Library Notes

The goal of the “Admitted Student Mondays” (ASM) program at Missouri State University is to bring students and their parents to the main Springfield campus on a Monday in March or April to tour the campus, meet with various campus stakeholders in their matriculation and success, and to instill in the admitted students and their parents an overall feel for the campus (including the warm, welcoming library!), its vitality, and the commitment of the university community to student success. Kristin…

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Route 66, born right here in Springfield, Missouri at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 30, 1926, will turn 96 years old on Saturday.  At 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Friday, April 30, 1926, a telegram was sent from the Postal Telegraph office in the Colonial Hotel in the southwest corner of the intersection of East St. Louis Street and Jefferson Avenue in downtown Springfield, Missouri, to Washington DC. Cyrus Avery from Tulsa, and B. H. Piepmeier from Jefferson City…

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Special Collections and Archives, part of the Missouri State University Libraries, presents a new exhibit on the third floor of Plaster Student Union, titled “Seeing the World from the Classroom.”  This exhibit focuses on a collection of glass slides and stereograph images, along with the equipment used to view them: a lantern projector for displaying images from glass slides onto a wall, and a stereoscope for viewing stereographs (sets of images set side-by-side to create the illusion of depth and…

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Jessica Bennett has been elected incoming Vice-Chair/Chair Elect of the Distance and Online Learning Section.

A team of program planners from the Missouri State University Libraries continues to work with representatives from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, as well as with many people from various stakeholder groups throughout the five-state Ozarks Region, to prepare for the Ozarks program at the summer 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF23OZ) to be held on the National Mall in DC. Here are some recent updates: A special preview event will be held THIS summer, on Sunday afternoon,…

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Congratulations to student assistants Brit Skinner and Madison Thompson for their nominations for the prestigious award, MSU Student Employee of the Year.   Brit and Madison work in access services, connecting library patrons to the resources and support they need. Help us thank them for all they do!

This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the official dedication of the Jane A. Meyer Carillon, which is connected to the Duane E. Meyer Library (no relation) on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University.  The Jane A. Meyer Carillon was officially dedicated on April 13, 2002. The total weight of the 48 bells atop the Jane A. Meyer Carillon is 32,000 pounds, with the largest bell weighing 5,894 pounds, or nearly three tons. Carillons were developed in the…

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  Recently author John Mort donated materials documenting his career to the Missouri State University Libraries. Mr. Mort is known for his writings on the Ozarks, including Down Along the Piney: Ozarks Stories and Goat Boy of the Ozarks.

Alex Primm, author of the recently published book, Ozark Voices: Oral Histories from the Heartland, will give an author talk this afternoon, Thursday, April 7, 2022 beginning at 4:00 p.m. CDT in the Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. This event is free and open to the general public.  The promotional paragraph for the book reads: “Discover the stories passed down over time from the people of…

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Congratulations to our very own student manager, Riley Fitzmorris, for her nomination as a 2022 MSU Student Employee of the Year.   As student manager, Riley helps onboard and train student workers at the Library Information Desk. Through curriculum development, coaching and support, Riley helps our student workers succeed on the job and beyond. The winner of this prestigious award will represent Meyer Library and MSU as they progress to a regional, state, and national level competition where they may…

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