Next Monday and Tuesday the MSU Office of University Safety will offer short refresher courses on how to respond to an active shooter situation. Session 1: Monday, 11/25 10:30-11:00 a.m. Session 2: Tuesday, 11/26 2:00-2:30 p.m. Duane G. Meyer Library, Room 101
The Children’s and Young Adult Book Review Board of Missouri (BRB) is happy to report their most successful book sale ever. This year the annual sale was held on Tuesday, November 19th in the lobby of Duane G. Meyer Library. Students from across campus browsed through (and bought!) books ranging from preschool books to young adult fiction. The annual Book Sale supports the BRB’s literacy efforts and workshops throughout the region. If you missed the sale, you are welcome to…
On November 6th representatives from numerous local and regional archives, libraries, and cultural heritage institutions gathered at The Library Center for the first workshop of a newly formed Regional Disaster Response and Recovery Team. The first session focused on our emergency management community and fire extinguisher training, and we are fortunate that we have such great support from the University Safety Office at MSU. Karen McKinnis, our Emergency Preparedness Manager, and members from Campus Safety provided both simulated and live…
As part of the current OnwardUpward Campaign of Missouri State University, a booklet describing the funding priorities for many major areas of endeavor for Missouri State University has been published. It includes a two-page spread about the funding priorities of the Missouri State University Libraries. Although many ongoing funding efforts are needed to support the continued success of the MSU Libraries, two Libraries Funding Priorities have been identified that may appeal to prospective donors during this capital campaign: Ozarks Studies…
On Monday Lindsey Taggart and Rachel Besara drove up to Warrensburg to meet with representatives of the University of Central Missouri Libraries, as well as with a representative from MALA, the Mid-America Library Alliance based in Independence, Missouri. Valuable discussions were had and connections were made regarding resource sharing, courier services, data migration between library services platforms and more. Conversations will continue, with a possible visit from a group of UCM librarians to MSU. On Monday Tom Peters met with…
MSU-West Plains Joins the “First FOLIO at MSU” Project: Last week Dean Peters met with Dr. Dennis Lancaster, Dean of Academic Affairs at the MSU-West Plain campus. They agreed that both the Garnett Library on the West Plains campus and the Barbe Library on the Mountain Grove campus would participate in the “First FOLIO at MSU” Project. The search for a new Library Director for MSU-West Plains is underway, following the death of Sylvia Kuhlmeier. Once the new director is…
On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Council of the Libraries Innovation Lab was held in Duane G. Meyer Library. Members in attendance included : From MSU: Craig Frazier, Vice-Chair of the MSU Board of Governors and Chair-Elect Clif Smart, President of MSU Frank Einhellig, Provost Vonda Yarberry, Dept. Head, Art + Design Matt Pierson, Engineering Abdillahi Dirie, SGA Tyler Drenon, MSU Libraries From the Community: Chris Hill, City Utilities Kyle Drenon, Murney & Associates…
Soon Rowena Stone will become the Secretary to the Board of Governors of Missouri State University. Her office was moved this week to Room 115C of Duane G. Meyer Library. She will be providing administrative assistance and record-keeping for the Board as it fulfills its responsibilities: “Missouri State University is under the general control and management of the Board of Governors, which according to statutes of the state of Missouri, possesses full power and authority to adopt all needful rules…
Dave Richards, Dean of Libraries at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, presented at the annual conference of the Mountain-Plains Library Association in Albuquerque last Friday. The title of their presentation was “Regional History Collections and Academic Libraries: Local Gold Mines.” To remain relevant into the 2020s, academic libraries in the Mountain-Plains region should review and revise their fundamental strategies regarding collections, services, and spaces. Richards and Peters encouraged attendees…
As the migration process moves forward, we’re excited to draw on the many skills and strengths of our Libraries team. For this purpose, the Steering Committee has created Implementation Advisory Working Groups (IAWGs), small specialized groups targeting crucial needs. Currently, our IAWGs include: OpenAthens IAWG Chairs: Mark Arnold and Brooks Travis Members: Andrea Miller, Matt LaPage (EBSCO) Projects: Connection to existing University Identity Provider(s) Provisioning resources and configuring access Updating existing URLs in Library resources (e.g. PURLs) to Athenized links…