Library Notes

On Sunday, February 23, the American Heritage Girls – Missouri 1118 troop met in Meyer Library to learn more about the rare books collection. The girls and several parents had a chance to see manuscript pages from the 1300s, a miniature set of Shakespeare with its own small bookcase, first editions, and a selection of artists’ books, where the design of the book can be fanciful, reflecting the book artist’s vision and creativity. The head of Special Collections, Anne Baker,…

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On Monday, March 3, 2025, faculty librarians Jessica Bennett and Raegan Wiechert were presented with letters of promotion by Missouri State University president Biff Williams and interim provost Tammy Jahnke at a celebration in the Duane G. Meyer Library’s Ozarks Room.   “I feel privileged to continue to work in a way that promotes student success,” said Bennett, who has been promoted to full professor, effective July 1, 2025.    Wiechert has been promoted to associate professor of library science,…

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Missouri State University will be hosting the 6th Annual Missouri A&OER Conference on March 6, 2025. Registration ends on March 5. A&OER stands for Affordable and Open Educational Resources, and it’s a concept that conference chair and MSU library faculty member Tracy Stout is passionate about. After attending a distance library services conferences several years ago where the keynote speaker talked about OER, Stout came home to Missouri State University and started learning more and getting involved in the national…

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The deadline to apply for the annual donor-funded scholarships is Saturday, March 1, 2025. Missouri State University Libraries will again be awarding financial assistance to three students who wish to be library assistants or who want to pursue a master’s degree in library science. These funds are made possible by long-term library supporters.  The three awards are as follows: Karen Horny Library Student Employee Endowed Scholarship Fund MSU Libraries Student Assistant Scholarship Gertrude and Earl Anderson and Daughters Award Full…

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The Ozarks Room has a second student administrative assistant. Hailing from Oronogo, Missouri, her name is Elease McFall and she is a senior French major at Missouri State University with double minors in biomedical science and dance. As she nears the end of her time as an undergraduate, she is planning ways to use her education in the real world. “Currently, I want to work professionally as a dancer, but on the side, I want to work in a hospital…

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In response to changes in scholarly publishing, the Duane G. Meyer Library is adapting to accommodate the needs of scholars across departments on campus. Faculty at Missouri State University are the first Americans eligible to get funding for publishing their research through the Harrassowitz APC (Article Processing Charge) Waiver Pilot Program. The paperwork officiating this program was signed late in the fall 2024 semester, and just this month, the first MSU faculty member applied for support. “We, in partnership with Harrassowitz,…

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The Duane G. Meyer music collection has been added to StackMaps. For interested students, faculty, and community members, music of interest can be found in the catalog, where a link to the materials will bring up a map on the screen. This map can be followed to find the physical location of the items. “Sue Reichling and Dan Rose worked together,” said Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services. “Sue helped map the materials in the collection to their location in…

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Ella Myers, a freshman music education major, began work as an office assistant in the Ozarks Room on January 27, 2025. She is assisting Vanessa Lockhart on several projects, and her duties include scanning papers into the computer system, labeling, and doing organizational work. According to Lockhart, Myers was selected to be one of two office assistants because of a combination of personal characteristics and previous experience. Myers was confident, friendly, outgoing, expressive. She also had worked in an office…

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The Marketing and Communications division of the Duane G. Meyer Library has hired a part-time graphic design and marketing specialist. Sarah Curl began work on Monday, January 27, 2025 after spending over a decade working at Penmac Staffing. “We have a lot of changing needs within the library, especially related to signage. We have new partners coming in, we have relocation of services, we have updated and new services,” said Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services and head of MarComm….

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The Duane G. Meyer Library’s second floor study room renovations are heading into their second phase. Approximately 10 rooms of the roughly 19 total rooms are finished. MSU’s Campus Construction Team is removing old permanent desks, patching the walls, and painting while Scott Rice Office Works (soon to be Circadian) is bringing in new furniture.  “We recognized that study rooms needed to be updated,” said Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services. “We wanted to provide as many options for people…

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