L IB R A RY L INKS
FALL 2010
Volume 10 Issue 1
Starkville Mayor Opens 2010-11 Collins Speaker Series
For its first fall semester
installment of the Morris W.H.
“Bill” Collins Speaker Series,
MSU Libraries hosted Starkville,
Miss., Mayor Parker Wiseman
on September 16, 2010 in the
Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music
Museum Conference Room.
Dean of Libraries, Frances
Coleman, welcomed guests to the
afternoon presentation, and Dr.
Gary Jackson, Interim Associate
VP for Academic Affairs brought
an official welcome from the
University.
MSU Executive Director for
Campus Operations, Amy Tuck,
introduced Mayor Wiseman, who
spoke to those assembled of his
college years, his campaign for
Mayor, and his experiences so far
as Starkville’s Mayor.
Mayor Wiseman’s father and
Director of the John C. Stennis
Institute of Government, Dr.
Marty Wiseman, shared a few
special remarks in response to
the Mayor’s presentation, and
Grace Craig, current President
of MSU’s Stennis Montgomery
Association adjourned the event.
Mayor Parker Wiseman speaks at Collins Speaker Series.
Wiseman, a Starkville
native, received the entirety of
his elementary and secondary
education from the Starkville
public schools, graduating from
Starkville High School in 1999.
Wiseman attended Mississippi
State University on the John
C. Stennis Scholarship and, in
2002, was elected president
of the Student Association.
Wiseman attended graduate
school beginning in 2003
at the University of North
Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill,
where he earned a masters in
public administration from the
UNC School of Government.
Beginning in 2005, Wiseman
spent three years earning a juris
doctorate at the University of
Mississippi, serving during
his tenure there as president of
the Law School Student Body.
Wiseman and his wife, the
former Lindsey Smith, were
married on August 16, 2008.
In July of 2009, Wiseman was
sworn in as mayor of Starkville.
The Morris W.H. (Bill)
Collins Speaker Series is
sponsored by MSU Libraries,
MSU’s John C. Stennis Institute
of Government, the Stennis
Center for Public Service, the
Congressional and Political
Research Center, and the Stennis
Montgomery Association. The
Collins Speaker Series brings
leading figures of the day to the
Mississippi State University
campus to engage in close,
personal discussions about their
lives and careers.
University Libraries Honors, Bids Farewell to Nine Colleagues
On June 30, more than 185
years of service walked out the
doors of the Mississippi State
University Libraries as nine
people accepted the University’s
offer for early retirement. And
like so many departments on
campus, the faculty and staff
of the Libraries were happy for
their colleagues, but sad to see
them go.
The Library Administrative
Council hosted a reception to
honor the nine retirees.
During the event, which
was attended by past and current
university employees, as well as
colleagues and family members
of the retirees, each person was
Retiree Betty Self (left photo) shares a moment with colleagues (l-r) Dr. John Marszalek, Ryan Semmes
and Dr. Mike Ballard, while retiree Debra Fairbrother (right photo) shares a laugh with Hank Moseley.
presented a gift of appreciation
from Frances Coleman, Dean of
the Libraries.
The retirees were also
introduced and honored by a
colleague or supervisor during
the formal program. The event
concluded with a reception.
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Fourth-annual Ragtime Festival a Huge Success
Turn-of-the-century melodies were once
again brought into modern focus when the
Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival
returned to Mississippi State University’s
Mitchell Memorial Library on March 26th
and 27th, 2010. The Festival, sponsored
by the MSU Libraries and the Charles H.
Templeton, Sr. Music Museum for its fourth
year, brought over 250 guests from over 10
states across the country to the Starkville,
Mississippi, campus for concerts, intimate
talks-at-the-piano, and tours of the Charles
H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum. Daytime
Festival events were featured in the Museum,
and evening concerts were held in MSU’s
historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium.
Nationally known and highly regarded
ragtime musicians Frederick Hodges, Carl
Sonny Leyland, Adam Swanson, and Terry
Waldo entertained and enlightened the
Festival attendees with music and insight
into the world of ragtime. New York-based
musicologist and collector, David A. Jasen,
in addition to co-coordinating the event,
served as Festival master of ceremonies and
led in-depth tours and discussions of the
Templeton Collection.
