Library Notes

Mohammad AlHamad, the new E-Resources Strategist for the Missouri State University Libraries, was in Charleston, South Carolina last week attending an important conference. The Charleston Conference was hybrid this year, for the first time, with both in-person and virtual attendance. Overall, the event was successful. All the sessions were presented in parallel for the virtual and in-person attendees. Mohammad attended several sessions that were very good and discussed new issues that we are facing in libraries and the publishing industry….

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After an internal search conducted at Missouri State University, Craig Amason has been hired as the Associate Director of the Ozarks Program being planned for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the summer of 2023. This is a fixed term, two-year position, beginning Monday, November 15, 2021.  The Associate Director – Ozarks Folklife Festival assists the Dean of Library Services, in their role as Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 Ozarks project (SFF23OZ), including considerable outreach and collaboration with key…

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Anne Baker, Head of Special Collections and Archives at the Missouri State University Libraries on the main Springfield campus, spoke at the virtual Brick and Click Conference last week. Her presentation, “Uncommon Partnership: Special Collections and Advanced Art History Classes at Missouri State University” looked at a long-running relationship with Art & Design that allows students to work hands-on with art and artifacts. In 2005, Anne and the former unit head met with Dr. Follensbee to discuss a collaborative project…

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Starting next Monday, November 1, Duane G. Meyer Library will extend its hours of service to better meet the needs of the Springfield campus community. Hours will now be: Sunday: 1pm to midnight Monday-Thursday: 8am to midnight Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturday: 9am to 6pm

In 1920 what we call World War I was a recent memory, the Roaring Twenties was just limbering up, and the stock market crash, the Great Depression, and  the Dust Bowl was far in the future. The year 1920 left its mark. A 101-year-old time capsule from 1920 was recently opened at the Christian County Courthouse in Ozark, Missouri.  Its existence was first discovered in a 1920 newspaper article by local historian Wayne Glenn, the Old Record Collector. From there…

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We Gave Them Thunder, the most recent publication of the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is being considered for the 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. The book was co-authored by William Garrett Piston and John C. Rutherford. The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or a subject relating to their era. The $50,000 prize was co-founded and endowed by…

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Professor Emeritus of History James Giglio has set up a special fund with the Missouri State University Foundation to support current and future faculty research and scholarly writing by helping other MSU faculty members to obtain information via interlibrary loan, one of many services offered by the Missouri State University Libraries. Professor Giglio has written many books, including The Presidency of John F. Kennedy (revised and expanded edition, 2006), Debating the Kennedy Presidency (2003), Musial: From Stash to Stan the…

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A new agreement between Missouri State University and the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage will feature the Ozarks region on the national stage in the summer of 2023. The MSU Libraries, in close collaboration with partners and advisors from across the multistate region, will develop programming for the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. “Through the Ozarks Studies Institute, the MSU Libraries has positioned itself as a regional expert on Ozarks’ history and heritage,” said Tom Peters, dean of…

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The Robert and Carol Noble Family Foundation has donated a massive collection of over 3,000 cookbooks to the Missouri State University Libraries.  Bob Noble is the founder and CEO of The Food Channel®, a very popular website. The large collection of printed cookbooks and books about the culinary arts was compiled to support the work of The Food Channel.  The Food Channel began as a print publication in 1989. Over the years, the publication evolved, expanded to outside subscribers and eventually…

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In 1958 Dr. Jim Brown was given the task of providing entertainment for the annual Greene County Medical Society banquet – without a budget. From this the Singing Doctors of Greene County was formed.  The original six members performed that night and the group continued performing until 1989.  The money they raised through performances and record sales supported a scholarship program for medical students. Through the years, Dr. Brown maintained the archives of the organization including recordings, publicity materials, business…

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