OverDrive, our library’s digital reading platform, announced a new program called Black Lives Matter: Community Reads (https://bit.ly/3drclad). These #ownvoices titles will be made available to libraries at no cost and will be available for you to access instantly with no waitlists or holds: “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander “The Hate U […]
During the Livingston Lord Library’s COVID-19 closure, we will continue to provide Course Reserves service for faculty, but with new temporary procedures in place as physical reserves are no longer accessible for use. The library is limited to digitizing, providing ebooks, and searching for ebook alternatives for requested items. Processing and response times will be slower due to limited staffing […]
MSUM faculty were awarded $19,561 (full funding) for their Minnesota Innovation Grant “Shark Tank” Presentation, “Finding Refuge: Using GIS Technology to unite natural, historical, cultural, and creative experiences in the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.” The Finding Refuge grant committee includes: Professor Travis Dolence (Distance Learning/Web Librarian), Professor Alex Fogarty (Graphic Communications), Professor Tonya “TJ” Hansen (Economics), Dr. David Kramer (Technical […]
Dragon staff member Karen Joan Kohoutek has published an essay titled “The Hand of the Invisible: On August Strindberg and the Weird” in the Spring 2020 issue of the journal “Wormwood.” This British publication focuses on critique of fantasy, supernatural, and decadent literature. A technician at the Livingston Lord Library, Kohoutek is also an alumni of MSUM’s MFA in Creative […]
The Livingston Lord Library is now offering pickup of physical items on a limited basis. For hours and procedures, as well as information on all the services still offered by the library, visit https://libguides.mnstate.edu/COVID-19/pickup.