Library Notes

On December 12, 2025, the Duane G. Meyer Library hosted its annual What’s Brewing? event for employees of Missouri State University from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The mixer was largely put together by MarComm student assistants Ellie Mallett, Kayla Stehr, and Brynna Wehner. This year’s party featured several local breweries, including 4×4 Brewing Company, Hold Fast Brewing Company, Wire Road Brewing Company, Springfield Brewing Company, Log Boat Brewing Company, and Mother’s Brewing Company. A musical selection was provided by retired librarian Craig…

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The Digital Humanities Lab Faculty Advisory Committee is working to distribute funds to Missouri State University faculty. Comprised of 9 faculty members and co-chaired by Dr. Jason Jolley, associate dean of the Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and Rachel Besara, interim dean of the Missouri State University Libraries, the interdisciplinary committee is seeking ways to support scholarship by encouraging scholarship related to the Digital Humanities Lab.  The committee, which convenes monthly, is currently writing the guidelines for…

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Last month, Nathan Neuschwander, acting head of Library and Information Technology, installed a temporary gate on the first floor at the top of the ramp where patrons enter the library. It was erected in collaboration with Holly Kouns, coordinator of public services, to provide proper security when the library is closed. “We want the lobby open and available for students 24/7 to study,” Neuschwander said. “It allows us to do it.”  The security gate in the Duane G. Meyer Library is…

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On the first level of the Duane G. Meyer Library, patrons can find a display of National French Week projects created during the fall 2024 semester. Encased in glass, the objects are the work of approximately 28 students from the classes of Jeff Loughary, an Instructor in the Languages, Cultures, and Religions Department at Missouri State University. The works, which includes paintings, sketches, photographs, and artifacts, showcase the culture of France and French Polynesia. It will be on display until…

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After selling out of 2024’s Saving Bull Creek by Robert Kipfer and Loring Bullard, the Ozarks Studies Institute ordered a reprint which is now available for purchase. This second edition has updated footnotes, but that’s not all. Now, the full-color book is more vibrant, according to Pressroom Operator Steven Townsend, because of updates to the printing technology in Missouri State University’s Printing and Postal Services department. In Saving Bull Creek, authors Loring Bullard and Robert Kipfer provide a sensitive, multifaceted overview of the…

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On behalf of everyone at Meyer Library… Happy Holidays! Best wishes for winter break!  If you’re bored and longing for a book, you might try making a snowasaurus. Picture of vintage snow dinosaur on Missouri State University campus. Photo courtesy of Tracie-Gieselman-France of Special Collections & Archives. See you next year!

On Monday, December 9, 2024, the Duane G. Meyer Library hosted its first ever Fizz & Focus, a soda bar to refresh students who were studying for finals. 339 students participated in the event, which took place in the library’s lobby.  Brynna Wehner, a sophomore at Missouri State University and a Marketing and Communications Assistant, came up with the idea for Fizz & Focus. “Right now, soda bars are popping up all over the place,” she said, noting that a…

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It has been almost two years since the Missouri State University Libraries launched the library media specialist graduate certificate program in partnership with the College of Education. Thus far, it has done very well. According to the Graduate Program Director, Crystal Dicke, the program, which began in January 2023, currently has 59 enrolled students. “We are the fastest growing graduate certificate at the university,” said Tracy Stout, Head of Research and Instructional Services in the Duane G. Meyer Library and…

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After the success of Living Waters: Springs of Missouri and Saving Bull Creek, the Ozarks Studies Institute is publishing retired Springfield biologist Loring Bullard’s memoir. This third book is now in production, with publication on track for 2025. Currently titled An Environmental Journey: Tales of Tragedy and Hope from the Heartland, this eloquent book reflects on the 73-year-old author’s life from his 1950s and ’60s urban and rural American childhood through college and adulthood and up to his retirement and…

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The Duane G. Meyer Library will have 19 rooms on the second floor renovated by the Missouri State University Campus Construction Team. Renovations are expected to be completed by February 2025, and a fresh coat of paint is just the beginning. “Our study rooms haven’t been updated since they were built,” said Holly Kouns, Coordinator of Public Services. “Students told us that there are certain study rooms you want because of the chairs.” For student’s seating comfort and functionality, the…

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