Library Notes

Interested in doing some in-depth research into the Branson business and entertainment scene at the turn of the century? Trying to remember the name of that finger-licking good restaurant in Licking, Missouri from 20 years ago? What was the name of that beauty salon in Purdy, Missouri? The MSU Libraries has received a large gift of phone books from Southwest Missouri. Most of the phone books are from the late Nineties and early 2000’s, with an emphasis on yellow pages…

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The search for a new Head of Library Information Technology at the Missouri State University Libraries on the main Springfield campus has been closed without the position being filled at this time. The Search Committee, Chaired by Holly Kouns, recently made this recommendation to Tom Peters, Dean of Libraries, and Dean Peters concurred with their recommendation.  We thank the members of the Search Committee for all of their hard, dedicated work and their persistence in trying to complete the search…

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The MSU Libraries has a Campus Delivery service, delivering books, DVDs, and CDs to academic departmental offices. From Strong Hall to Craig Hall to Brick City, and everywhere in between, Campus Delivery is going strong. We thank our excellent and energetic student assistants for hoofing it all over campus. This year, so far, we have delivered 181 InterLibrary Loan (ILL) and 231 Meyer Library items, as well as a few West Plains Garnett and Barbe items to academic faculty and…

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The Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference invites you to share your research, ideas, and best practices for using, creating, or adapting A&OER. The theme of this year’s conference will be “OER: A Student-Focused Innovation” and will focus on faculty/instructor/teacher experiences adopting and adapting OER, creative uses for OER in the classroom, the impact of OER on student outcomes, and open pedagogy. The Conference will be held virtually on Thursday, March 7, 2024. More information can be located on…

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It’s been a busy time for the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives! In the last few weeks Special Collections staff have attended three outreach events and held an open house, all connected to the local LGBTQ+ community.  The Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives (OLGA) was established in 2003 to preserve and make accessible materials related to this region’s LGBTQ+ history and culture.  Starting with a few boxes of newsletters, photos, event programs, and similar items, the Archives has grown to…

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This week, the Ozarks Studies Institute at Missouri State University published a special issue of OzarksWatch Magazine featuring all the best moments of The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region presentation at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which took place this summer on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  OzarksWatch is typically published twice annually, but this special issue is a bonus which will be distributed at no extra cost to subscribers. The 52 saddle-stitched pages tell the story in…

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Alesha Cerny, the Architectural Historian for the Southeast Region of the National Park Service, will be on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University on Thursday, March 7, 2024 to give a talk about “giraffe-style” native flagstone architecture in the Ozarks.  The event, which is free and open to all, will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7th in the Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library. Light refreshments will be served. Metered parking is…

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Please remember that this afternoon (Thursday, November 9, 2023) beginning at 4:00 p.m., Les Mace, local author of his family memoirs, will give a talk and book signing in the Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library. This is a public event, free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served.  Leslie Jasper Mace was born on May 30, 1935, in Pacific Grove, California, during the depths of the Great Depression. Both of his parents…

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This week we learned that the book Horton Smith: A Masters Legacy, written by local golf pro Rick Grayson and published by the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, has been shortlisted for the 2023 USGA (United States Golf Association) Herbert Warren Wind Golf Book Award.  About the Book: In 1962, the city of Springfield opened the Horton Smith Golf Course on the west side of town. Its namesake returned to his hometown to…

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Safe and Sound, the latest thriller novel from Missouri author Laura McHugh, will be published in April 2024. On Thursday, May 2nd, McHugh will be in Springfield to discuss her new book and autograph copies of it. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Schweitzer Brentwood Branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District (SGCLD), located at 2214 South Brentwood Blvd near the intersection of South Glenstone and East Seminole.  This event is free and open to the public….

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