Library Notes

For several years the Missouri State University Libraries has offered an internal grant competition to its current full-time employees to fund innovative ideas, projects, content, and services. Recently Lindsey Taggart submitted an innovation grant to subscribe to Unsub. The Dean and Associate Dean reviewed the application and funded it in the amount of $2,500. Unsub is a data dashboard that helps academic libraries divest from Big Deal journal subscriptions. Unsub allows users to create forecasting scenarios based on subscriptions and…

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An additional major gift from the Martin Family Foundation has provided sufficient fiscal resources to complete the massive, multi-year Ozark Jubilee Digitization Project, a collaborative endeavor involving the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing program of the Missouri State University Libraries.  Don and Ruth Martin have been lifelong supporters of higher education in many ways and to many institutions and organizations. Gifts from the Martin Family Foundation have benefited the Missouri State University Libraries…

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On Thursday, April 15, 2021, after a massive effort involving many people and nearly 700 work-hours, the “Back Issue Periodical Shift” project on the Lower Level of Duane G. Meyer Library was completed! In Fall 2019 Access Services was tasked with shifting the entire Back Issue Periodical collection to consolidate space in the compact, movable shelving by leaving growth space for only those journals for which the MSU Libraries had active subscriptions. Following some initial analysis of the collection, the…

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Holly Kouns, the Coordinator of Public Services at the Missouri State University Libraries, presented a round-table discussion session at the recent online conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Her co-presenter was Karen Doster-Greenleaf, Director of Research & Instructional Services at Kennesaw State University, part of the University System of Georgia.  The title of their presentation, held on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, was “Ch-ch-changes: Managing change fatigue in an ever-changing…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly slowed down or halted many of our services, which has led us to make the decision to temporarily cease all BRB services beginning July 1, 2021. During this hiatus, we will take a closer look at the needs of our community and how to make more meaningful contributions in the promotion of inclusive books for children and young adults within Springfield and the surrounding area.  We would like to thank our board members, staff, faculty,…

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A stellar panel discussion about the Ozark Jubilee will be held in Marshfield on Friday morning next week as part of the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival.   Friday, April 23rd, beginning at 10:30 a.m. CDT at the Assemblies of God Church, 1538 W Washington St, Marshfield, MO 65706. It’s conveniently located near I-44 (and it’s on old Route 66!). This event is free and open to all.    The 3 panelists will be:   1. John Bisney, the son of…

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The Missouri State University Libraries is pleased to announce and welcome Mohammad AlHamad as our new E-Resource Strategist. Most recently, Mo has served as the Librarian and LRC Coordinator at Abu Dhabi Polytechnic University. Prior to that, he was the Electronic Resources Librarian at the United Arab Emirates University. He has a MA in Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University and a BS in Computer Information Technology from Arab American University.    As E-Resource Strategist, Mo will lead the Libraries’…

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Jessica Bennett and Joshua Lambert recently hosted and presented a well-received webinar about the Zotero reference management tool to a small group of graduate students. Graduate students spend a lot of time collecting research and creating intellectual works from that research and Zotero can help them throughout this process. With Zotero, a researcher can find a useful resource and then save the metadata with one click in a browser. The one click also saves a PDF file and a web…

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Late in March, Shannon Mawhiney, Digital Archivist for the Missouri State University Libraries, was highlighted in the blog of the Office of Public Affairs Support at MSU.  The blog post, written by Cole Howerton, a student assistant in Public Affairs Support, focused on Shannon’s work with the Christian County Historical Society, which operates a museum, curates their growing collections, and publishes a quarterly newsletter, all with volunteer support.  Shannon expressed her desire to have the Christian County Historical Society collaborate…

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This semester Finals Week will be from May 8th through May 14th.  Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University will have extended hours during Spring Finals Week. Face masks and social distancing are still required. Sunday, May 9, 2021: 11 a.m. to midnight Monday, May 10, 2021: 7 a.m. to midnight Tuesday, May 11, 2021: 7 a.m. to midnight Wednesday, May 12, 2021: 7 a.m. to midnight Thursday, May 13, 2021: 7 a.m. to 10…

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