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OzarksWatch Magazine to be indexed in Ulrich’s

OzarksWatch Magazine to be indexed in Ulrich’s

As of next week, OzarksWatch Magazine, a publication of the Ozarks Studies Institute, will be indexed in UlrichsWeb. UlrichsWeb is an easily searchable database affiliated with ProQuest that provides detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all sorts. This weekend, UlrichsWeb will do its weekly cache refresh, after which OzarksWatch will become discoverable by many more library users worldwide.

Scott Fischer Moves Into Testing Center Role

Scott Fischer Moves Into Testing Center Role

The Missouri State University Libraries is happy to announce that Scott Fischer is transitioning from working in the Innovation Lab to the MSU Testing Center, effective April 1, 2024. Scott will fill a crucial role assisting with accommodated exams and other duties in the Testing Center, a need made more acute with Chris Edwards’ recent retirement. Scott currently serves a central role in supporting the Sunday and evening hours with Access Services, and his full transition will not occur until…

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A Piece of History Added to the MSU Libraries

A Piece of History Added to the MSU Libraries

Springfield locals may remember strolling around downtown and stopping to look in the window of Ozark Camera on East Walnut. For a long time, a studio camera from the early 1900s was in that window, reminding people how much photography has changed. When the owner, Eugene (Gene) Anderson, retired from the business in the late 1990s the camera made its way to Missouri State University. It spent most of its time on campus in the office of Photographic Services (now…

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Testing Center participates in Cooperative Engineering Program

Testing Center participates in Cooperative Engineering Program

   The Testing Center has recently agreed with the Missouri State University     Cooperative Engineering program in the College of Natural and Applied       Sciences, which is taught in conjunction with Missouri S&T, to     administer  exams for MSU students in the Cooperative   Engineering program who are taking courses through Missouri S&T.   Prior  to this semester, these exams were proctored by MSU faculty outside of their own course loads, requiring an additional 40 – 60 hours of test…

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Derek Moser talks reading trends with KSMU

Derek Moser talks reading trends with KSMU

  Derek Moser, Duane G. Meyer Library’s director of resource management and discovery, got on-air with KSMU’s Adair Seifert for National Reading Month. He discussed literacy trends and the impact of technology. You can listen to his interview here.

Ozarks Studies Institute Sponsors Western Swing Music Showcase

Ozarks Studies Institute Sponsors Western Swing Music Showcase

For the second year in a row, the Ozarks Studies Institute will serve as a sponsor of the annual showcase gathering of the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest. The Springfield showcase, one of five held each year in various locations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, which is now in its sixth year, will be held in the Shrine Mosque from Thursday, May 16th through Saturday, May 18th.  Western Swing music goes back to the time of the band…

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Missouri Humanities Organizes 7th Annual Springfield Symposium

Missouri Humanities Organizes 7th Annual Springfield Symposium

Missouri Humanities, a non-profit organization, is working with several local organizations, including the Missouri State University Libraries, to present the 7th Annual Springfield Symposium in April. Join us on April 12th-13th in Springfield, Missouri, for an immersive experience that explores “Ozarks Marvels: Innovation for the Common Good.” All sessions are FREE and open to the public, with the option to attend any or all events. The kick-off event will be held on Friday evening, April 12th, in Kentwood Hall. The…

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Rachael West Presents on Foraging Tonight

Rachael West Presents on Foraging Tonight

Tonight (Thursday, March 14, 2024), beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of MSU’s Kentwood Hall, almost directly across from the Shrine Mosque on East St. Louis Street, Rachael West from Eating the Ozarks will present about being a four-season forager in the Ozarks. Learn how to forage where you are.  This event, part of the Kentwood Series, is free and open to the public. Events in the Ketwood Series are held on the second Thursday of each month….

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Meyer Library Participates in MSU@OTC Day

Meyer Library Participates in MSU@OTC Day

The Missouri State University Libraries had a table at the annual MSU@OTC Day held on Thursday, February 15, 2024 in the Information Commons of the Springfield campus of Ozarks Technical Community College.  The purpose of MSU@OTC Day is to provide an easy and convenient venue for current OTC students to explore and learn more about how they can seamlessly transition from OTC to MSU and be engaged and successful in the next phase of their higher education.   The event lasted…

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This Afternoon: Cerny Talk on Giraffe Architecture

This Afternoon: Cerny Talk on Giraffe Architecture

Alesha Cerny, the Architectural Historian for the Southeast Region of the National Park Service, will be on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University today (Thursday, March 7, 2024) to give a talk about “giraffe-style” native flagstone architecture in the Ozarks.  The event, free and open to all, begins today at 4:00 p.m. in the Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library. Light refreshments will be served. Metered parking is available nearby in MSU Lot…

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