Library Notes

CAST, the new Center for Academic Success and Transition at Missouri State University, and the newest service center in Duane G. Meyer Library, will hold an open house on Friday, January 24, 2020, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The goal of CAST is “to ensure that students are retained, thrive and graduate from the University. This is done through the coordination of activities and delivery of student services focusing on academic support beginning with student transition into the university and…

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Tyler Drenon, who among many activities is serving as a “non-student, part-time” Technology Strategist for the MSU Libraries, is a finalist for a Biz 417 Excellence in Technology Award.    Drenon is one of three finalists in the “Rising Star” category. This award recognizes the excellence of an up-and-coming local professional who has been working in technology for less than five years.    The Biz 417′s Excellence in Technology Awards ceremony will be held at The Old Glass Place on Thursday,…

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Two employees of the Missouri State University Libraries were honored during the recent Staff Service Awards and Appreciation Luncheon, held on Wednesday, January 8th at the Hammons Student Center on the Springfield campus of MSU. The event recognized full-time staff who reached a five-year service milestone during 2019.  Vicki Evans, Accounting Specialist 30 Years of Service Tracy Patton, Library Associate III 35 Years of Service Congratulations, Vicki and Tracy! Your dedication is truly appreciated.   

Because of a generous gift from Bill and Virginia Darr, the Missouri State University Libraries is able to acquire and use a new, high-tech BookEye 4 book scanning station and supporting software. This scanner can create high quality, color scans of bound materials quickly and easily.  Its design allows fragile items to be digitized without damaging the original binding, as our flatbed scanners would.  This new scanner enables the MSU libraries to digitize our wealth of Ozarks regional booklets and…

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Thanks to the efforts of Paige Harp, a staff member of the MSU Libraries, Springfield, Missouri is now home to an official chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour.   This organization “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress…

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The academic publisher Palgrave-Macmillan recently released a book of contributed chapters about Anthropological Data in the Digital Age, and our own Rachel Besara, Associate Dean of University Libraries, served as one of the four co-editors. The twelve chapters explore how anthropologists are grappling with new methods to collect, analyze, manage, and present digital data. The authors of the twelve chapters include anthropologists, archaeologists, archivists, ethnologists, and librarians.  The other co-editors are Jerome W. Crowder, Associate Professor of Preventative Medicine and…

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Over 100 MSU faculty and staff attended the What’s Brewing @ Your Library event held on the First Level of Duane G. Meyer Library last Friday evening, as the fall semester concluded. Fourteen vendors enabled attendees to sample their beverages, Sydadre, a local three-person band, provided the music, and Mexican Villa served up generous and tasty portions of their food.  This is the sixth What’s Brewing @ Your Library to be held at the MSU Library. Interest in and attendance…

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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!