Library Notes

After careful assessment and approval by the Institutional Review Board, the Missouri State University Libraries’ market research and branding plan is underway. The project, spearheaded by the MSU Libraries marketing and communications team, seeks to enhance the ways in which we communicate with the university community and beyond.                    Student-related market research initiatives are wrapping up, with nearly 600 current MSU students providing feedback in an 18-question online survey. Focus groups are…

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For several years the State Historical Society of Missouri has had a Springfield Research Center, located on the Third Level of the Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. Haley Frizzle-Green is the Archivist and the Springfield Research Center.    During the month of March, a traveling exhibit on Women Investors is available for viewing and study on the north side of the Third Level of Meyer Library. The exhibit is accessible all hours…

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The Ozarks Studies Institute at Missouri State University Libraries invites you to join us for “Giraffe Style Stone Architecture in the Ozarks,” a one-hour virtual panel discussion via Zoom.  Prevalent throughout much of the 20th century, this architectural feature gets its name from colorful mortared stone arranged in web wall construction with patterns resembling a giraffe’s coat. The primary material was sandstone, although builders incorporated limestone and dolomite, all of which are found rising from the ground or close to…

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Alex Primm, author of the recently published book, Ozark Voices: Oral Histories from the Heartland, will give an author talk on Thursday, April 7, 2022 beginning at 4:00 p.m. CDT in the Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. This event is free and open to the general public.  The promotional paragraph for the book reads: “Discover the stories passed down over time from the people of…

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Mohammad AlHamad, e-resources strategist for the Missouri State University Libraries, has been selected to be an IMLS Fellow at the 2022 IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence to be held at UT-Austin in July. According to the IDEA website: “IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on AI is a one-week intensive, interactive, evidence based and applications-oriented professional development program for library and information professionals funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century…

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