News Articles
Fall 2024 Insight: Michigan State University Libraries Magazine now available
January 08, 2025
Elise Jajuga
This edition features stories on the collaboration between MSU Extension and MSU Libraries in bridging science communication statewide through service, internship opportunities available at MSU Libraries for young adults with disabilities through Spartan Project SEARCH, a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation efforts in reviving a rare 16th-century cartography text, and more!
MSU Libraries newly renovated Special Collections space now operational, including previously paused services
December 20, 2024
Elise Jajuga
Beginning Jan. 6, the new home of the MSU Libraries' Stephen O. Murray & Keelung Hong Special Collections on the third floor of the Main Library’s East Wing will be in operation after undergoing a transformational $13.8M renovation.
MSU Libraries yearbook digitization project makes 128 years of MSU history publicly accessible online
October 14, 2024
Elise Jajuga
Michigan State University alumni will now be able to access campus memories from across the globe as the MSU Yearbook collection at the MSU Libraries has recently been digitized, with 128 class albums from 1877 onward available online.
MSU Libraries receives $1M in congressional funding to support digitization of early WKAR film footage
October 04, 2024
Elise Jajuga
EAST LANSING, Mich., Oct. 2024 – The Michigan State University Libraries was recently awarded a Congressionally-Directed grant through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in the amount of $1 million to support a unique digitization project that will ensure the preservation of early Michigan public television footage for years to come.
Fall 2024 Message from the Dean
September 16, 2024
Please allow me to extend a hearty welcome to you all as we enter the new academic year! I hope that the summer months provided a chance to recharge and relax. The MSU Libraries ishappy to see our students back on campus, and I wanted to take a moment to share some important updates as we look ahead to an energetic semester.
MSU Libraries’ textbooks and course materials programs offer variety of no-cost, low-cost options for classroom resources
August 20, 2024
Elise Jajuga
The start of the semester can bring a variety of stressors, but one that Michigan State University Libraries is helping to mitigate is the high cost of course materials for both students and faculty.
MSU Libraries begins Special Collections move, puts select services on hold
August 01, 2024
Elise Jajuga
This month the MSU Libraries Stephen O. Murray & Keelung Hong Special Collections will begin the process of relocating to the third floor of the Main Library’s East Wing.
Behind-the-scenes conservation efforts at MSU Libraries revive rare 16th-century cartography text
July 24, 2024
Elise Jajuga
EAST LANSING, Mich., July 2024 – For over 70 years, the Michigan State University Libraries’ 1535 “Ptolemy’s Geographia” was kept under wraps because of its fragile condition. Now, thanks to the work of Conservation Librarian Garrett Sumner, the rare 16th-century cartography text has been restored and made available for use.
Spring 2024 Insight: The Newsletter for MSU Libraries
May 14, 2024
The MSU Libraries’ Spring 2024 issue of Insight is now available! This edition features stories on the establishment and legacy of our Cesar E. Chavez Collection, the lasting impact of Professor Emerita Jyotsna G. Singh’s endowment for our early modern collections, the launch of recent digital initiatives including the open access Turfgrass Information File database and the Harmful Language Remediation Working Group's efforts to address harmful language within the Libraries’ public catalog and other resource descriptions on campus, and more!
MSU Libraries to begin relocation of Special Collections in August, select services set to pause
April 24, 2024
Elise Jajuga
In August, the MSU Libraries Stephen O. Murray & Keelung Hong Special Collections will begin the process of relocating to the third floor of the Main Library’s East Wing. While this is an exciting phase of growth in the Libraries’ transformative reimagination plan, we will also need to put several services on pause to accommodate the move. Access to our Special Collections will be closed for about 12 weeks beginning mid-August, which especially impacts faculty who use these materials for research as well as classes that use these materials for instruction.