After awarding nearly $27,000 in March to nine MSU faculty members to fund the creation and adaptation of Open Educational Resources (OER) course material, MSU Libraries are welcoming applications for a second round of OER Program Awards. Dean of Libraries Joseph A. Salem, Jr. said this round of awards is designed to provide financial incentives and support for instructors interested in adopting, adapting, or creating OER as an alternative to traditional textbooks; and it’s designed to support OER sustainability and large-scale implementation of OER. The goals of the...
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Courtesy of ASMSU’s Readership program, MSU faculty/staff and students now have access to digital editions of the Lansing State Journal, Detroit Free Press, and USA Today. Access to these journals is available via the A-Z journal list (no registration required).
Since ASMSU is still providing access to the NYTimes and WSJ with individual accounts (MSU email) required for those papers, MSU affiliates now have even greater access to popular media.
Further still, finding business articles has never been easier! Check out the 'Finding Business Articles' page on the Business...
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In the midst of a pandemic, MSU Libraries remain at the center of academic life at MSU, scanning materials to send electronically, mailing books, and even supporting art. They recently awarded $500 to Michael Matias Brimmer, an undergraduate student who won the annual MSU Libraries Art Contest. The winning work will be displayed in the Main Library and available for all to see when the building fully reopens. Dean of Libraries Joseph A. Salem, Jr. said the contest is a way for MSU Libraries to support students, create welcoming spaces in the Library, and collaborate with...
Continue reading "MSU Libraries Award $500 Prize to Winner of Art Contest"...Several MSU Libraries staff members were recognized for hard work and special contributions at an annual awards ceremony held (virtually) September 10. Dean of Libraries Josepth A. Salem, Jr. announced the staff awards at a Library forum and praised staff for their dedication and hard work. “As our strategic plan makes clear, we trust each other to do our best work,” Salem said. “These award recipients have done wonderful work this past year, and these awards give us a chance to recognize some among us who have initiated new projects, gone the extra mile, and worked...
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MSU Special Collections Archivist and Librarian Lydia Tang has received the 2020 Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award from the Society of American Archivists (SAA). The award celebrates and encourages early career archivists who have completed archival work of broad merit, demonstrated significant promise of leadership, and performed commendable service to the archives profession. Dean of Libraries Joseph A. Salem, Jr. said the award reflects Tang’s experience, knowledge, leadership, and achievements as well as...
Continue reading "MSU Librarian Receives Emerging Leader Award from the Society of American Archivists"...The leaves are starting to turn, Fall semester is starting soon and that means the return of MSU Libraries GIS workshops. For Fall 2020 all of our workshops will be held online. As usual, they are free and open to anyone who wants to attend. If you have any questions please contact Amanda Tickner via email: atickner@msu.edu
Make a Simple Color Shaded Map with QGIS
Friday, September 25th | 3:00-5:00
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This video provides a six-minute overview of MSU Map Library collections and services available during COVID-19 related building shutdowns. Instructors are encouraged to share this with students.
Mediaspace: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Introduction+to+the+MSU+Map+Library/1_l59w5f82
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dc9bDENWuSQ
Though our facility is closed, we still offer many online services and much of our collection is available. In this video we will walk around the library together. You can see some of the things we have. You may not know that we have just as many...
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The MSU Library has received the largest single cash donation in its history, a gift from research scientist Keelung Hong, PhD, in honor of his longtime partner Stephen O. Murray, a sociologist, anthropologist, and independent scholar who graduated from MSU’s James Madison College. Dean of Libraries Joseph A. Salem, Jr. said the donation will be used to renovate space on Three East in the Main Library and to move Special Collections to that floor.
“This gift is a tremendous act...
Continue reading "MSU Library Receives Largest Cash Donation in its History for Renovation and Relocation of Special..."...This blog post is based on two talks I gave at IASSIST in Austrailia and the Michigan State University Accessible Learning Conference in 2019. This is a sparsely published on subject and the talks and this blog post were/are meant to spark conversation on an under considered subject.
I do not write out my talks prior to giving them, I have basic notes and give presentations extemporaneously. The style of this blog post reflects that conversational tone.
My reason for giving presentations on this...
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MSU Middle East Studies Librarian Deborah Margolis has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award. Margolis will conduct research in partnership with Tomorrow’s Youth Organization in Palestine, the University of Jordan Libraries American Corner, and in the Digital Scholarship Lab at MSU Libraries as part of a project to encourage youth development and create relationships among college-age youth and among professionals from different parts of the world. Dean of Libraries Joseph A. Salem, Jr. said the award will give Margolis and others at MSU...
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