News Articles
MSU Libraries receives significant estate gift to support culinary collection
March 21, 2024
Elise Jajuga
EAST LANSING, Mich., March 2024 – Marilynn and Sheila Brass are leaving another indelible mark on the Stephen O. Murray & Keelung Hong Special Collections with one of the largest estate pledges in the history of the Michigan State University Libraries.
MSU Libraries Student Art Contest
March 08, 2024
Terrie Wilson
The MSU Libraries Student Art Contest is underway! Any enrolled undergraduate or graduate student may enter. Two cash prizes will be awarded. For full contest details, please see lib.msu.edu/artcontest
Spring 2024 Message from the Dean
March 04, 2024
Welcome! I hope the spring break provided a good opportunity for some rest and relaxation amid a busy semester. The MSU Libraries has also seen a lively term, and as we look ahead I wanted to take a moment to share some important updates.
MSU Libraries and WRAC bring award-winning Michigan author to campus for "An Evening with Bonnie Jo Campbell"
February 05, 2024
Elise Jajuga
This month the Michigan State University Libraries in partnership with the MSU Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures will be welcoming National Book Award finalist and Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell for a discussion and book signing featuring Campbell’s latest novel “The Waters.”
MSU Libraries and CAL partner to celebrate Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
February 02, 2024
Elise Jajuga
This month the Michigan State University Libraries and the College of Arts and Letters’ Digital Humanities program are partnering to honor the birthday of Frederick Douglass on Feb. 14 with the Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon as part of the nationally celebrated Love Data Week.
Reimagining MSU Libraries: Early 2024 Construction Update
January 08, 2024
Terri Miller
January marked the end of two major construction projects in the Main Library: the installation of the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation and the MSU Libraries Starbucks.
MSU Libraries works to eliminate harmful language across local and national catalogs
November 14, 2023
Elise Jajuga
The work that MSU Libraries employees are doing to address harmful language within the public catalog and other resource descriptions on campus has been translated to a national level.
MSU Press Appoints New Director Elizabeth Demers
November 07, 2023
Nicole Utter
Elizabeth Demers has joined Michigan State University Press as director, completing a full-circle journey in publishing that brings her back to where she started her career as a graduate assistant.
Fall 2023 Insight: The Newsletter for MSU Libraries
October 25, 2023
Elise Jajuga
The MSU Libraries’ Fall 2023 issue of Insight is now available! Read about the reimagination of our spaces and services; alumni support of both the Libraries and the MSU Honors College; recent notable exhibits in our Main Gallery; the new collection of MSU Student Horticulture Association materials within University Archives & Historical Collections; African studies journals available at the MSU Press; and more!
Fall 2023 Message from the Dean
October 11, 2023
Welcome! As we approach the midpoint of the Fall semester, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and to share some important MSU Libraries updates.