Library Notes

The uptake and use of streaming videos and other media in higher education has been quite pronounced. To help meet the growing demand for this type of content, the Missouri State University Libraries has become a subscriber to the AVON (Academic Video Online) streaming video database from ProQuest and its subsidiary, Alexander Street Press.   AVON is a comprehensive video streaming collection of more than 70,000 films, including documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations. It covers a broadly multidisciplinary range…

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Mohammad AlHamad, the E-Resources Strategist for the Missouri State University Libraries, as been accepted into the MSU LEAD (Leadership, Education, and Development) program, beginning next month. The LEAD program “prepares leaders and supports Missouri State University’s vision to: Be an employer of choice by providing supervisors opportunities to explore their leadership capabilities Be responsible and transparent stewards of the University’s resources Work for continuous improvement in our programs, policies and procedures Be collaborative, to promote meaningful partnerships that further the university’s goals” Mohammad noted, “As I’m always eager…

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Mark your calendars. On Tues. Sept. 21st at 2:00 p.m. there will be an author talk and book signing for the new book We Gave Them Thunder: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas, by William Garrett Piston and John C. Rutherford, published by the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries.   The event will be held in the new Ozarks Room on the third (top) level of Duane G. Meyer…

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There are many important ways to measure the use of a library. One of the simplest is to count the number of people entering the building. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not unusual to have thousands of people enter the Duane G. Meyer Library building on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University every day.  When the pandemic descended in March 2020, use of the physical library dropped to near zero for several months, and has been…

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The July issue (volume 10, number 2) of the e-Journal of Public Affairs is  available online. As always, there is no charge.  This issue, with its theme of “Building Community Ownership to Change Everything​,” features many authors with strong local Springfield ties.  The introductory essay to this issue was written by Greg Burris, President and CEO of United Way of the Ozarks, who formerly has worked both for the City of Springfield and Missouri State University. Dr. Amy Blansit of…

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Departmental Campus Delivery services will resume Monday, August 30, 2021, thanks to collaboration between the Libraries Information Technology (LIT) and Public Services teams. A special shout out to Shirley Moentnish for her FOLIO navigation assistance.  The library will deliver items from Meyer, Garnett, and Barbe Libraries and Interlibrary Loan requests through the campus delivery service. Pick up of items to be returned is also available for departments who have granted permission for those services. Faculty and Staff may request campus…

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IEEE and Missouri State University have entered into an open access read-and-publish agreement. This marks the university’s first read-and-publish contract with a major publisher. With the agreement, MSU authors will be able to publish open access articles in all IEEE journals. The deal also includes reading access to over five million documents from the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, including scientific journals, conference proceedings, and IEEE standards. MSU Libraries will cover article processing fees at bulk discount, making it more convenient…

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The National Park Service, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program recently announced the recipients of the 2021 cost-share grant program, awarding Missouri State University Libraries a $7,484 grant.

Dr. William Garrett Piston, professor emeritus from Missouri State University and co-author, along with John Rutherford, of the most recent publication (“We Gave Them Thunder”: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas) from the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the MSU Libraries, will be one of the distinguished speakers at an upcoming Civil War symposium organized by the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation: “Reaping the Whirlwind: Missouri in the Civil War.” The symposium will be…

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Librarians Tracy Stout and Jessica Bennett were recently awarded a peer-reviewed Assessment Grant from the Missouri State University Office of Assessment and the Office of the Provost.