Prior to the kick-off of the weekend
Festival, 18-year-old piano talent, Adam
Swanson, visited local Starkville elementary
schools to share his musical passion with
students. Hundreds of students experienced
Swanson’s dynamic piano stylings and
listened as he shared with them some of the
pieces’ history. Swanson’s visit with the
Starkville schools continues the Festival’s
annual outreach efforts to bring more
attention to the Templeton Collection at
MSU Libraries and to take the music of the
Collection to where the students are.
The Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz
Festival is sponsored annually in part by a
grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission,
a state agency, and the National Endowment
for the Arts, a federal agency. Other
sponsors include the Starkville Area Arts
Leyland (left) and Hodges in Concert.
Council, Starkville Rotary Club, and the
Starkville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Scholars recognized with Montgomery Leadership Awards
In recognition of their outstanding character, leadership skills, and
high academic achievement, three MSU scholars were honored on
April 8, 2010, with G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Leadership Awards
and Scholarships.
Akida McKinley, a Jackson, MS, native majoring in psychology,
has been involved with the Day One Leadership Program and the
Appalachian Leadership Honors Program (ALHP). McKinley has
worked with various after-school programs for underprivileged youth,
the Studio School mentoring program for junior-high students, and
a host of other MSU- and Starkville-sponsored activities. McKinley
was recognized for her passion to serve others, to uplift and promote
integrity in her fellow students, and to improve herself personally and
professionally.
Huntsville, AL, native Brian Sells enrolled at MSU in 2006 on an
Army ROTC scholarship, majoring in economics. With the Army
ROTC, Sells participated in the Ranger Challenge Team, Color Guard,
and Ranger Company and was inducted into Scabbard & Blade (a
highly selective, national joint service honor society for military
cadets). Sells has participated in Drill Cadet Leadership Training at Ft.
Benning, GA, and the Leadership Development Assessment Course
at Ft. Lewis, WA. Sells’ leadership philosophy is to lead by example
and to set the standard for others to follow. His awards include the
Reserve Officers Association Award, Superior Cadet Decoration, and
MSII Instructors Award for leadership excellence.
Jonathan Ross Simon, a MSU junior majoring in operational
meteorology, is very involved in MSU AFROTC and has served as
Physical Training squadron commander, as Honor Guard commander,
and as General Military Course advisor. At MSU, Simon has worked
with Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club, Relay for Life, and
Camp Seminole with the Boy Scouts of America. Simon’s numerous
awards include the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award,
the Reserve Officers Association Award, AS 100 Cadet of the Year, AS
200 Cadet of the Year, and the Arnold Air Society Chennault Trophy.
MSU President, Dr. Mark Keenum, addressed the honorees, their
MSU President Mark Keenum (second from left) poses for a
photograph with the 2010 G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Leadership
Award recipients (l to r) Simon, McKinley, and Sells.
family and friends, and many special guests in attendance, and Bob
Bailey, President of the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation,
shared the scholarship awards with the honorees.
The G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation was established over
10 years ago to carry forward Montgomery’s legacy; to encourage
leadership development, education, and excellence in scholarship;
and to support various military and veteran projects and needs. Each
year, the Montgomery Foundation awards a medallion and scholarship
to an outstanding student in the Army ROTC, the Air Force ROTC,
and the Appalachian Leadership Honor Society at Mississippi State
University.
For more information on the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery
Leadership Awards Scholarship Presentation and on MSU Libraries,
please visit http://library.msstate.edu.
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New e-Readers Bring Microforms Into 21st Century
MSU Libraries have two new microform e-Readers – one in the
Government Documents, Microforms, and Current Journals Area
and a second machine in Special Collections. These Minolta MS
6000mkII machines and accompanying computers have brought
the world of microfilm and microfiche into the 21st century. Users
can now download the microform images of their needed research
to a jump drive or e-mail the pages to their e-mail accounts – all at
no charge. Libraries personnel are on hand to give patrons a quick
lesson on how to use the new machines and assist users if needed.
Also attached to these new e-Readers are new laser printers giving
users the option to print copies of their images.
LaDonne Delgado, Coordinator of Government Documents says,
“In such tough economic times, we are pleased to offer an easier and
more economical alternative for faculty and students to obtain their
research documents. The savings in paper helps our supplies budget
and shows that we are doing our part to go ‘green.’”
The Libraries are also using this new technology when delivering
materials to other libraries via InterLibrary Loan. “Using this new
machine, we can send materials requested by other institutions
electronically,” says Pam Beaty, Government Documents Library
Assistant.
