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Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.
Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.
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Michigan State University Libraries
Collection Strategies and Preservation
366 W. Circle Dr.
East Lansing , MI 48824
United States

Division of Collection Strategies & Preservation

The MSU Libraries Division of Collection Strategies & Preservation supports the research, teaching, and practice of the university community.  

Library staff work in multiple specialized units in the division and across divisions to select, purchase, provide access to and preserve information resources in diverse formats while communicating with campus users about needs.  Orders for resources are handled by the Technical Service Division (acquisitions, processing and cataloging).  

Unit heads include:

  • Eric Alstrom –   Head of Conservation & Preservation
  • Susan Kendall – Head of Collection Strategies
  • Leslie McRoberts – Head of  Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections
  • Leslie McRoberts (interim) – Head of University Archives & Historical Collections
  • Diane Warner – Electronic Resources Coordinator