Library Notes

An article by student reporter Brenna Lumbley in this week’s Standard, the student-run newspaper at Missouri State University, highlights the current “Over There” exhibit about Missouri involvement in the First World War.  The exhibit was a great collaboration, not only with the Missouri Humanities Council and the Springfield-Greene County Library District, but also within the MSU Libraries. Numerous units worked together to help transport the display cases, assist in exhibit construction, and create supplemental displays. Craig Amason helped coordinate the…

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Information Literacy is an important service at the Missouri State University Libraries, and it has many diverse facets, including, for example, media literacy and financial literacy. Ambassador V. Mitchell, MSEd. from MSU, is one of the leading experts on Child Financial Literacy in Springfield, Missouri and serves on the Prosper Springfield Financial Literacy Committee, headed by Francine Pratt. Ambassador states, “Financial Literacy is an asset, and children should be taught about money often, at an early age.” Recently he also…

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Dr. Frank Einhellig, Provost at Missouri State University, recently gave the MSU Libraries the go-ahead to begin a search to fill a new position, E-Resources Strategist. Andrea Miller, a Library Science faculty member who had been managing our e-resources program, which comprises approximately one-third of our annual operating budget, recently graciously stepped forward to help the University Libraries in another critical area of need, cataloging and metadata services.  The E-Resource Strategist, a new staff position, will provide operational support in…

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MSU Library Science faculty member Tracy Stout has been serving on the Summit Steering Committee which is planning the first Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources (A&OER) Summit, which will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 9:00 to 3:00 at the new State Historical Society of Missouri building, located at 605 Elm Street in Columbia. Registration is free, but space is limited to 150 participants. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Mark…

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A set of books gathered, cataloged, and prepared by the MSU Libraries is in the process of being moved to the new Fairbanks Community Center, one facet of the 5-year Northwest Project begun in 2016, through which Missouri State University has partnered with the Drew Lewis Foundation and Drury University to strengthen and support the surrounding neighborhood. The Northwest Project has received generous support from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and other key stakeholder organizations. The library books will…

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During the fourth week of March, contiguous and joint meetings of the Research Route 66 group, of which the MSU Libraries is Missouri’s lead institution, and the newer The Road Ahead Partnership will be held in Springfield, Missouri, the Birthplace of Route 66. The MSU Libraries is helping with local arrangements, and several Library Science faculty members, as well as other staff members who work in Duane G. Meyer Library, plan to attend the meetings.  For many years now, the…

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In 2019 the donation box located on the First Level of Duane G. Meyer Library collected $720.89 in cash gifts from MSU students, faculty, staff, and other users of the library in support of the good work of Ozarks Food Harvest. The money is being used to provide 2,884 meals to needy individuals and families. Overall, in 2019 Ozarks Food Harvest provided 18.5 million meals that supported 261,000 individuals. Ozarks Food Harvest is the Feeding America food bank for southwest…

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Lindsey Taggart, Director of Resource Management & Discovery for the MSU Libraries, has been appointed to the City of Springfield’s Citizens Advisory Committee for Community Development. The Committee provides a forum for public participation on the City’s annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Past grants have funded projects including non-profit housing developments, after-school care programs, and job training courses. Congratulations, Lindsey!

The Duane G. Meyer Library has an exciting array of technology available for students, staff, and faculty to check out. The library has almost 20 computers, including Windows laptops, Macbooks, and Chromebooks. We also have an iPad, Samsung tablet, and Microsoft Surface. These devices check out for three days. Some of the other most popular items that patrons checkout for two hours are charging cords of many kinds, and dry erase markers. Classes and students from around the campus check…

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The Missouri State University Libraries recently received a large collection of books about various topics related to theoretical mathematics: number theory, chaos theory, etc. The gift was made by Lanarae Gillespie, the widow of Frank Gillespie. Frank Gillespie was a mathematics professor at SMS/MSU for 35 years, retiring in 2003. He passed in October 2018. The size of the collection has not yet been determined, but it is estimated to be approximately 8,000 volumes. The entire collection has been received…

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