Montana State University Library

Montana State University Library

Type	Academic library
Established	January 1894
Location	Bozeman, Montana, US
Coordinates	45°40′00″N 111°02′56″W / 45.6667°N 111.0488°WCoordinates: 45°40′00″N 111°02′56″W / 45.6667°N 111.0488°W
Collection
Items collected	Books 523,937; E-Books 230,104; Gov Docs 114,000; Microforms-Audio-Video 2,210,828; Serial Subscription 15,615; Archives 3,651 feet (1,113 m) linear
Other information
Budget	$8,778,466 FY 2016[1]
Director	Kenning Arlitsch
Staff	56[2]
Website	www.lib.montana.edu

The Montana State University Library (MSU Library) is the academic library of Montana State University, Montana's land-grant university, in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It is the flagship library for all of the Montana State University System's campuses. In 1978, the library was named the Roland R. Renne Library to honor the sixth president of the university. The library supports the research and information needs of Montana's students, faculty, and the Montana Extension Service.

History

In January 1894, about seven months after Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was founded, the college began acquiring and housing a formal library collection for its students and faculty research use. For the first two years of the library's existence, students or instructors served part-time to provide library services. In 1896, Mabel Ruth Owens became the first full-time professional librarian to oversee the library's operations and collection development. In 1927, the library was moved to the second floor of Montana Hall.^[3]

Library in 1904

Library in 1950

In 1949, the library, its collection and research services were moved to a newly constructed 8,894 square feet (826.3 m²) library facility.^[4] After the transfer of nearly 100,000 volumes from various locations around campus the library officially opened its doors on January 9, 1950.^[5]

Shortly thereafter, the then University Librarian Lesley M. Heathcote described the new facility as "not especially inspiring to look at" and embarked on expanding both the library building and its collections.^[5] In August 1960, construction began on a new 125,000 square foot addition adjacent to the west side of the 1950 building.^[6] The basement and first floor of the new addition were opened on January 3, 1962 and the entire four-story new addition was completed for occupancy in November 1966. On October 14, 1978, the Montana State University library was officially named for Roland R. Renne, the university's sixth president.^[7] The Montana State University Renne Library Building is 112,000 square feet in size and has a seating capacity of 1,100 and a total staffing of 74 part-time and full-time employees.^[1]

In 2002, a significant three-year remodeling and seismic bracing were completed. The remodel included providing additional individual and group student study space, adding a new coffee bar and installing MSU alumnus Rudy Autio's ceramic sculpture Kosmos.^[8] A remodeling in 2011 transformed the entire first floor into an Information Commons. The newly reconfigured first floor opened up the area and added: movable furniture, multiple computer stations, portable classroom equipment, module group study rooms, increased power supply access for mobile devices, an expanded Writing Center, and Library Commons Technical Support staff to assist students and faculty with technical expertise. The Commons was designed and implemented to meet the needs of academic research faculty and students in the collaborative 21st-century information technology environment.^[9]

The library has over 100 computers, many scanners and printers for walk-in use, and flexible module setting, tables and configurable group-study work areas. Laptops, handhelds and digital cameras are available for student checkout and there are numerous power-stations available for recharging handheld devices. Included in the Library Commons along with the Brewed Awakening Coffee Bar and Writing Center, are Browse and Reading Areas of current issues of magazines, daily newspapers, new book acquisitions and two sections of recommended books, one by university faculty and the other by library staff.^[1]

Montana State University (MSU) Library Website gives students, faculty and the Montana community online access to Ask A Librarian online chat, the library catalog, digital collections, reserves, interlibrary loan, student group-room reservations, and online retrieval of e-books and academic journals.

Collections

Montana State University Library's collections include: books, e-books, digital media, multimedia, government documents, special collections, university archives, microform, and electronic and print academic, literary, and scientific journals and magazines.

Digital collections

There are several types of digital collections at Montana State University Library. One type includes collections held within the library's Special Collections that have been digitized for both online patron access and archival purposes, such as the early 20th century photographs by Thomas Brook and early Montana Extension Service Bulletins.

