Library Notes

Lisa McEowen, Library Associate III in Special Collections and Archives at the Missouri State University Libraries, was the Featured Library Employee in a full-page spread on page seven of the September 2017 issue of MO Info, a publication of the Missouri Library Association.  When asked why she became a library employee, Lisa noted that, since her days as a student assistant in Cataloging, ” I appreciated the vast array of subjects represented in the various collections and have always enjoyed…

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Draw It To Know It facilitates understanding of the structure of human neuroanatomy. The database contains four principal components: tutorials, slides, a brain atlas, and muscle-nerve illustrations. The tutorials and slides focus on 24 subsections of overall human neuroanatomy, each containing approximately a half dozen further sub-divisions, allowing users to drill down to very specific areas and functionalities. In the tutorial section, a voice-over describes specific structures, simultaneously drawing and labeling them. The slide section provides a progressive outline of the drawings…

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Well, not really. We intentionally ordered these robots. Seven TurtleBot3s – 5 Burgers and 2 Waffles (Sounds like a late lunch order, with a shake) — will become part of the library’s list of items that students and faculty can check out through Circulation.  Using summer innovation grant funds and working with Professor Anthony Clark for guidance on robots that would be useful to Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics, we were able to purchase these seven bots. Professor Anthony Clark, Assistant Professor…

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On Monday, October 9, 2017, Sammie Hernandez will become our Administrative Specialist II in the MSU Testing Center, located in the Lower Lever of Duane G. Meyer Library. Among her many new duties, she will be scheduling exams, checking in examinees, scheduling and assigning test proctors, and maintaining the Testing Center’s website. Sammie is an alumna of MSU, with a BA in Art History. As an undergraduate student, Sammie served as a student assistant with the MSU Libraries, working in…

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Part of a recent donation from Frisco Railroad researcher and collector Louis Griesemer, the Frisco Lab Photograph Collection (M 97) is currently being processed and digitized by Special Collections and Archives staff.  The collection contains over 5,000 images and will be digitized in its entirety, with a selection made available online.  Images include interiors and exteriors of railroad cars, locomotives, accidents, broken parts examined at the lab, Frisco employees, company events, and more.  Once the collection is processed, researchers will also have…

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On October 16, 2017 Anne Baker, Archivist, will become the new Head of Special Collections and Archives at the MSU Libraries. She has been serving as Interim Head for some time, and she has been with the Special Collection and Archives unit of the MSU Libraries since 2001. Prior to coming to MSU, Anne worked at the South Dakota School of Mines, the Adams Museum in Deadwood, South Dakota, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and Williams College in Williamstown,…

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On September 14, 2017 the MSU Libraries held its first LIVING STORIES event and had great responses from all who participated.  The idea of “books that talk back” was new for many; however, everyone quickly dove right into brief but meaningful conversations on different aspects of sustainability, ranging from everyday practices to sustainability in our criminal justice system.  Some readers who started with one book ended up renewing or checking out more books.  The living books themselves also enjoyed learning…

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On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Tom Peters, the MSU Dean of Library Services, was interviewed at the OOIDA Headquarters in Grain Valley, Missouri, about the Trucking on Route 66 Oral History Project, a collaborative initiative between the Missouri State University Libraries and OzarksAlive.com, funded in part with generous support from the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program of the National Park Service. OOIDA is the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. The OOIDA radio program, LandLine Now, is broadcast on SiriusXM channel 146. This…

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During the week of September 11, 2017, Jessica Bennett, a Reference and e-Learning Librarian at the MSU Libraries, was featured on the Association of College & Research Libraries’ website as the ACRL Member of the Week. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. Regarding the value ACRL has for Jessica as a young professional, she noted, “It is refreshing to get out of my “bubble.” ACRL has also made the transition to the Framework for Information Literacy much less confusing…

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The Lower Level of Duane G. Meyer has several services and collections available to students, faculty, and staff. Assistance on that level was not always easy to find, but now, the Lower Level has a new Help Desk.  It is positioned to be easily seen and accessed from either the stairs or the elevators.  The alcove, formerly occupied with a collaboration station at the base of the stairs, has become the location for the Lower Level Help Desk.  This new…

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