Library Notes

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

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Meet our Employee of the Month, Joshua Lambert! What is your job title? Head of Access Services What originally got you interested in library work? I was originally interested in library work because it seemed like it would be better to work in a university library than to work in the university cafeteria. I was correct. After college, I didn’t know what else to do so I applied for library jobs and got an interview. During an interview for an…

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During the last full week in February 2018 two “swing” rooms in Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University were completely refurbished. With swing rooms, during most days and times they are open to the public for general use, but they also are designed and furnished so that they can be scheduled and used for special events, such as author talks, instructional sessions, writing retreats, and luncheon and dinner events. Rooms 107 and 120 on…

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1.  Thursday, March 1, 4:00 (Library Auditorium) “Collective Memory and the Finitude of Historical Understanding” Jeffrey Barash, Department of Philosophy, University of Picardie, Amiens, France (Author of Collective Memory and the Historical Past and Martin Heidegger and the Problem of History)   Reply by Ethan Kleinberg, Professor of History and Letters, Wesleyan University (Author of Haunting History and Generation Existential: Heidegger’s Philosophy in France 1927-1961; editor of the journal History and Theory)   2.  Thursday, March 22, 4:00 (Library Auditorium) “Critical and Radical Theory: Toward the Reinvention…

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Beginning March 12th, Melissa Eiken will begin serving the MSU Libraries and its users as the new Executive Assistant II in the Library Administrative Suite in Room 210 on the Second Level of Duane G. Meyer Library. Melissa earned her BS in Business/Marketing from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. She has served as Regional Director of the American Heart Association in Joplin, as well as Resource Development Manager for Community Support Services of Missouri. She has considerable experience with…

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The Women’s Issues Network (RG 0/9) (WIN) collection in Meyer Library’s Special Collections and Archives represents material from the organization’s efforts at Missouri State University from 1992 to 2000 to promote the general welfare of, and to address issues important to, female faculty members and professional staff members on this campus. Included are meeting minutes and agendas, membership information, correspondence, committee information, newsletters the organization’s constitution and bylaws, and files on topics such as surveys, networking information, and sexual harassment literature. WIN…

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The Springfield African American Read-In (AARI) will hold its Ninth Annual Program on Thursday, February 22, 2018, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the the Springfield Art Museum (1111 E. Brookside Drive).The Springfield AARI is a local initiative that is part of a national literacy initiative started in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to promote African American writers and strives to make reading an integral part of Black History Month celebrations. The Springfield African American…

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Tracie Gieselman-Holthaus, Archives Specialist here in the MSU Libraries, has finished creating and installing a new exhibit in the display case outside the Foundation office in the Kenneth E. Meyer Alumni Center. The title of the exhibit is The Growth of Missouri State University: A Selection of Construction Images. The images and photos selected can be found in various collections in the University Archives, such as the Ozarko Collection and the University Photographs Collection, as well as in our Digital Collections, but…

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Two different displays at locations outside of the Springfield area have recently used material from Meyer Library’s Special Collections and Archives. The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, Arkansas, included a door from the 1923 Frisco railroad depot in Springdale, which was torn down in the 1980s, in a recent exhibit.  To accompany the door, Special Collections and Archives provided a digital scan of the depot’s floorplan, which included specifications such as material used in its construction, locations and…

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For 2017, the 133 online Subject Guides created and maintained by the MSU Libraries received a total of 47, 904 views.  The number of views are up from 2016, during which we had 138 guides and 39, 131 views, an increase of 8,773 (22.4%) year-over-year. Views are always higher during the spring and fall semesters versus summer, with more views in fall semester than spring semester. This could be due to a variety of factors, such as more instruction sessions…

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