A second type of digital collection includes those that are unique born-digital and reformatted digitally scanned print research materials focused on a Montana State University's degree program such as the Department of Earth Sciences' Advanced Snow Science Degree in partnership with International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW), American Avalanche Association and Canadian Avalanche Center.^[10]

A third type of digital collection includes those collections culminating from a partnership grant to develop and distribute online research materials to faculty, students and the regional public. Examples of academic scholarly partnerships include the Range Science Information System (RSIS), an academic scholarly partnership project between Montana State University Library, the University of Idaho,^[11] and the University of Wyoming,^[12][13] and the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains Digital Collection, which was a partnership grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) with Little Big Horn College Library, MSU-Northern Library, MSU-Bozeman Library, MSU-Billings Library, and the Museum of the Rockies.^[14][15]

The library is also home to the Acoustic Atlas, a browsable collection of habitat and species sounds from throughout the Western United States. The Acoustic Atlas features the Yellowstone Collection, a curated compilation of field recordings as well as a podcast series highlighting America’s first national park. The growing audio collection aims to create new ways to experience the animals, landscapes and people of the area, by offering a freely accessible online archive of natural sounds, interviews and radio stories focused on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.^[16]

ScholarWorks

ScholarWorks is an open access institutional repository developed and maintained by the MSU Library for the collection, storage and online retrieval of Montana State University's intellectual work and scholarly output focused on Montana State University's mission of teaching, original research and community education initiatives.^[17]

Special Collections and University Archives

The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections contains more than 34,000 volumes and 1,200 linear feet of primary source original manuscript materials, historical documents, and photographs covering collections on the Yellowstone National Park and its region, Native American People of Montana and the Great Plains region, Montana and Western United States agriculture, ranching, engineering and architecture, Bud Lilly Trout & Salmonid Initiative Collection, and the Ivan Doig Archive.^[18][19] Access to the Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections is through the Burton K. Wheeler Reading Room.

Trout & Salmonidae Collection in Burton K. Wheeler Reading Room

• Ivan Doig Archive: Manuscripts, proofs and galleys, typed and handwritten writing fragments, pocket notebooks, note cards, diaries, journals, photographs, audio/visual material, and memorabilia created or collected by Ivan Doig. The material has been sorted into twelve series based on subject and/or document type. Physical artifacts are preserved within Montana State University Library's Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections. A freely accessible digitized collection is also available online at ivandoig.montana.edu.^[20][21]
  • Series 1: Diaries and biographical information, 1971-2015
  • Series 2: Manuscripts
  • Series 3: Note Cards
  • Series 4: Writer’s files
  • Series 5: Pocket Notebooks
  • Series 6: Correspondence
  • Series 7: Interviews and Readings
  • Series 8: Photographs
  • Series 9: Memorabilia
  • Series 10: General Research
  • Series 11: Medical Journey
  • Series 12: Research Books
• Yellowstone National Park & Ecosystem: Diaries, log books, correspondence, military records, scientific research, scrapbooks, stereographs and photographs created by early park employees and visitors from Yellowstone National Park's inception in 1872 through the late 20th century. Examples of individual collections include:
  • Gallatin National Forest Ranger Log Books, 1906–1967
  • YNP Research Library and Archives
  • Yellowstone Park Company Records
  • Frank Jay Haynes Family Papers
  • Lt. Gustavus C. Doane's 2nd U.S. Cavalry historical exploration journals of 1870 and 1876^[22]
• Trout and Salmonid Collection: Over 11,000 books, periodicals and grey literature with ephemera and research materials including:^[23][24]
  • Bud Lilly Papers, 1926–2008
  • Dr. Robert J. Behnke Research Papers
• Prominent Montanans: Correspondence, professional and personal papers, publications, photographs, literary manuscripts, military papers, diaries, journals, gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional papers. Examples of individual collections include:
  • Senator Burton K. Wheeler Papers, 1922–1975
  • F. Jay Haynes Photographs
  • Roland Roger Renne Gubernatorial Campaign Papers, 1963–1966
  • Merrill G. Burlingame Papers, 1880-1980
• Regional Native Americans: Correspondence, photographs, reservation records, telegrams, treaties, allotment plats, hearing papers, diaries and Indian Claims Commission research papers. Examples of individual collections include:
  • Crow Agency 1876–1877 Fraud Hearings and 1928 Reservation Plats
  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation Boarding School Student Roster, 1888–1892
  • Verne Dusenberry Papers, 1927–1966
  • James Willard Schultz Papers and Photographs
• Montana Agriculture, Ranching, Engineering & Architecture: Ranch business records, personal papers, ranching and farming organizations' records, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries and range science research materials of Montana ranchers, farmers, agricultural industry professionals and agricultural scientists starting from the 1870s through end of the 20th century. Examples of individual collections include:
  • August "Gus" Hormay Papers, 1900–1999
  • Strode Family – Stirrup Ranch, 1896–1969
  • Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company, 1877–1971
  • 2,800 individual drawing sets and personal papers of architects' projects starting from 1828 through 1980 ^[25]
• University Archives: Contains manuscript records and historical photographs of Montana State University. The MSU Archives has over 1,728 cubic feet (48.9 m³) of office files, official correspondence, reports, and other records generated by the various subdivisions of the institution since its founding in 1893. Record groups are continuously added to the archives and item or serial level cataloging are provided for the numerous publications by the University and its faculty and staff.^[4]

