Library Notes

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, a classic reference encyclopedia for the sciences, makes up the core of AccessScience. AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials, online and fully searchable. In addition to the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, AccessScience includes Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, the latest Science News headlines, over 110,000 definitions from The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, biographies of scientists, bibliographies containing…

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MSU Libraries Assistant Professor Jessica Bennett will be teaching a webinar as part of the LITA Spring 2019 Continuing Education series. The webinar focuses on the new service of the MSU Libraries, Achievement Studio Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (ASPIRE). This interdisciplinary space in Duane G. Meyer Library allows students and faculty to utilize emerging technologies, collaborate on research and curricular enhancements, increase workplace readiness, and support regional economic innovation. Jessica will discuss how ASPIRE began, what we have learned along…

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Cricut Training Would you like to learn more about Meyer Library’s new Cricut Maker™ machines? Our training sessions will explore using the Cricut for displays, window clings, bookmarks, cards, personal projects, and more! Each attendee will take home a creation of their own. Reserve your spot now!   Additional resources: https://heyletsmakestuff.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialCricut https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3d8MjmqeSBt8j9oRwSYcIw https://lovesvg.com/    

Join us for an evening exploring the issues surrounding water quality, land use and natural resources of the Ozarks. This program will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7-9 p.m. in the Library Center auditorium on S. Campbell. At 7 p.m., contributing authors will read excerpts from the anthology “Living Ozarks: The Ecology and Culture of a Natural Place,” interspersed with traditional Ozarks music performed by area musicians. At 7:45 p.m. a panel of local environmental experts and Ozarks…

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Material digitized from the Katherine G. Lederer Ozarks African American History Collection (M 35) and included in Missouri State University’s Digital Collections is also accessible through the Umbra Search portal, which aggregates digitized material related to African American history from across the country. Umbra Search African American History makes African American history more broadly accessible through a freely available widget and search tool, umbrasearch.org; digitization of African American materials across University of Minnesota collections; and support of students, educators, artists, and the public…

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The MSU Libraries offered a badging course in Fall 2018 introducing students to emerging technologies that they can apply to their specialization and everyday thinking.  The course (LIS397) was taught by Sue Reichling, Brooks Travis, Joshua Lambert, and Jir Shin Boey and covered four different aspects of emerging technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, and 3D printing/design.  Students had hands-on experience trying out virtual and augmented reality technology in the library, learning programming environments for robotics, and working with simple CAD programs for modeling…

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New delivery procedures mail and parcels are in effect at Meyer Library. Delivery points have been coordinated for all Library Units and building partners. No longer a need to pick up mail in the receiving room by the loading dock. It now will be delivered directly to library units and building partners. The mail slots in the receiving room will be removed soon. Incoming Deliveries: Daily mail and other deliveries are brought to Room 007 in the northeast corner of…

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Rachel Besara will be carrying the banner for Missouri State University Libraries, giving two presentations at the Association of College & Research Libraries Conference. The ACRL Conference is highly selective, with posters having a 35% acceptance rate and panels having a 27% acceptance rate, and we will be represented in both categories. The first is a panel presentation on April 11 — A Leader in a Strange Land: Adjusting to Life as an Administrator in a New Institution with Michelle Demeter from New York University, Ginger Williams from…

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The master’s theses and other scholarship created here at Missouri State University, have a new digital home in BearWorks, the institutional repository of MSU. BearWorks, a service of the MSU Libraries, is a growing compilation of research, scholarship, and publications done at Missouri State. It has been receiving heavy use, when measured by the number of copies downloaded. The top five theses, in terms of number of downloads per day to date, are listed below. 3,160: Horse-Stealing and Man-Hanging: an Examination…

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In April Dr. Melinda Hammerschmidt, first grade instructor at Greenwood Lab School, and Dea Borneman, head of Haseltine Library in Greenwood, will receive the Missouri Association of School Librarians TLC (teacher/librarian collaboration) Award. Melinda and Dea reimagined a traditional study of famous Americans in order to explore a more diverse group of individuals and then implemented the project with Greenwood first grade students last year. An article, “Inspiring Americans: Creating a Community of Engaged Citizens in the First Grade,” and a…

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