Missouri State Giving Day 2025

The MSU Libraries: Making a Difference

Student Success

• Voted by Students as the Best Place to Study
• Voted by Student the Best Campus Service
• Vocal booth (for making podcasts, demo musical recordings}
• One-button Studio (for making “better than mobile phone” short videos)

Teaching and Learning

• Active learning, high-tech classrooms
• AA-OER (Affordable, Accessible Open Educational Resources)

Faculty Research and Publication

• BearWorks: MSU’s institutional repository of theses, dissertations, and other faculty publications
• Ketida: innovative web-based book production platform  

Ozarks Studies Institute

• OzarksWatch Magazine
• Ozarks Book Series (forthcoming: History of Bull Creek)
• Ozark Jubilee Recordings and Collections
• Kentwood Series (second Tues. of each month at 7:00)

Inclusive Excellence

• Different voices and perspectives within our book collections

Partnerships

• National
  • Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Summer 2023)
  • National Park Service Research Route 66 group (Centennial in 2026)
• State
  • MO Division of Tourism
  • Missouri Humanities
• Local
  • History Museum on the Square
  • Springfield Greene County Library District