Visit the MSU Libraries and let us show you the new age of
microforms as well as all of our additional valuable resources and
services. Contact LaDonne Delgado at 325-7660 or ldelgado@
library.msstate.edu should you have questions about this or any
government document, microform, or current journal resource or
service.
Librarian Teaches Financial Literacy Class as Part of FYP
Library Faculty
and Business Reference
Librarian, Judy Li, is
teaching a Financial
Literacy course as part
of the MSU Freshman
Year Program this 2010
Fall Term. The MSU
Freshman Year Program
Judy Li
helps freshmen with many
of the transitional issues they face during
their first academic year in college while also
attempting to build community.
The course is titled “Money Talks” and
is designed to address fundamental personal
financial literacy principles for college
freshmen. It will give freshmen an overview
of personal finance in their transitional
period to assist them in making good money
decisions and will introduce students to
resources related to financial literacy. Real
world topics will also be covered including
Webinar Looks at Copyright
Copyright affects a wide
range of activities in higher
education – from distributing
copies of articles in a classroom
to showing movies in the
Student Union.
While educational use of
copyrighted materials is often
allowed, it is not the case that all
educational uses are permitted
under copyright law.
To help MSU faculty and
staff to better understand
copyright law, the MSU
Libraries hosted a series of
three copyright webinars by
nationally renowned copyright
scholars Kevin L. Smith (Duke
University), Donna L. Ferullo
(Purdue University), and Steven
J. McDonald (Rhode Island
School of Design).
The webinars, held
from April 12-16, included
sessions entitled Copyright for
Classroom Teaching, Copyright
Regulations Outside the
Classroom, and Faculty Rights
Under Copyright Law.
As an ongoing resource
on copyright for the MSU
community, the MSU Libraries
maintains a Copyright and Fair
Use website available at http://
guides.library.msstate.edu/
copyright. Here you will find
information on MSU copyright
policies as well as links to other
useful copyright resources.
money management, use of checking and
saving accounts, spending and student loans,
budget setting, debt and credit management
as well as how to evaluate and understand
insurance and taxes.
“The principles learned in this
course will allow students to develop a
comprehensive personal financial plan,
money management skills and develop a
responsible attitude about money in real life
situations” said Li.
MegaResource Workshop
On February 19, the MSU Libraries hosted the 2010
MegaResource School Librarian Workshop, coordinated by Dr.
Deborah Lee, Professor and Coordinator of MSU Libraries’
Instructional Services. The keynote presentation of this annual
professional development event was delivered by Shelley Bock
(Curriculum Technology Specialist, Starkville School District),
whose talk was entitled “Collaboration: The Key to School Wide
Success.” This was followed by opportunities to keep current on
electronic resources available through MAGNOLIA (Mississippi
Alliance for Gaining New Opportunities Through Library
Information Access) as well as to sharpen their skills with
PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications. Additional
sessions covered such diverse topics as copyright, graphic
novels, and Web 2.0 technologies, and continuing education
units were available for attendees.
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Marszalek Library Fund, Lecture Series Continues
The John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Library Fund and Lecture
Series continued at MSU Libraries on Wednesday, March 24,
2010, at 2:00 p.m. in Mitchell Memorial Library’s John Grisham
Room. Featured lecturers for this installment of the Series were
Virginia Center for Civil War Studies program director, William
C. “Jack” Davis, and MSU doctoral student, James S. Kinsey. Dr.
Davis’ presentation was entitled “General Grant’s Grandson and
the Awakening of a Historian,” and Mr. Kinsey’s presentation
was entitled “Lost Limbs and Livelihood in the Mississippi Hill
Country: Disabled Confederate Veterans and their Families in
Rural Communities, 1863-1890.”
William C. “Jack” Davis is a professor of history at
Virginia Tech University and consulting editor for Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania’s Stackpole Books. Davis holds degrees from
California’s Sonoma State College (now University) and is
recognized nationally as a preeminent Civil War authority.
Featured regularly on various History Channel programs, Davis is
the author of more than 50 books and of numerous documentary
screenplays. A former National Historical Society president,
Davis has served as a consultant for several television and film
productions, including “The Blue and the Gray,” “North and
South,” “George Washington,” and “The Perfect Tribute.” A
Society of American Historians Fellow, he is a three-time winner
of the Jefferson Davis Award, given for book-length works on
Confederate history. Davis’ most recent work is The Pirates
Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
(Harcourt, 2005).
Mr. Kinsey holds a bachelor’s degree in social welfare from
the University of Arkansas and a master’s degree in history from
Jackson State University.
