Library Notes

This week, we are highlighting Ryan Knutson, a junior computer science major at Missouri State University who has been working at the Innovation Lab since January. Ryan has been interested in computers and technology since he was 6 years old, when his father brought home computer games that he would watch his dad play. Now, he is working towards being a computer programmer and making software. Working at the innovation lab was something that fit well with his goals. “It’s…

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You may have noticed that the Duane G. Meyer Library is adding vinyl informational stickers to the ends of the shelves. These stickers help to make finding materials easier for library patrons. This project was done by Jacob McDaniel, a non-student part-time worker, under the supervision of Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services. “Jake went through every single range that we have and compared the call numbers to library of congress subject headings,” said Kouns. “He listed every subject heading…

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Retired Springfield biologist Loring Bullard takes on the many environmental threats and missteps he has witnessed in Missouri, and offers a path to protecting the land and waters in his new book, An Environmental Journey: Tales of Tragedy and Hope from the Heartland, published in April by the Ozarks Studies Institute. It follows the success of Living Waters: Springs of Missouri and Saving Bull Creek. The 73-year-old author writes how the impacts of nuclear testing in the 50s, Missouri’s production of Agent Orange and Dioxin,…

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