Library Notes

Last May, The Atlantic published an interesting essay by Dan Cohen, an historian by training who now serves as Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Library, and Professor of History at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to his work at Northeastern, Dr. Cohen served as the founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America.  The essay summarizes the declining use of print collections at several universities: At Yale, circulation of books to undergrads declined 64% in…

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Lindsey Taggart, Rachel Besara, and Tericka Brown, a library student employee, participated in a panel presentation along with University of Arkansas Little Rock Librarian Louise LaFrane Lowe and graduate student Zachary Jones titled “Evidence Based Inquiry Using Student Led Focus Groups at the Library” at last week’s Library Research Seminar VII held in Columbia, South Carolina.     The presentation covered the work resulting from the MSU Assessment Grant funded project “University Libraries’ Student Led Assessment of Students’ Libraries Attitudes,…

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Both Cheri Jones and Marklyn Cotter have announced that they will retire at the end of this semester. 

Archivist Tracie Gieselman-Holthaus and Digital Archivist Shannon Mawhiney of the MSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives recently presented to Ozark High School’s Local History and Folklore class about archiving, digital archiving, and local history.  

Professor Tracy Stout provided four informational presentations on Open Educational Resources last week. Tracy’s presentations included an overview of, finding, and evaluating OER. These presentations were in collaboration with FCTL (The MSU Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning) in anticipation of the upcoming special curriculum innovation grant to support MSU faculty in the creation of a “Zero Textbook” course. These stipends were announced on Monday with the expectations that those receiving the stipend will attend another OER workshop facilitated by…

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On Wednesday, October 9, authors Roland and Marie Smith visited with Greenwood students in grades K-5. Marie Smith is best known for her alphabet books and Roland Smith has written over 40 books, including Zach’s Lie, a previous winner of the Missouri Mark Twain Award. Over 150 students attended the event, which was sponsored by the Greenwood PTA and coordinated by Haseltine Librarian, Dea Borneman.  

As of September 30, the MSU Testing Center is a certified testing center for the National Center for Competency Testing. The NCCT is an independent credentialing organization for healthcare professionals and instructors throughout the United States, including: Medical Assistant (NCMA) Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA) ECG Technician (NCET) Phlebotomy Technician (NCPT) Tech in Surgery – Certified (NCCT) Insurance and Coding Specialist (NCICS) Patient Care Technician (NCPCT) Certified Postsecondary Instructor (CPI) In addition, the MSU Testing Center added the National Testing Network…

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