Library Notes

Early in June additional furnishings arrived, were assembled, and deployed for the new Ozarks Room on the Third Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University. Plans are underway to fully open the Ozarks Room this fall, beginning with a grand opening reception. The date, time, and other details about that opening event will be shared later. The Ozarks Room will become another physical manifestation of the good work of the Ozarks Studies Institute…

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  Jim Coombs, Associate Professor of Library Science and the Maps and GIS Librarian at the Missouri State University Libraries, retired on May 15th, after over four decades of praiseworthy service to the communities served by the MSU Libraries, and to the profession of maps librarianship. Congratulations, Jim!     On June 1st, after over 47 years of excellent service to the Missouri State University Libraries and its users, Ginger Allard retired. Congratulations, Ginger! Best wishes to you in your…

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The Special Collections and Archives unit of the Missouri State University Libraries has created two fun ways to use archival images from home: Zoom backgrounds: Show your Missouri State spirit and love of history with a background from the Archives, like graduation photos or Frisco train car scenes.  Watch for more on the Special Collections & Archives at Missouri State University Facebook page over the summer. Nintendo Animal Crossing artwork: Use images from archival collections to decorate your Animal Crossing: New Horizons home with QR codes…

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The MSU Testing Center has launched a new proctoring service using Zoom as of May 11, 2020. This service is available to all MSU students at no additional cost to them, and allows Testing Center staff to remotely proctor exams, viewing both the computer screen and the student simultaneously and record the session for later viewing for academic integrity purposes. This service is intended for students who are true distance students who cannot access a local-to-them appropriate testing facility, local…

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The Missouri State University Libraries currently has two physical libraries: The Duane G. Meyer Library and the Haseltine Library, both on the main Springfield Campus of MSU. The other physical libraries of MSU, in Mountain Grove and West Plains, are funded and administered by MSU-West Plains. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Haseltine Library is currently not open to the public. However, curbside pick up of materials is available. Send an email request for library materials to RhondaOConnor@MissouriState.edu. A time and…

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MSU’s Summer Session begins June 8th, and Duane G. Meyer plans to be partially open this summer to serve students, faculty and staff near and far. This Summer Session plan is subject to revision based on demand for services.  Other changes might be made if the university, city, county, or other agency provides  guidelines or directives that necessitate changes.  Hours  Library Lobby open to BearPass Card holders 30 minutes on either side of Open Access Computer Lab hours Library 1st…

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The Missouri State University Libraries offers hundreds of databases on a plethora of subjects to support research conducted by faculty, students, and staff, and, when allowed by the terms of the various license agreements, to other users.  All these databases get used, but which ones receive the most use? There are many ways to measure use and value. Two common measures are the total number of “hits” made by MSU-affiliated users in a given fiscal year, and the cost per…

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The Board of Governors recently announced Dr. Howard Orms, professor in Theatre, as one of the inductees to the MSU Wall of Fame. Orms had a significant impact on Missouri State’s theatre program and his influence is well documented in Meyer Library’s Special Collections and Archives. In 1966 Howard Orms began as a professor at Southwest Missouri State College (later Southwest Missouri State University and now Missouri State University) and retired in 1993. He arrived at an important time, as…

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