Library Notes

Last week a new centralized information desk was installed in Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. It is located on the First (Main) Level at the top of the interior ramp.  The MSU Libraries partnered with local interior design firm, Scott Rice, and campus’ Planning, Design, and Construction to design a new service desk. The design was informed by feedback from desk employees and is reflective of the style and finishes found in…

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From time to time the Missouri State University Libraries arranges trial access to electronic resources to get feedback on them as part of the subscription evaluation process. During the trial period, you are encouraged to use these e-resources and provide feedback.  AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical provides a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies; helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with access to videos and animations, images for diagnosis, self-assessment, and medical textbooks. (Trial available August…

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The Art Full Text electronic resource from EBSCO artfully includes 388 active indexed and abstracted journals. 265 of them are peer-reviewed. It also includes 14,000 indexed art dissertations and 229,000 indexed art reproductions.  In addition to standard areas such as art history, folk art, graphic arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and pottery, there is also detailed coverage in advertising art, archaeology, costume, film, and textiles. Coverage includes Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews,…

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The fall 2021 series of author talks and book signings, organized and sponsored by the Ozarks Studies Institute, is off to a good start. Earlier this week Professor William Garrett Piston spoke about the process of researching and writing the recently published book that he and John Rutherford authored, We Gave Them Thunder: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas. Fourteen people attended, including three via Zoom. Jim Coombs, recently retired Library Science faculty member, was recognized…

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Once again the MSU Libraries will serve as the host site for the annual Quill Awards event organized and sponsored by the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame. It will be held on Thursday evening, September 30, 2021 online, beginning at 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time. This online event is free and open to the public.  Zoom link: https://missouristate.zoom.us/j/94190328635 journalist and Route 66 historian Susan Croce Kelly will be inducted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame during a special online…

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The Missouri State University Testing Center, administered by the MSU Libraries and located in the Lower Level of Duane G. Meyer Library, has become an approved testing site for TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL tests are accepted by more than 11,000 universities and other institutions in over 150 countries.  MSU Testing Center’s first TOEFL exams will be given in December 2021. The TOEFL, provided through ETS (Educational Testing Service), is a group of English-language proficiency…

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Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, will speak next Thursday, September 23, 2021 at the Ozarks Studies Association Annual Conference in West Plains, Missouri. He will participate in a panel discussion around the general topic of water resources in the Ozarks. Here’s the schedule for the beginning of the one-day conference: 8:00–8:15 Coffee and Registration 8:15–8:45 Introduction and Welcome Mara Cohen Ioannides, MSU, OSA President Dennis Lancaster, Chancellor, MSU—West Plains 8:45-9:45 PANEL: Ozarks Waterways Chair: Robert…

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BearFest Village returns to campus this weekend ahead of MSU Football’s first home game on Saturday, Sept. 11. In an effort to prioritize student study and research during this time, Meyer Library will switch to “study hall hours” this Saturday from 4-7 p.m.   Here’s what you need to know:   If you plan to use the library Saturday, Sept. 11 between 4-7 p.m., you will need to arrive before 4 p.m. to gain access into the building (this applies to all…

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On September 7, 2021, the MSU Testing Center hosted Josh Ludwig from MSU’s Public Safety via Zoom to discuss “How to Recognize Fake IDs.” Josh provided a presentation as well as a discussion forum with questions and answers. This provided the Testing Center staff with a valuable professional development opportunity. Josh also provided Testing Center staff with information on how to recognize a potentially altered BearPass ID.  

Andy Lokie, Associate Professor of Library Science and Executive Editor and Director of the eJournal of Public Affairs, announced last week that he will be retiring as of March 1, 2022, after over 20 years of service to SMS/MSU.  Both Andy’s BA degree (Liberal Arts) and MA degree (Instructional Technology & Design, Communication, and Administration) are from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.  Prior to coming to SMS/MSU in 2001 to serve as the director of the Educational Technology Center, Andy…

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