Library Notes

The Library now offers Kanopy, a streaming video service accessible to all MSU faculty, staff, and students through a Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) pilot program.  How it works:  Kanopy will trigger our purchase of unlimited access to a film for a year once the film has been viewed more than four times.  Our subscription to the Kanopy service covers subject areas including the Arts, Business, Global studies, Media/Communications, General Sciences, and Social Sciences.  Specific titles not covered by our subscription may…

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The New Student Welcome Party, held in Duane G. Meyer Library last Friday, was a huge success. Students and instructors of GEP 101 (General Education Program) & UHC 110 (University Honors College) arrived in droves to explore the library, enjoy FREE pizza and soda, and to register to win great prizes! Thor and other superheroes made appearances. The DJ did a great with the music. When dancing breaks out, you know it’s a good welcome party.

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The MSU Libraries were well represented at the 33rd Showcase on Teaching and Learning held on Wednesday, August 15. The Libraries had a table promoting library liaisons, the new faculty lounge,and the newly named A.S.P.I.R.E. Faculty that stopped by were able to learn more about the new interdisciplinary space and could enter to win pastries and coffee in the new faculty lounge. Fortunately, the Libraries table was located next to a presentation room in which Professor Ridwan Sakidja, with assistance…

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The new ASPIRE Service on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University has received a $10,000 grant from BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad). BNSF funds will be used to provide furnishings conducive to collaborative learning experiences. Jan Johnson, the Libraries employee who has provided much of the vision and energy in developing ASPIRE, is the principal investigator on this grant-funded project. The creation of the ASPIRE  interdisciplinary space within the…

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The Lena Wills Collection (M 2) in Special Collections and Archives contains the research material from a local genealogist Lena Wills.  Wills was best known in Springfield for “Ozarks Genealogy,” the column she wrote from 1969 until her death in 1986 for the Springfield News-Leader.  An avid genealogist, she taught classes in the subject at Central Bible College and at other locations. Wills was born in 1902 and raised in Gerster in St. Clair County.  As a child, her family lived in…

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Tracy Stout attended and presented at the Adult Student Welcome hosted by Adult Student Services on Saturday, August 18. This event is a one-day orientation to Missouri State University for new adult students.  Opening remarks were provided by Dr. Joye Norris, Associate Provost for Access and Outreach. The rest of the morning consisted of presentations by various campus organizations including the Bear CLAW, MSU Online, and the MSU Libraries.  Students learned about several campus services available to them including the…

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This four day intensive workshop series, conducted by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at MSU, focused on accessibility in teaching design, specifically universal design for learning (UDL).  There are three main principles of universal design: multiple means of representation, multiple means of action and expression, and multiple means of engagement.  All of these principles add up to a course that appeals to learners all over the spectrum of physical, and mental abilities. In an ideal scenario, courses are…

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Beginning on Monday, August 20, 2018, the first day of the fall semester on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University, the lobby of Duane G. Meyer Library — newly renovated last January with great furniture and more power outlets — will remain open continuously. To enter the building between midnight and 7:00 a.m. most days, users will need to swipe their BearPass card. Although occasionally the lobby will need to be closed for special events and for other reasons,…

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Special Collections and Archives recently received several boxes from the estate of John Q. Hammons.  The donation includes family photographs, numerous slides documenting Hammons’ life and work, awards, and scrapbooks, including one from the early 1940s when Hammons worked on the Alaska Highway.   Intern Macaylah Gant-Hodge, senior in Art and Design, is shown reboxing and describing the collection.  The MSU Libraries also thanks local realtor and historian, Richard Crabtree, for his support in getting these materials to MSU.  For…

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