If you’ve ever wanted some privacy in order to place a call in the Duane G. Meyer Library, now you have a space for that. This week, a new phone booth was installed in the north wing of level 3. “It was purchased to provide a space for persons to take a phone call on level three, have a Zoom or Teams meeting, or to just have an even more quiet space to study,” said Nathan Neuschwander, a Technology Strategist…
Author-duo Tom Koob and Curtis Copeland, who together penned the Ozarks Studies Institute’s latest publication, On The River: A History of the Ozarks Float Trip, will be presenting their book and doing a signing on Monday, October 21 at 4 p.m. The event will take place in the Ozarks Room on the 3rd floor of the Duane G. Meyer Library on MSU’s Springfield campus. On The River examines the guides, camps, outfitters and gear that spawned and grew the distinctive…
Library faculty, staff, and student workers, both current and former, were well-represented at the September 2024 Missouri Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference held at the KCI Expo Center in Kansas City, MO. The conference’s theme was “Innovate, Integrate and Inspire: Crafting the Future Library Experience.” Two research poster sessions were presented about projects pursued at the University Libraries. Andrea Miller, Professor/Metadata and Cataloging Librarian; Lynn Cline, Emeritus Professor; and Scott Fischer, Library Associate I presented a poster entitled Scholarly Information…
Death, funeral and burial traditions — from services to superstitions to headstones and more — are an evolving part of Ozarks culture. These topics, shared by individuals who know them best, have been documented as part of an ongoing oral history series produced by Missouri State University Libraries and Ozarks Alive. On Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, Kaitlyn McConnell of Ozarks Alive, who has been conducting these oral history interviews, will share some of what she’s learned through this research,…