Library Notes

BearWorks, the Institutional Repository at Missouri State University, managed by the MSU Libraries, is growing. Both the amount of information about MSU publications, and the use of the content, have increased significantly in recent years.  Uploads of citations of MSU faculty publications CY19: 1,043 citations of MSU faculty publications were added. CY20: 3,200 citations were added, more than a threefold increase   CY21 (Jan thru May): 3,346 citations uploaded, already a new annual record. Downloads of MSU theses. BearWorks contains citations…

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Brooks Travis, the Coordinator of Library Information Technology at the Missouri State University Libraries, has been elected to the FOLIO Product Council.  The FOLIO Product Council is an international body of 11 members charged with providing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap in collaboration with the Technical and Community Councils. Other members include representatives from Stanford, the Shanghai Library, EBSCO, Knowledge Integration, Cornell, The University of Chicago, Lehigh, Cornell, and two German library groups, GBV and HBZ. Quoting from the…

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Rachel Besara, Associate Dean of Libraries at Missouri State University, has graciously agreed to serve, in addition to her many current responsibilities, as Interim Director of Resource Management and Discovery (RM&D), until a search can be completed for a permanent hire to lead this important aspect of library activities.  Lindsey Taggart, the most recent Director of Resource Management and Discovery, recently left MSU to take a position with the Springfield Greene County Library District.  We appreciate Rachel’s willingness to step…

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Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, has been appointed to serve on the Missouri Route 66 Centennial Commission.