University Libraries Launches Demand-Driven Acquisition Model
Missouri State University Libraries launched a demand-driven-acquisition (DDA) model this week as part of its ongoing efforts to develop the libraries’ information services and resources.
AVON Trial Access to Academic Videos Online
The Missouri State University Libraries has a longstanding commitment to providing more and better access to streaming media that support the teaching, learning, research, and service activities of this university community. With that goal in mind, the MSU Libraries recently arranged a trial access to the Academic Video Online (AVON) database. AVON is a comprehensive streaming video 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 of subject areas,…
BearPOWER at the MSU Libraries
Meyer Library’s faculty, staff, and student employees are invited to a presentation about Missouri State University’s BearPOWER program next Thursday, August 12, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. CDT in Room 120 of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus. BearPOWER is a five-semester program geared specifically for Bears with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This presentation is an opportunity to learn more about how we can better serve our community and continue to build a welcoming and…
Library Staff Recognized in New Book
Dr. Rajiv Thakur, Associate Professor of Geography at MSU’s West Plains campus, is acknowledging the hard work of Springfield and West Plains Library staff in his next publication entitled Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance: Indian and International Perspectives. Neva Parrott, Sophia Skinner, and Shannon Conlon have been personally thanked for their support of Dr. Thakur throughout the research process for his upcoming book. Library faculty and staff support of research is critical to the advancement of MSU’s mission to…
Melissa Eiken to Participate in University Staff Ambassador 2021-2022 Cohort
Melissa Eiken, Executive Assistant to Dean of Library Services, Tom Peters, was recently selected for MSU’s University Staff Ambassador (USA) Program as part of the Class of 2022.
New Morgan Insignia Exhibit
A new exhibit from the massive collection of military patches and insignia just went up on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. Stop by and take a look. Free and open to the public. The newest exhibit of material from the Morgan Military Insignia Collection features United States Navy rate and rank insignia. With roots in Royal Navy traditions, the Navy’s insignia and manner of address is different than…
Shannon Mawhiney Presents
Shannon Mawhiney, Digital Archivist at the Missouri State University Libraries, is part of a group of three who have had three conference presentations accepted. All three presentations will be about the recently digitized Danzero Stereograph Card Collection. Shannon, along with Leslie James, Field Archivist for the Missouri State Archives and the person who digitized the original Domino Danzero Photograph Collection, and Hannah Fuller, an intern from last semester who scanned the Danzero stereograph cards, submitted presentation proposals on the Danzero…
Kid’s TV and Frozen Custard
The new exhibit at the History Museum on the Square in downtown Springfield, Missouri about local children’s television from the Fifties forward is now open. It’s called “Making Local Memories: Children’s Television in the Ozarks.” The Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is a sponsor. As the Museum staff notes, “Join us here at the History Museum on the Square as we take a look back at Springfield’s children’s television with a wonderful display…
Spring/Summer 2021 Issue of OzarksWatch is Published
On July 1, 2021 the Spring/Summer issue of OzarksWatch Magazine, published by the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, arrived back from the printer. The theme of this issue is Ozarks Roads. Kaitlyn McConnell contributed the cover image and a photo essay. Robert Edwards writes about how good road transformed the nation — and the Ozarks. Allyn Lord traces the Ozark Trails Association. Gary Sosniecki describes how Lebanon won the battle to have Route…
MSU Joins Library Publishing Coalition
The Missouri State University Libraries has joined the Library Publishing Coalition, “an independent, community-led membership association of academic and research libraries and library consortia engaged in scholarly publishing.” The LPC has nearly 100 member organizations, including the Library of Congress, the California Digital Library, the University of Iowa, and the University of Oklahoma. The vision of the LPC is to develop and sustain a “scholarly publishing landscape that is open, inclusive, and sustainable.” Their mission is to extend “the impact…