Current Strategic Initiatives

The MSU Libraries are in the process of developing and hiring a new position of Scholarly Communications Librarian. The MSU Libraries have never had a position solely focused on the ever-expanding scholarly communications landscape, and this…

The MSU Libraries recently implemented a new program of travel fellowships to support the needs of visiting scholars whose research would benefit from on-site access to materials housed in Special Collections. Any researcher (including undergraduate…

Per their website, the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) is a gateway to graduate education at Big Ten Academic Alliance universities. The goal of the program is to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue graduate…

The pilot program for our first Supervisor Community of Practice cohorts launched last fall. This year we have two cohorts of 6 librarian and support staff supervisors. We meet once a month for a year long program to read chapters from a book called…

The exhibit “Women at MSU: 150 Groundbreaking Years” in the Special Collections Gallery celebrates 150 years since the first women were admitted to what is now Michigan State University. The project brings together colleagues and materials from the…