Library Notes

The Network for Springfield’s Young Professionals, a committee of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, enjoyed a joint presentation and tour of the archives on July 9. Archivists Haley Frizzle-Green with The State Historical Society of Missouri-Springfield Research Center and Tracie Gieselman France with MSU’s Special Collections and Archives discussed the two organizations’ partnership and shared archival materials with the group. This was the third Living in SGF event of the year and members of the group were excited to learn…

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It is an honor and privilege to return to Missouri State University as dean of library services here at Duane G. Meyer Library! Some folks on campus may recall that I served as a department head for special collections and archives at Meyer Library from 1997 to 2015. I then left MSU for an opportunity to serve at another institution as their dean of library services from 2016 to June of this year. I am grateful for this rare and…

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Susanna Reichling represented Missouri State University at two music conferences in May 2025. The 59thAnnual ARSC Conference (The Association for Recorded Sound Collections) was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 14-17. The four-day event included multiple sessions on the recorded music and digitization/preservation activities in the Midwest United States region (particularly Oklahoma) and some behind-the-scenes tours of Tulsa music archives, recording studios, and museums. An international slate of music archivists, researchers, and collectors — presenting their research on individual musicians…

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Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services for the Duane G. Meyer Library, has been appointed interim coordinator of the testing center, effective Monday, July 7. She is stepping in to fill the void left by the recent retirement of Sue McCrory on July 1. As interim coordinator, Kouns will be responsible for overseeing full-time staff, managing communications, messaging, and troubleshooting, and providing guidance for exam protocols. She will also help with alignment of the testing center with other library units….

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The latest edition of OzarksWatch has been published this week. The spring/summer 2025 theme is fishing, a topic which was selected by former managing editor, Susan Croce Kelly, as she passed her responsibilities to Rachel Kersey. This issue contains a variety of articles and book reviews written by and about local journalists, academics, and even one student intern—the magazine’s first. There are also new features, including poetry and illustration, and a call for submissions.