Budget

The fiscal year 2012 budget for Montana State University Library had a total budget of $7,735,592. Expenditures included: total books (print and e-books) purchased or leased at $868,041 and paid serial subscriptions (print and electronic) at $15,615. Additional collections expenditure totals included: microforms at $2,199,623; video (cassettes and DVDs) and audio (compact discs) at $11,205; and music scores at $5,175. The Montana State University Archival collection total was 3,651 linear feet.^[1]

Montana State University Library Commons

Special events

Montana State University Library's hosted special events include:

• Tribal College Librarians Institute (TCLI).^[26]
• Paws to De-stress Program^[27]

Awards

• 2003 Montana Library of the Year award from the Montana Library Association^[28]
• 21st place on the 100 Most Social Media Friendly College & University Libraries for 2013^[29]

Memberships

Academic and research library memberships for Montana State University Library include:

• Coalition for Networked Information^[30]
• Association of College and Research Libraries
  • Assessment in Action (AiA) Partner
• Northwest Digital Archives
• Council on Library & Information Resources
• Digital Library Federation^[31]
• Montana OCLC Statewide Services
• Lyrasis
• Minitex
• OCLC Research Library Partnership

See also

• Digital library
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• Library of Congress Classification
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Library 2.0
• Open access (publishing)
• Public Library of Science
• PLOS ONE, ISSN 1817-101X; December 2006
• Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

References

1. "Montana State University Library Statistical Profile". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
2. "Montana State University Library Staff Directory & Departments". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
3. "Library Move". The Weekly Exponent. 14. XVIII. January 11, 1927.
4. Rydell, Robert (1992). In the People's Interest: A Centennial History of Montana State University. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University Foundation. p. 274. ISBN 0963511408.
5. Heathcote, Lesley M. (July 1951). "Function and Color: Montana State College Library" (PDF). College and Research Libraries. 12. 3: 230–232.
6. Fountain of Learning. Bozeman: The Endowment and Research Foundation at Montana State College. 1959.
7. "Montana State University Library About Us". Montana State University. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
8. "Renne Library wins state award for renovation". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
9. Gould, Thomas H.P. (2011). Creating The Academic Commons. Scarecrow Press. pp. xxv, ix, 29. ISBN 978-0810881082.
10. "ISSW Steering Committee is Born". International Snow Science Workshop. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
11. "Rangeland Ecology and Management". University of Idaho.
12. "College of Agriculture and Natural Resources". University of Wyoming.
13. "About the Range Science Information System (RSIS)". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
14. Peterson, Elaine (2 April 2001). "A Shared Digital Library of Native American Images". First Monday. 4. 6. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
15. "Original IMLS Grant Project". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
16. "MSU Library, Park launch 'Yellowstone Collection'". Sydney Herald. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
17. Montana State University Library. "ScholarWorks". Montana State University. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
18. "About MSU Library Special Collections". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
19. "Bud Lilly Trout & Salmonid Initiative". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
20. "Ivan Doig Papers, 1939-2015". Archives West. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
21. "Ivan Doig Archive". Montana State University Library. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
22. Bonney, Orrin and Lorraine (1970). Battle Drums and Geysers. Swallow Press.
23. Schullery, Paul (2006). "Cowboy Trout: Western Fly Fishing as if it Matters". Montana Historical Society: 7.
24. McCafferty, Keith (Spring 2010). "Hooking Up with Bud Lilly". Outside Magazine. 1. 11: 26–29.
25. Cachon, H. Rafael (Summer 2013). "Montana Modernism;Contemporary Architecture in the Western State, 1945-197". Montana Magazine of Western History. 2. 63: 3–25.
26. "Tribal College Librarians Professional Development Institute". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
27. "Montana State University Brings In Stress Dogs For Finals". Huffington Post. 26 April 2013.
28. "About Us". Montana State University Library. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
29. "100 Most Social Media Friendly College & University Libraries for 2013". Library Science List. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
30. "CNI Members". Coalition for Netwoked Information. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
31. "DLF Members". Digital Library Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2013.