The John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Library Fund and
Lecture Series was established in 2002 by John F. and Jeanne A.
Marszalek and by the Mississippi State University Libraries to
encourage use of primary source materials related to American
History, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jacksonian America,
and Race Relations. The Series includes papers presented by
university students and a lecture by an established historian of
national reputation. The Marszalek Library Fund is a special fund
used annually to purchase primary source materials to be added to
the holdings of Mitchell Memorial Library.
William C. “Jack” Davis presents “General Grant’s Grandson and the
Awakening of a Historian” during the 2010 Marszalek Lecture Series.
MSU President Mark E. Keenum, (l to r) Marszalek Library Fund and
Lecture Series featured lecturer,William C. “Jack” Davis, and MSU
Libraries’ John F. Marszalek pose for a photograph after Dr. Davis’
presentation.
9th Annual MidSouth eResource Symposium
Amanda Price, symposium co-chair, speaking at Symposium
On September 16, 2010, Mississippi State University Libraries hosted
the 9th Annual MidSouth eResource Symposium. Librarians, library
students, and library staff throughout the Southeast gathered to learn and to
share their experiences related to serials and electronic resources. Featured
speakers addressed a wide range of issues, including print collection
management and preservation, measuring and communicating the value of
library resources, the role of e-books, electronic resources work flows, and
e-resource standards and initiatives.
The positive evaluations submitted by the attendees confirmed the
success of this one-day conference. Attendees took back to their libraries
valuable information on the management of e-resources, as well as practical
solutions and advice to meet these challenges, and will be looking forward
to learning more about the changing world of electronic resources at next
year’s Symposium.
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MSU Libraries Partner With Model Security Council
Mississippi State University is home to the Mississippi Model
Security Council (MMSC), a conference hosted every February.
For the past thirty-two years, high school students from around
Mississippi spend a weekend assuming the roles of United Nations
Security Council diplomats, debating important issues of international
concern. The conference is organized and hosted by MSU students,
representing a broad range of majors, interests, and backgrounds.
Library users routinely seek information on cultures, conflicts, and
a host of other international issues. Beginning in 2001, in an effort to
better assist our community, both at MSU and throughout the state,
the Mississippi State University Libraries became a United Nations
depository library.
This collection serves as a resource to anyone looking for
information on the social, political, and economic activity of the UN’s
Member-States.
In 2008, Jason D. Phillips from MSU Libraries formed a
partnership with the organizational sponsors, Dr. Jeffrey Cavanaugh
and Ms. Tonya Neaves, to promote awareness and use of our UN
resources. This partnership has taken the form of logistical and
organizational assistance in the time leading up to the conference,
library instruction sessions for the college student organizers, and
hosting receptions for visiting teachers and diplomats.
The 32nd Annual Mississippi Model Security Council took
place from Thursday, February 24 – to Saturday, February 26. For
Jason D. Phillips leads a discussion on the 2010 Mississippi Model
Security Council.
the first time this year, the high school sponsors participated in a
library instruction session on UN resources. After the session, the
Library played host to Ambassador Bismarck Myrick, Former U.S.
Ambassador to Lesotho and Liberia, in a reception for him and the
school teachers sponsored by the Department of Political Science and
Public Administration.
MSU Libraries Hosts Annual Grant Association Meeting
For the second straight year, the Ulysses
S. Grant Association (USGA) held its annual
meeting in MSU’s Mitchell Memorial
Library. Attendees came from as far away as
Great Britain, Canada, and Washington state
and as close as Starkville, Mississippi.
Battling stormy weather, they registered,
toured Mitchell Memorial Library, viewed the
display cases highlighting Grant Association
activity, and enjoyed a reception at the
Hampton Inn (though briefly ordered into a
corridor for fear of a tornado).
On Sunday evening, over one hundred
USGA members, University guests, and
community residents attended the annual
meeting’s opening banquet in MSU Libraries’
John Grisham Room.
Notably absent was USGA president,
Chief Justice (ret.) Frank J. Williams, who
was unable to fly out of the Providence
Airport. Justice Williams participated, though,
by speaker-phone.
MSU President, Mark Keenum, welcomed
the guests and declared Justice Williams an
“honorary bulldog,” and Starkville Mayor
Parker Wiseman presented the Justice with a
proclamation from the City.
The Grant Association itself named the
Justice co-recipient of the first Ulysses S.
