Library Notes

The MSU Libraries will host an opening reception for “Words and Pictures – The Power of Literacy through Portraits and Stories” an exhibition by Randy Bacon presented by Arvest Bank and Ozarks Literacy Council.   The grand opening event, free and open-to-the-public, will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in room 107 of Duane G. Meyer Library. Light refreshments will be served.   According to the artist’s website, “Randy is an award winning American photographer with an…

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Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at the Missouri State University Libraries on the main Springfield campus, is a member of Signature Class 44 of Leadership Springfield.  According to the their website, “Leadership Springfield is the premier program for leadership development in the Ozarks, designed to inspire, develop and connect leaders to serve the Springfield community. In over 30 years of operating, we have graduated more than 2,000 community leaders who are motivated and inspired to make an impact.” On…

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On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week, the publishing arm of the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is one of the vendors at the annual conference of the Missouri Library Association. This year the conference is being held in Springfield.  Managing Editor Elaina Kersey represented the OSI at this conference, showcasing OzarksWatch Magazine, published twice each year, and the six currently published books of the OSI, with more titles on the way. 

On September 21, 2022, the Library of Congress (LOC) announced that it has awarded an initial contract of $7.77 million to EBSCO Information Services to modify and implement FOLIO, a new open-source library services platform.  Two and a half years ago, in the spring of 2020, the Missouri State University Libraries was the first library in the world to fully implement FOLIO (the Future Of Libraries Is Open), also using EBSCO to host the software.  Earlier in September 2022 the…

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Joshua Lambert, a member of the Library Science Faculty at Missouri State University, recently attended the WOLFcon conference, organized by the Open Library Foundation. Some staff members from the MSU Libraries also attended some of the virtual sessions.  The FOLIO Project is part of the Open Library Foundation (OLF). The OLF currently serves as home to five projects: FOLIO, GOKb, ReShare, VuFind, and ARC. There were sessions at the conference that discussed each of these projects as well as governance issues and future funding for…

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Dr. Grace Jackson-Brown, a member of the Library Science Faculty at Missouri State University, will serve as co-director of a large planning grant awarded recently by IMLS, the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The IMLS, in concert with its strategic goal to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion through its support of libraries and museums, awarded the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, in partnership with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the Public Library…

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On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, Tom Peters, Dean of Libraries at Missouri State University, gave a talk at Branson Centennial Museum as part of their monthly Tuesday Talks Series. Approximately 40 people attended. Peters spoke on the topic of “Over 100 Years of Hillbilly Variety Shows.” He traced the emergence of this type of show in the early 20th century, with the Weaver Brothers & Elviry as early masters of the form. He then used the Ozark Jubilee in the…

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The Missouri State University Libraries, in collaboration with the Smithsonian and other partners, is seeking a select number of participants for the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program “The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region.” The festival, to be held June 28-July 9, will bring Ozarks-based musicians, artisans, cooks, performers and others to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate and share their culture. Presented through two weeks of performances, workshops, demonstrations and other participatory experiences, the event will highlight…

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An article by MSU Library Science faculty member Dea Borneman, titled “Walk of Wild Things” (with Melinda Hammerschmidt and Becky Dischner), has been published in the latest issue of the journal Science and Children. The theme for the entire issue is Joyful Science. Dea is the head of the Haseltine Library in the Greenwood Lab School on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. During her long, distinguished career, she has won several awards, including: 2013 TLC (Teacher/Librarian Collaboration)…

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Joshua Lambert, a member of the Library Science faculty at Missouri State University, recently published an article named Predictable Book Shifting in the Code4Lib Journal.  Code4Lib is a unique library journal that has emphsized open access, open source, and innovative library computer programming since 2007.