An “Answer Man” column written by journalist Steve Pokin and published in the Sunday, February 18 edition of the Springfield News-Leader featured several aspects of the MSU Libraries:

1. An MSU Libraries-created map of the Ozarks Region, developed by student employee Emilie Burke in Maps and GIS
2. Reference to the Ozarks Studies Institute, an initiative of the MSU Libraries
3. A quote from Dean Tom Peters, who stated that southern Illinois is not part of the Ozarks Region
4. A photo and quote of Gordon McCann

The basic premise of the column is that readers ask questions of Pokin, who then researches and responds. In this particular instance, a 55-year resident of the Ozarks asked about the exact boundaries of the Ozarks Region.