On Monday, July 9, 2018, Lindsey Taggart will begin working for the MSU Libraries and the entire university community as our Director of Resource Management and Discovery, a new position. Lindsey will begin as a tenure-track, 12-month, full-time Assistant Professor.

For the past two years, Lindsey has served as the Assessment and Collection Development Librarian and Assistant Professor at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. She has worked previously at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, at the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri, and at the Christian County Library in Ozark, Missouri. Her MLIS is from the University of Missouri in Columbia, and her BA, in English Literature and Art (with Honors) is from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.

In 2014 Lindsey was named an Emerging Leader by the American Library Association. She already has several publications, presentations, and funded grants to her credit. Her professional service includes committee membership, peer reviewer, co-editor, and volunteer to various state and national professional groups and publications. She also has served her community in various capacities, including as a member of the Park Board of Loma Linda, Missouri, near Joplin. The Search Committee (Cherri Jones (Chair), Marilyn McCroskey, Rachel Besara, Tracie Gieselman-Holthaus, and Hongjun Yin) is to be commended for its fine work. Welcome, Lindsey!