Tom Peters, Author at Library Notes

Libraries Innovation Lab Advisory Council Meets

November 14, 2019 Tom Peters

On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Council of the Libraries Innovation Lab was held in Duane G. Meyer Library. Members in attendance included : From MSU: Craig Frazier, Vice-Chair of the MSU Board of Governors and Chair-Elect Clif Smart, President of MSU Frank Einhellig, Provost Vonda Yarberry, Dept. Head, Art + Design Matt Pierson, Engineering Abdillahi Dirie, SGA Tyler Drenon, MSU Libraries From the Community: Chris Hill, City Utilities Kyle Drenon, Murney & Associates…

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Office of the Board Secretary Moves to Duane G. Meyer Library

November 14, 2019 Tom Peters

Soon Rowena Stone will become the Secretary to the Board of Governors of Missouri State University. Her office was moved this week to Room 115C of Duane G. Meyer Library. She will be providing administrative assistance and record-keeping for the Board as it fulfills its responsibilities: “Missouri State University is under the general control and management of the Board of Governors, which according to statutes of the state of Missouri, possesses full power and authority to adopt all needful rules…

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What’s Brewing @ Your Library Event

November 11, 2019 Tom Peters

Save the date for the next installment of the MSU Libraries’ signature event, What’s Brewing @ Your Library! Friday, December 13th at Duane G. Meyer Library 5:00-7:00 p.m. What’s Brewing @ Your Library is a great way for MSU faculty and staff to celebrate the end of the semester and visit with colleagues, all while enjoying samples from area breweries, snacks, and live music. It’s also the perfect opportunity to check out what’s new and exciting at Meyer Library! Want to help?…

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Richards and Peters Present at MPLA

November 7, 2019 Tom Peters

Dave Richards, Dean of Libraries at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, presented at the annual conference of the Mountain-Plains Library Association in Albuquerque last Friday. The title of their presentation was “Regional History Collections and Academic Libraries: Local Gold Mines.” To remain relevant into the 2020s, academic libraries in the Mountain-Plains region should review and revise their fundamental strategies regarding collections, services, and spaces. Richards and Peters encouraged attendees…

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“First FOLIO at MSU” Implementation Advisory Working Groups

November 7, 2019 Tom Peters

As the migration process moves forward, we’re excited to draw on the many skills and strengths of our Libraries team. For this purpose, the Steering Committee has created Implementation Advisory Working Groups (IAWGs), small specialized groups targeting crucial needs. Currently, our IAWGs include: OpenAthens IAWG Chairs: Mark Arnold and Brooks Travis Members: Andrea Miller, Matt LaPage (EBSCO) Projects: Connection to existing University Identity Provider(s) Provisioning resources and configuring access Updating existing URLs in Library resources (e.g. PURLs) to Athenized links…

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Group Workspaces in Duane G. Meyer Library

November 7, 2019 Tom Peters

Duane G. Meyer Library offers a variety of small group workspaces, ranging from big rectangular tables — many with electrical outlets right in the tabletop — to diner booths to large and small group study rooms, which can be reserved. In the photo, Dr. Rhonda Bishop’s students are busy working in IG12 on the Second Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on a group presentation due in two weeks. Make the Libraries your group’s workspace!

Christopher Holly’s FOLIO Presentation at MPLA Conference

November 7, 2019 Tom Peters

Christopher Holly, Director of SaaS Innovation at EBSCO, presented and demonstrated FOLIO at the Mountain/Plains Library Association Conference in Albuquerque last Thursday. He demonstrated the Daisy release of FOLIO, which came out in September. The Edelweiss release should come out in December. FOLIO functionality includes electronic and physical Resource Management, Circ, Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Reports. It also supports add-on apps, including non-ILS functionality. UIUC is designing some add-on apps for FOLIO; they presented at San Antonio User Group meeting last…

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Dan Cohen on University Library Books as Wallpaper

October 31, 2019 Tom Peters

Last May, The Atlantic published an interesting essay by Dan Cohen, an historian by training who now serves as Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Library, and Professor of History at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to his work at Northeastern, Dr. Cohen served as the founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America. The essay summarizes the declining use of print collections at several universities: At Yale, circulation of books to undergrads declined 64% in…

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Talk by Brooks Blevins Draws Large Crowd

October 31, 2019 Tom Peters

The Ozarks Studies Institute, an initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, and the Springfield-Greene County Library District (SGCLD) collaborated on organizing a public lecture by Dr. Brooks Blevins, the Noel Boyd Professor of History at Missouri State University. His talk was held at the Library Center of the SGCLD on Tuesday evening, September 17, 2019. Over 160 people attended. Dr. Blevins talked about his most recent book, The History of the Ozarks, volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks. The book covers…

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DC-HUG Meeting Here a Success

October 31, 2019 Tom Peters

The Digital Commons-Heartland User Group (DC-HUG) met at MSU on Thursday October 24th and Friday October 25th for their third annual meeting. Digital Commons is the software platform that BearWorks, MSU’s institutional repository, runs on. The meeting drew attendees representing eleven institutions from six states for presentations and discussion of Digital Commons, institutional repositories, and open access to journal literature. Shandon Quinn, vice president, and Ann Connolly, director of product for Digital Commons, represented bepress, the software’s vendor. Both made…

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