Library Notes

It is a pleasure to announce that Holly Kouns has accepted an offer from the Missouri State University Libraries to serve as Coordinator of Public Services, a new position at the MSU Libraries. She will begin on Monday, February 3, 2020.  Her office will be located in Room 115A, near the new consolidated service desk on the First Level of Duane G. Meyer Library.  Prior to coming to MSU, Ms. Kouns served as Department Head of User Success & Services…

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Current and former colleagues, family and friends gathered in the Infant Through Grade 12 (IG12) area on the Second Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on Tuesday evening, December 3, 2019 to honor and congratulate Cherri Jones and Marklyn Cotter, who are retiring.  Both Cherri and Marklyn plan to travel quite a bit in the near future. Congratulations and best wishes! 

Yesterday, December 11th — Brenda Lee’s birthday — the Missouri State University Libraries made available online two digital recordings that should be of interest to fans of “Little Miss Dynamite.” A demo audio tape of Ms. Lee, circa 1955, that was sent to Bryan Bisney of the Ozark Jubilee, after Red Foley, the host of the Ozark Jubilee, heard Brenda, who was eleven years old at the time, sing at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, on February 23, 1956,…

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During the first week of December — the final week of classes for the fall semester — over 26,000 people entered Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University. If such high foot traffic were experienced 50 weeks throughout the year, we would have well over 1.3 million annual visitors. In reality, we have approx. 750,000 visitors per year.  Tuesday, December 3rd was the busiest day of last week, when over 4,750 people entered the building. …

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Over There: Missouri & the Great War, a traveling exhibition highlighting a statewide collaborative digitization project to document Missouri’s role in World War I, is now on display in Room 107 of Duane G. Meyer Library through Feb. 27, 2020. The Missouri and the Great War traveling exhibit explores the many facets of World War I history through the perspective of Missouri and Missourians. Learn about the contributions of Missouri women and African Americans to the war effort. Discover the…

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An exhibit currently on display in Room 306 of Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University was featured in a recent article in The Standard, the MSU student newspaper: “Native cultures of the Americas art exhibit on display in library,” written by student-reporter Kelsey Benack.   The article mentions Vinita Williams, a student-employee here in the MSU Libraries, whose research work was selected for inclusion in this competitive research exhibit. Congratulations, Vinita!   The exhibit…

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Next Tuesday, December 10th, from 2:00 to 4:00, we’re going to the dogs. Pups from Pet Therapy of the Ozarks will be paying a visit to Duane G. Meyer Library to help students de-stress during Finals Week. The doggies will be in the Library Living Room on the First (Main) Level (just past the top of the ramp and across from the Information Desk). Be sure to stop by for some snuggles and relax with these furry friends!

On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, Professor Tracy Stout attended the first Amigos Library Services OER online conference, The Library’s Role in Supporting Open Educational Resources. As the cost of textbooks and other educational materials are exponentially increasing, many institutions of higher education and PK-12 schools are adopting open educational resources (OER) as alternatives for their students. Libraries are starting to see OER as part of a trickle-down effect. More and more librarians are now being tasked with supporting faculty, students,…

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