Library Notes

The MSU Testing Center recently performed a traffic count for calendar year 2017, and determined we administered at least 11,000 computer- and paper-based exams in the Testing Center itself during 2017, along with an additional approximately 850 exams for large groups outside of the center. Approximately 66% (7,700) of the 11,000 administered in the Testing Center were Missouri State Online exams – the remainder consisted of external academic exams for MSU students and non-MSU students, professional certification and/or licensing exams…

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On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 noted children’s and young adult author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley will speak in Carrington Auditorium from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Her 2016 book, The War That Saved My Life, her seventeenth published book, was a Newbery Honor Book. The novel is set in 1939 in London and the surrounding countryside, as children are sent out into the country to avoid German bombs. Amazon notes, “This #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all…

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This week Sheila Ponder, a Library Associate I in our Cataloging Unit, announced her plans to retire at the end of April. Sheila has served the University Libraries and its many users for over 44 years! In May of 1973 she earned her B.S. in Business from SMSU, and in September she began working in the library as a Stacks Maintenance Clerk. In the summer of 1987 Sheila transferred from Circulation to Cataloging to replace Cindy Ford. Congratulations, Sheila, on…

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Gender Studies Database provides indexing and abstracts covering the full spectrum of gender-related scholarship. It offers over a million records from scholarly and popular publications, including journals, books, conference papers and theses. The time period covered includes 1930 to the present. Subjects include gender inequality, masculinity, post-feminism and gender identity.

MSU student Abbey Waterworth, a Christian County native who sings, plays music, and records albums, and who also works on the Gordon McCann project in the Digitization Lab of the MSU Libraries, was featured in a story that appeared on local television station KOLR10 last weekend. The story was produced by Tim Leimkuhler, and most of the footage was shot in the Digitization Lab, but the story, rightly so, focuses on Abbey’s musical talents. Abbey says she has to more…

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Birdle Hilda Rosalie Mannon was born on April 15, 1909.  In 1916, at the age of seven, Birdle moved from North Platte, Nebraska, to the Ozark Mountains near Brownbranch, Taney County, Missouri, along with her mother, father, two brothers, and a sister. Birdle was an educated woman who chose a simpler way of living.  She attended school in Brownbranch and graduated from Ava High School.  She spent four summers in the 1940s studying at Southwest Missouri State College (now MSU). Miss…

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International Clinical Educators (ICE) specializes in online streaming video for faculty and students in physical therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy assistant and occupational therapy assistant programs worldwide… The Library provides excellent tools and visual resources to both faculty and students in physical and occupational therapy curriculum. With unlimited access to streaming videos of real-life patient assessment and intervention, the ICE Video Library can be viewed on campus, at home, on the go and in online courses! All of the videos…

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After over 28 years of service to the Missouri State University Libraries and its many users, Tammy Stewart has announced her plans to retire this summer. On January 3, 1990 she began as a member of the library staff. On December 7, 1997 she became a tenure-track library faculty member, earning tenure in 2001. Most of her career has been spent with government documents — state, federal, and, most recently, United Nations — and with the many users of documents….

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The search for a new Archivist for the MSU Libraries, to succeed Anne Baker, who last October became the new Head of Special Collections and Archives, will open soon, probably tomorrow, Friday, January 26, 2018. The goal is to fill the position by May 1, 2018. Here’s the description of the general function: “The Archivist is involved with all aspects of collection development and collection care for Special Collections and Archives. The Archivist is actively involved with collection development decisions…

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The MSU African & African-American Studies Committee and the MSU Libraries are collaborating to bring a national speaker to campus next month. Dorothy Berry, an Archivist at the University of Minnesota who currently is serving as the Digitization and Metadata Lead for the Umbra Search African American History Project, involving dozens of partner organizations, including Missouri State University, will speak in Room 101 of Duane G. Meyer Library beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 on the topic of “Giving Voice…

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