Grant Association – John Y. Simon Award of
Merit. Dean of Libraries, Frances Coleman,
was the other co-recipient for her continued
efforts on behalf of USGA.
MSU President Mark E. Keenum visits with “President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant” during the
Grant Association’s 2010 Meeting held in the Library. The famous couple were portrayed by
Larry and Connie Clowers of Gettysburg, PA.
Williams and Coleman both received
engraved presentation bowls, which are
reproductions of the china President and Mrs.
Grant used in the White House.
In her keynote address during the
evening’s dinner, Pam Sanfillipo, historian at
the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site,
St. Louis, MO, discussed the different ways
that history remembers Grant and Robert E.
Lee.
On Monday, guests visited Vicksburg, MS,
where they toured the National Military Park
under the direction of park historian and
published author Terry Winschel. Guests
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Librarians Present at National, Regional Conferences
Poster sessions were first introduced to the American Library
Association at its 1982 Annual Conference in Philadelphia as an
effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to
communicate ideas, research, and programs.
Since that time, Mississippi State University Librarians have not
only learned much from others’ poster sessions, but have shared
their own innovative ideas, services and research as presenters at
national and regional conferences. Over the past seven months, MSU
Libraries have presented posters sessions at several highly-attended
conferences, including:
American Library Association Poster Session
Rejecting Anonymity and Embracing Community:
Virtual Reference Services at Mississippi State
June 26, 2010
Presented by David Nolen, Amanda Clay Powers, Li Zhang, Yue Xu,
Judy Li, and Rachel Cannady
In 2008, chat coverage by the Association of Southeastern
Research Libraries consortium ceased, and Mississippi State
University Libraries began offering chat locally. By using chat
software instead of instant messaging technology, the MSU Libraries’
Virtual Reference Service has adopted a philosophy of building
relationships within the university community, instead of promoting
patron anonymity. The software has allowed MSU Libraries to collect
meaningful statistics about virtual reference patrons. Through analysis
of collected data from chat and email transactions, librarians at MSU
have been able to determine the distribution of faculty members,
graduate students, and undergraduate students who are using the
virtual reference services.
Additionally, the data provide a picture of what departments were
the heaviest virtual reference users, and which departments used
the service sparingly, if at all. Representing these data in charts and
graphs provides an interesting comparison with other studies of virtual
reference usage. They also provide information on where marketing
strategies have been successful and shed light on potentially underserved patron communities within the university, which is useful
for librarians in their reference and liaison roles. Application of this
information helps the MSU Libraries target their efforts to enhance
understanding of patron satisfaction and information needs.
American Library Association Poster Session
Graphic Novels on Campus: Academic Collaboration
and Outreach To The K-12 Community
June 26, 2010
Presented by Elizabeth Downey and Karen Davidson, Mississippi
State University Libraries
The use of graphic novels in the K-12 classroom is becoming
an essential component of library collections, not only for their
appeal to young people, but also as an important tool for teaching
literacy in the classroom. University libraries, in their mission to
provide research materials and training to future and current teachers
should collaborate with faculty on campus and reach out to the K-12
community. Using photographs and screen shots this poster session
will show how Mississippi State University Libraries created the
LibGuide “Graphic Novels in Education” and how the LibGuide
A large number of Libraries faculty presented poster sessions at national and regional conferences over the past year.
was used as a promotional tool for the graphic novel collection and
as a resource for educators, librarians, and future teachers within the
campus community and beyond. Photographs display outreach to
school librarians, introducing and highlighting various graphic novels
and their importance to the K-12 curriculum. Visual documentation
will show how an instruction librarian collaborated with a Curriculum
and Instruction professor to incorporate graphic novels into her
writing class, and from that session developed a collaborative
session presented at the MegaResource School Librarian Workshop.
This poster session will be of special interest to academic subject
specialists in education and related fields, school librarians, and future
educators and librarians.
Special Library Association Poster Session Linking Arms
during the Recession:Interdepartmental Collaboration in
Virtual Business Outreach Beyond University Borders
June 14, 2010
Presented by P. Judy Li, Jason D. Phillips and Christine Fletcher
The primary role of the business librarian is to serve business
faculty and students; however, the need for business information is
pervasive and important to other academic disciplines as well as the
general public. This is particularly true for land-grant institutions
that promote learning, research, and service to all sectors of the
state’s diverse population. This poster presentation discusses the
collaboration between two Government Documents librarians and a
Business librarian at Mississippi State University Libraries to serve
both the academic and public communities.
