This summer, among many other projects, Shannon Mawhiney is leading an effort to upgrade, enhance, and accelerate the abilities of the new Digitization Lab, part of Special Collections and Archives, to digitize recordings given to the MSU Libraries on VHS tapes. Like all digitization projects, the content will be preserved, and access will be expanded without further wear and tear on the original media. The VHS format was nearly ubiquitous for some time, and many collections gifted to the MSU Libraries contain VHS tapes, including the Katherine Lederer Ozarks African American History Collection, the Ozarks Labor Union Archives, the Ozarks Jewish Archives, University Archives, as well as recent and future gifts.