The new Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University is now open. In general, the room will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. However, books and other library materials in the collection in the Ozarks Room can be retrieved whenever the library is open by going to the main service counter on the main level, right at the top of the interior…
For the first time in a long time, the Missouri State University Libraries soon will welcome two new employees with approximately the same start in late May and early June. Both new hires will be filling newly created positions. As announced last month, Mohammad AlHamad will join our team as our E-Resources Strategist, and today we’re announcing that Laura French will join as our Marketing and Communications Specialist. For the past seven years Ms. French has served as the Strategic…
Jessica started with Missouri State University Libraries as a student assistant and quickly became a student manager for Access Services. She has worked as non-student part time since her December 2020 graduation by providing leadership over the department’s student hiring and training. We are thrilled to announce that Jessica accepted a full-time position at the Springfield-Greene County Library District and started last Thursday. We were sad to see her go, but excited for this next step in her post-graduate career.
A new collection of stereograph cards created by photographer Domino Danzero has been digitized by Special Collections and Archives, part of the Missouri State University Libraries, and are now viewable in 3D in the online Digital Collections. Domenico (“Domino”) Danzero, born in Italy in 1871, immigrated to the United States at the age of 19. He and his wife Bridget settled down in the Ozarks in the mid-1900s and moved to Springfield, Missouri, in 1907. Among other hobbies and professions,…
Eight full-time staff employees of the Missouri State University Libraries reached a 5-year service milestone in calendar year 2020.
Special Collections and Archives, part of the Missouri State University Libraries, is excited to announce the addition of a new finding aid available online. The Fern Nance Shumate and Nancy Shumate Collection documents the lives of several Ozarks women. The majority of the collection concerns the Shumate women, mother and daughter. It also highlights the literary works of Mary Huff Nance (mother of Fern) and Dr. Louise A. Jackson (friend of Nancy Shumate). Dr. Jackson also shared her life story…
Nathan Neuschwander, the Graphic Designer for the Missouri State University Libraries, recently attended the Library Publishing Forum, held online this year. The keynote address was given by Elaine L. Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sessions covered a wide range of topics, including open access, workflow issues and documentation, student publishing, the Espresso Book Machine, metadata and discoverability, accessibility, and much more. Because the MSU Libraries has an active and…
Word came this week that Anne Baker, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at Missouri State University, will be speaking at the 21st Annual Brick & Click Academic Library Conference in early November, which will be held as a virtual conference. The Conference is organized and produced by Northwest Missouri State University. The title of her talk is “An Uncommon Partnership: Special Collections and Advanced Art History Classes at Missouri State University.” The abstract reads in part: “In 2005,…
In late June Laura McHugh has a new novel coming out, What’s Done in Darkness, set in the Arkansas Ozarks. McHugh will be here on Tuesday evening, October 5, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to give a talk. This event is free and open to the public. Current plans are to offer this event both in-person and online via Zoom. Here’s the basic story line: “Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God and moved their family to…
Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services, and Melissa Eiken, Executive Assistant II, soon will return to Room 302 (the new Ozarks Room) on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. This was their primary work location until several years ago, when the library administration suite moved down to Room 210. The principal reason for this move is a large initiative in which the MSU Libraries soon will be involved. This…