These individuals worked in an interdepartmental effort to respond
to the demand for information about the recession and recovery
resources by utilizing new technologies to create two recession-related
LibGuides: “Economic/Financial Crisis” and “Living in Recession.”
These LibGuides provide information about the origins and current
developments of the recession. They are also comprehensive
bibliographies of federal and state resources for economic information
and assistance. These LibGuides have received a tremendous
response from patrons in academia and the public as well as fellow
librarians around the world.
Need a workshop tailored for your class?
Call Stephanie or Thomas at 325-8867 and ask for a Professor Booked Workshop!
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 Retiree
continued from page1
Retiring employees included:
Pam Berberette
Two years
School of Architecture
Jackson Center Library
Glen Berry
Sixteen years
Building Services
Debra Fairbrother
Twenty-five years
Dean’s Office
Nationally-renowned speaker and “mover and shaker” Jason
Griffey was the keynote speaker for the 2010 MSU Libraries
Emerging Technologies Summit. Head of Library Information
Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
Griffey is the author of two books, a columnist for the ALA
Techsource blog and was named one of Library Journal’s
Movers & Shakers in 2009. Nearly 100 librarians attended this
year’s Summit.
Dr. Missy Hopper (left) signs a copy of her children’s book
Peggy Sue and the Pepper Patch for a friend during Hopper’s
September 1st reception in Mitchell Memorial Library’s John
Grisham Room.
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continued from page5
visited the Old Court House Museum and
completed the day at the Duff Green Mansion,
where they heard Dr. Tamara Smith, noted
historian from California, speak on Ulysses
S. Grant and favorite Union general James B.
McPherson.
On Tuesday morning, during the USGA
board of directors meeting in the John
Grisham Room, the Board praised the spirit
of cooperation among MSU Libraries, the
Faye Fulgham
Nine years
Instructional Media Center
Cindy Harris
Twenty-six years
Reference
Lynne Mueller
Thiry-one years
Special Collections
Judy Riden
Thirty years
Technical Services
Betty Self
Twenty-five years
Congressional and Political
Research Center
Brenda Valentine
Twenty-one years
Access Services
MSU Alumni Activities’ Associate Director Libba Andrews (left) visits with
author John Aubrey Anderson (right) during Anderson’s June 29th book
signing and reception in Mitchell Memorial Library’s John Grisham Room for
his latest novel, The Cool Woman.
University, and the USGA. They were also
pleased to hear that the supplementary volume
of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant is one-third
complete and should be in press by the end
of 2010. A high point of the meeting was a
presentation, attended by both board members
and University and Starkville guests, by Larry
and Connie Clowers of Gettysburg, PA, in
their portrayal of General and Mrs. Grant.
John F. Marszalek, executive director
and managing editor of the USGA, thanked
Libraries faculty and staff for their support
since the USGA’s arrival in December
2008. Marszalek particularly praised the
Congressional and Political Research Center’s
faculty and staff for their dedication to the
Grant Presidential Papers.
Perhaps the best symbol of the hard
work of Libraries personnel was the sight of
soaked Libraries staff holding umbrellas as
meeting attendees left vans in the pouring
rain to enter the building. USGA members
marveled at such dedication, and more than a
few expressed their happiness that the Grant
Presidential Collection was now at home at
Mitchell Memorial Library.
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Library Links Staff and Contributors...
Library Links is designed and published for faculty, staff,
and students of Mississippi State and the general public
by the Instructional Media Center at Mitchell Memorial
Library.
Editorial material should be sent to Brad Brazzeal,
[email protected], Lyle Tate, ltate@library.
msstate.edu, or Bob Wolverton, Jr., bwolverton@library.
msstate.edu.
Co-Editors:
Brad Brazzeal
Associate Professor, Reference Librarian
Lyle Tate
Special Projects Coordinator
Bob Wolverton, Jr.
Associate Professor/Database Maintenance/Authority
Control Librarian
Layout:
Bobbie Huddleston
Instructional Media Center Specialist
Editorial Board:
Frances Coleman, Dean of Libraries
Stephen Cunetto, Administrator of Systems
Harry LLull, Associate Dean for Public Services
Pat Matthes, Interim Associate Dean for Technical Services
Additional contributors to the Fall 2010 edition of Library
Links include:
Debra Fairbrother
Thomas La Foe
Deborah Lee
John Marszalek
Summer Mord
Jason D. Phillips
Julie Shedd