Library Notes

Missouri State University is conducting weekly COVID-19 testing to gauge the amount of asymptomatic infection on campus. Today, Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., voluntary opt-in testing for COVID-19 will be available to any MSU student, faculty, or staff member. The testing table will be located in the main lobby of Duane G. Meyer Library.  Students, faculty and staff can show up during those times to be tested. No appointment is necessary. Qualifications to be tested:…

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Soon all six novels shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize will be available for reading here at Missouri State University. They will be located in the Leisure Reading Collection, by the fireplace in the “Living Room” on the First Level of Duane G. Meyer Library.  The New Wilderness by Diane Cook (Oneworld Publications): Bea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the over-developed metropolis they call home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die,…

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Sue McCrory, Coordinator of the MSU Testing Center here at the MSU Libraries, recently attended (as much as possible, given her tight schedule) the ASU+GSV virtual summit, and received a certificate of attendance.    According to the website, “Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual ASU+ GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Our north star is that ALL people have equal…

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The Missouri State University Libraries is close to entering into a collaborative partnership with EBSCO to serve as a beta partner in the development of the new EBSCO Analytics software service that is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2021.  The MSU Libraries already does quite a bit of business with EBSCO, renting numerous important databases and e-resources from them. EBSCO also provides hosting services for many of the key components of the “First FOLIO at MSU” systems upgrade and…

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Marilyn McCroskey, Professor of Library Science and Head of Cataloging at the Missouri State University Libraries, plans to retire at the end of October after nearly 40 years of service to the MSU Libraries and its users.  Marilyn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from SMS (now MSU) in 1972, followed by a Masters degree in English in 1976. She earned her second Masters in Library Science in 1981 from the University of Missouri in Columbia. In August…

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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, Dr. Paul Durham, Distinguished Professor of Biology, Director of Cell Biology, and Director of the Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences at MSU, and Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at MSU, were interviewed by Dr. Jim Baker, Vice President for Research and Economic Development and International Programs, for an upcoming episode of OzarksWatch Video Magazine, a popular program produced by Ozarks Public Television. Durham and Peters are the co-editors of a new book published…

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In FY20 the amount of giving to the Missouri State University Libraries rose nearly 20%, compared to FY19, to a grand total of $2,034,172. This includes both cash and in-kind gifts. Of course, the fourth quarter of FY20 — April, May, and June — was most unusual this year, because of the pandemic.  Everyone at the MSU Libraries is very grateful to all the generous donors of funds and in-kind gifts. Your generosity and continuing support helps the MSU Libraries…

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On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Tyler Drenon was the featured guest on the weekly one-hour Facebook event organized and hosted by the 1 Million Cups Springfield group. Nick Nelson from the Springfield Art Museum served as the conversation facilitator.  According to the 1 Million Cups website: “Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups in 2012 — a free program…

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The Ozark Jubilee Digitization Project continues to produce results in preserving and making available to all this seminal country music live nationally broadcast television program from the mid-Fifties. It originated from the Jewell Theater in Springfield, Missouri, and was broadcast live over the ABC-TV network.  The first segment (i.e., first 30 minutes) of the Saturday, November 19, 1955 episode of the Ozark Jubilee recently became available on the dedicated YouTube Channel of the Missouri State University Libraries for episodes of…

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The annual United Nations Day is coming up on October 24th. The Missouri State University Libraries is the official UN depository library for the entire state of Missouri. One major UN-related e-resource available through the MSU Libraries is the UN iLibrary.  According to the iLibrary website:  The United Nations iLibrary is the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations. It provides librarians, information specialists, scholars, students, policy makers, influencers and the general…

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