Library Notes

One of the many items available in the Digital Collections from Meyer Library’s Special Collections and Archives is a 1919 booklet for the Springfield Association of Musicians union, Number 150 (SC-LA-004), containing their price list, constitution, by-laws, and rules.  Membership was exclusive to whites, as stated in the by-laws, and presumably to white men only, judging by the description of a uniform (with trousers, and no description for a women’s uniform). This booklet pre-dates by a few years the invention of…

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Several years ago the Missouri State University Foundation started “Bears in the Know,” an ongoing series of luncheon meetings to showcase unique areas at Missouri State University and connect personally with our friends and supporters in the community. It has proven to be very popular and successful. Thank you Arvest Bank for supporting this series as the Presenting Sponsor! On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, the MSU Libraries will be the focus of the Bears in the Know luncheon. The abstract for…

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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…

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A search committee has been formed (Brooks Travis (Chair), Marilyn McCroskey, Raegan Wiechert, Nathan Neuschwander, and Jir Shin Boey) to undertake a search for a Library Associate III, a new position. Principal responsibilities will include: Assists the Cataloging and Metadata Unit (50%) Assists the Library Information Technologies Unit (25%) Assists the Libraries’ Graphic Designer (25%) Duties will include cataloging and withdrawing library materials, video editing, maintenance of the Library’s online catalog and other metadata services, and loading new database files…

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The University Exit Exam (UEE) is a graduation requirement for all undergraduate students at Missouri State University. Beginning in August 2017 and continuing through the academic year, the University Exit Exam has been expanded to add two items gauging student attitudes toward MSU Libraries’ overall value and services. The responses of all students who completed the Fall 2017 administration of the UEE are presented below. The first question asked: The MSU Libraries provides books, media, databases, services, and study spaces to help…

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