Library Notes

This Friday, April 11, MSU’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL) will host its inaugural Spring Scholarship Summit. It will be a drop-in event in Meyer Library room 107 between 3:30-5:00 pm. The Summit is open to the public, and it will feature posters on research and other scholarly projects by MSU faculty. Two research poster sessions will be presented about projects pursued by Meyer Library employees. Andrea Miller, Professor/Metadata and Cataloging Librarian; Lynn Cline, Emeritus Professor; and Scott…

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On Tuesday, April 8 from 11 am to 1 pm, Kayla Stehr and Gabi Martin, marketing and communications student assistants, hosted Pop Into a Good Book in the foyer of the Duane G. Meyer Library. “It’s national library week, and we wanted to give back to the students and include faculty and staff in our event by letting them share their book recommendations,” Martin said. The event featured faculty and staff book recommendations, buttons and notepad giveaways, and of course…

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We are happy to share that David Richards has been appointed the next dean of Missouri State University Libraries, effective July 14, 2025. Richards formerly served as head of Meyer Library’s Special Collections and Archives from 1997 to 2016. During that time, he launched the library’s annual “Rare Wine, Rare Books” event. For almost a decade since departing MSU, he has served as the dean of library services at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Criss Library. “He brings great…

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