Library Notes

Please join us on Wednesday, October 18, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Special Collections and Archives (Meyer Library 306) as students, faculty, and supporters responsible for the “Native Art of the Americas” exhibit gather for an opening reception. Featuring art and artifacts from throughout the Americas, this exhibit reflects the research and interpretation of Dr. Billie Follensbee’s advanced art history students from the 2016-2017 courses ART 385: Art of the Americas and ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica. In these integrated Citizenship and Service-Learning classes,…

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Please join us in welcoming Jami Lewis to Meyer Library.  Jami is the new archivist with the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center in Springfield.  She joins Erin Smither in preserving and providing access to the archival collections of the Society.  Prior to accepting this position, Jami was the archivist for the History Museum on the Square.  She also serves as a Community Scholar through the Missouri Folk Art Program, is active with the Lawrence County Historical Society, and…

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J. Blake Perkins, the author of the new book, Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks, will give a talk about his book beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2017, in Room 107 on the First (Main) Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the campus of MSU. The talk is free and open to all members of the campus community and the general public. After his talk, copies of his book will be available…

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Lisa McEowen, Library Associate III in Special Collections and Archives at the Missouri State University Libraries, was the Featured Library Employee in a full-page spread on page seven of the September 2017 issue of MO Info, a publication of the Missouri Library Association.  When asked why she became a library employee, Lisa noted that, since her days as a student assistant in Cataloging, ” I appreciated the vast array of subjects represented in the various collections and have always enjoyed…

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Draw It To Know It facilitates understanding of the structure of human neuroanatomy. The database contains four principal components: tutorials, slides, a brain atlas, and muscle-nerve illustrations. The tutorials and slides focus on 24 subsections of overall human neuroanatomy, each containing approximately a half dozen further sub-divisions, allowing users to drill down to very specific areas and functionalities. In the tutorial section, a voice-over describes specific structures, simultaneously drawing and labeling them. The slide section provides a progressive outline of the drawings…

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Well, not really. We intentionally ordered these robots. Seven TurtleBot3s – 5 Burgers and 2 Waffles (Sounds like a late lunch order, with a shake) — will become part of the library’s list of items that students and faculty can check out through Circulation.  Using summer innovation grant funds and working with Professor Anthony Clark for guidance on robots that would be useful to Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics, we were able to purchase these seven bots. Professor Anthony Clark, Assistant Professor…

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On Monday, October 9, 2017, Sammie Hernandez will become our Administrative Specialist II in the MSU Testing Center, located in the Lower Lever of Duane G. Meyer Library. Among her many new duties, she will be scheduling exams, checking in examinees, scheduling and assigning test proctors, and maintaining the Testing Center’s website. Sammie is an alumna of MSU, with a BA in Art History. As an undergraduate student, Sammie served as a student assistant with the MSU Libraries, working in…

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Part of a recent donation from Frisco Railroad researcher and collector Louis Griesemer, the Frisco Lab Photograph Collection (M 97) is currently being processed and digitized by Special Collections and Archives staff.  The collection contains over 5,000 images and will be digitized in its entirety, with a selection made available online.  Images include interiors and exteriors of railroad cars, locomotives, accidents, broken parts examined at the lab, Frisco employees, company events, and more.  Once the collection is processed, researchers will also have…

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On October 16, 2017 Anne Baker, Archivist, will become the new Head of Special Collections and Archives at the MSU Libraries. She has been serving as Interim Head for some time, and she has been with the Special Collection and Archives unit of the MSU Libraries since 2001. Prior to coming to MSU, Anne worked at the South Dakota School of Mines, the Adams Museum in Deadwood, South Dakota, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and Williams College in Williamstown,…

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On September 14, 2017 the MSU Libraries held its first LIVING STORIES event and had great responses from all who participated.  The idea of “books that talk back” was new for many; however, everyone quickly dove right into brief but meaningful conversations on different aspects of sustainability, ranging from everyday practices to sustainability in our criminal justice system.  Some readers who started with one book ended up renewing or checking out more books.  The living books themselves also enjoyed learning…

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