  Tyler also…

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  The Sigma Tau Gamma Scrapbook (M 114) was recently donated by members of the fraternity to Missouri State University’s Special Collections and Archives. Special Collections has digitized the scrapbook in its entirety and made it available online. Examples of items in the scrapbook include photos, newspaper clippings, and ephemera (such as invitations and matchbooks), all dating from 1939 to the 1950’s (plus one item from 1984). Originally called the Key and Dagger social club, the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity…

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July will be Nancy Holmer’s last month will University Libraries. We hope you can join us to thank Nancy for her dedicated service and wish her the very best in her retirement.    Please save the date for a reception and refreshments:   Tuesday, July 30, 2019 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm  Meyer Library, Lower Level 007 

In July Jir Shin Boey will be leaving the MSU Libraries after four years of service as the Head of Music and Media.  She has accepted a position at Victory Mission, where she will be managing the Help & Hope Pantry, helping with case management processes, working with volunteers to serve locals experiencing homelessness, and exploring ways to provide literacies in the Mission’s programs.  Jir Shin is also hoping to deepen her volunteer commitment at Seasons Hospice and devote time to…

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Scott Fisher, a Library Associate I in the MSU Libraries, has been selected to be a member of the USA Program (University Staff Ambassadors) cohort for Academic Year 2020. Several current and former employees of the MSU Libraries are alumni of the USA program, too.  The purpose of the USA program is to help the members of each cohort to better understand the depth, breadth, richness, and dynamism of the University. As their website tells prospective Ambassadors, “We think that…

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