Library Notes

The July issue (volume 10, number 2) of the e-Journal of Public Affairs is  available online. As always, there is no charge.  This issue, with its theme of “Building Community Ownership to Change Everything​,” features many authors with strong local Springfield ties.  The introductory essay to this issue was written by Greg Burris, President and CEO of United Way of the Ozarks, who formerly has worked both for the City of Springfield and Missouri State University. Dr. Amy Blansit of…

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Librarians Tracy Stout and Jessica Bennett were recently awarded a peer-reviewed Assessment Grant from the Missouri State University Office of Assessment and the Office of the Provost.

Dr. William Garrett Piston, professor emeritus from Missouri State University and co-author, along with John Rutherford, of the most recent publication (“We Gave Them Thunder”: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas) from the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the MSU Libraries, will be one of the distinguished speakers at an upcoming Civil War symposium organized by the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation: “Reaping the Whirlwind: Missouri in the Civil War.” The symposium will be…

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The National Park Service, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program recently announced the recipients of the 2021 cost-share grant program, awarding Missouri State University Libraries a $7,484 grant.

Melissa Eiken, Executive Assistant to Dean of Library Services, Tom Peters, was recently selected for MSU’s University Staff Ambassador (USA) Program as part of the Class of 2022. 

Dr. Rajiv Thakur, Associate Professor of Geography at MSU’s West Plains campus, is acknowledging the hard work of Springfield and West Plains Library staff in his next publication entitled Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance: Indian and International Perspectives.  Neva Parrott, Sophia Skinner, and Shannon Conlon have been personally thanked for their support of Dr. Thakur throughout the research process for his upcoming book. Library faculty and staff support of research is critical to the advancement of MSU’s mission to…

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Meyer Library’s faculty, staff, and student employees are invited to a presentation about Missouri State University’s BearPOWER program next Thursday, August 12, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. CDT in Room 120 of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus.   BearPOWER is a five-semester program geared specifically for Bears with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This presentation is an opportunity to learn more about how we can better serve our community and continue to build a welcoming and…

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The Missouri State University Libraries has a longstanding commitment to providing more and better access to streaming media that support the teaching, learning, research, and service activities of this university community.  With that goal in mind, the MSU Libraries recently arranged a trial access to the Academic Video Online (AVON) database. AVON is a comprehensive streaming video collection of more than 70,000 films, including documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations. It covers a broadly multidisciplinary range of subject areas,…

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Missouri State University Libraries launched a demand-driven-acquisition (DDA) model this week as part of its ongoing efforts to develop the libraries’ information services and resources.

The new exhibit at the History Museum on the Square in downtown Springfield, Missouri about local children’s television from the Fifties forward  is now open. It’s called “Making Local Memories: Children’s Television in the Ozarks.” The Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is a sponsor.  As the Museum staff notes, “Join us here at the History Museum on the Square as we take a look back at Springfield’s children’s television with a wonderful display…

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