BRB to Host Annual Book Sale
Save the date for the annual BRB Book Sale to be held Tuesday, November 19, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Duane G. Meyer lobby.
DC-HUG Meeting Here a Success
The Digital Commons-Heartland User Group (DC-HUG) met at MSU on Thursday October 24th and Friday October 25th for their third annual meeting. Digital Commons is the software platform that BearWorks, MSU’s institutional repository, runs on. The meeting drew attendees representing eleven institutions from six states for presentations and discussion of Digital Commons, institutional repositories, and open access to journal literature. Shandon Quinn, vice president, and Ann Connolly, director of product for Digital Commons, represented bepress, the software’s vendor. Both made…
Project Update: First FOLIO at MSU
Brooks Travis is attending, as Libraries-directed travel, the EBSCO Users Group for Academic Libraries meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Many of the sessions will focus on FOLIO, EDS, and OpenAthens. MSU recently entered into a three-year contract with EBSCO to implement these systems at MSU in 2020. Last Thursday Tom Peters made a brief presentation about the First FOLIO at MSU Project at the monthly meeting of the MSU Faculty Senate. Several Senators asked questions about the project. Some concerns…
MSU Participates in a Panel at the Library Research Seminar VII
Lindsey Taggart, Rachel Besara, and Tericka Brown, a library student employee, participated in a panel presentation along with University of Arkansas Little Rock Librarian Louise LaFrane Lowe and graduate student Zachary Jones titled “Evidence Based Inquiry Using Student Led Focus Groups at the Library” at last week’s Library Research Seminar VII held in Columbia, South Carolina. The presentation covered the work resulting from the MSU Assessment Grant funded project “University Libraries’ Student Led Assessment of Students’ Libraries Attitudes,…
Cherri Jones and Marklyn Cotter to Retire
Both Cheri Jones and Marklyn Cotter have announced that they will retire at the end of this semester.
Springfield Hosts Annual MAMA Conference
Last week the Missouri Association for Museums and Archives (MAMA) held their annual conference in Springfield for the first time. Attendees toured Bass Pro, Wonders of Wildlife, The Discovery Center, Springfield Botanical Gardens, History Museum on the Square, Springfield Art Museum, and Missouri State University’s Special Collections and Archives. The final day of the conference was held in Duane G. Meyer Library, mainly in the newly renovated Sunderland Foundation Auditorium. Anne Baker, Head of Special Collections and Archives, and…
Archivist Outreach
Archivist Tracie Gieselman-Holthaus and Digital Archivist Shannon Mawhiney of the MSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives recently presented to Ozark High School’s Local History and Folklore class about archiving, digital archiving, and local history.
Stout Presents on Open Educational Resources
Professor Tracy Stout provided four informational presentations on Open Educational Resources last week. Tracy’s presentations included an overview of, finding, and evaluating OER. These presentations were in collaboration with FCTL (The MSU Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning) in anticipation of the upcoming special curriculum innovation grant to support MSU faculty in the creation of a “Zero Textbook” course. These stipends were announced on Monday with the expectations that those receiving the stipend will attend another OER workshop facilitated by…
Authors Visit Greenwood Lab School
On Wednesday, October 9, authors Roland and Marie Smith visited with Greenwood students in grades K-5. Marie Smith is best known for her alphabet books and Roland Smith has written over 40 books, including Zach’s Lie, a previous winner of the Missouri Mark Twain Award. Over 150 students attended the event, which was sponsored by the Greenwood PTA and coordinated by Haseltine Librarian, Dea Borneman.
MSU Testing Center Earns More Certifications
As of September 30, the MSU Testing Center is a certified testing center for the National Center for Competency Testing. The NCCT is an independent credentialing organization for healthcare professionals and instructors throughout the United States, including: Medical Assistant (NCMA) Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA) ECG Technician (NCET) Phlebotomy Technician (NCPT) Tech in Surgery – Certified (NCCT) Insurance and Coding Specialist (NCICS) Patient Care Technician (NCPCT) Certified Postsecondary Instructor (CPI) In addition, the MSU Testing Center added the National Testing Network…