News & Happenings
Find out more about what is going on at MSU Library
Friends of MSU Library Book Group
Journey through stories hand-picked by the members of the group, and join in an open discussion. The group meets monthly and all are welcome. Find out more about the book group and discover what's on the list by clicking here.
MSU Library News & Events
At MSU Library, there's always something going on. Whether you're a student, faculty, staff, or community member, we have events for you throughout the year. While the Friends primary goal is to friend-raise, they occasionally hold events to support MSU Library. Visit the News and Events section of the library's website to find out more.
Recent Friends Activities
Distinctive Collections Travel & Access Award
Victoria Grieve, a history professor at Utah State University, receives the 2025 Distinctive Collections Travel and Access Award.
Click here to read more about her research on the history of labor in Yellowstone National Park.
2025 MSU Library Open House Sponsorship
Friends of MSU Library was a leading sponsor of the library's 2025 Open House. This year the event celebrated 75 years of the Renne Library building.
Distinctive Collections Travel & Access Award
Greg LeDonne, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder, will use the award for his dissertation research.
2024 MSU Library Open House Spornsorship
The 2024 Open House roadly celebrated mysteries from around the world.
Visit the webpage to find out more about the event and the event partners.
Distinctive Collections Travel & Access Award
Antonie Dvorakova, a fellow at the Palacky University Olomouc in the Czech Republic, is the first international award recipient. She will work with the papers of Verne Dusenberry housed in Archives and Special Collections
2023 MSU LIbrary Open House
MSU Library's Open House is a chance to showcase library resources and services, and to bring in university partners to share information about their programs and services.
Montana Modernists: The Rabbit Holes of Research with Michele Corriel
Friends helped underwrite the cost of an event with Michele Corriel. Dr. Corriel discussed her book, which is based on her doctoral research and draws heavily from the Bob and Gennie DeWeese Papers housed in Archives and Special Collections.
Distinctive Collections Travel & Access Award
Daniel T. Gresham, professor in the Department of Humanities at St. Mary’s College
in Kansas, will use the library's archive to explore materials examining the development
and modernization of the beef industry.
Click here to read the full story from MSU News.
An Evening with Patricia Cutright
Friends of MSU Library partnered with the MSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the
Women's Center, and others for this wonderful evening at the new American Indian Hall.
Patricia read from her book Native Women Changing Their Worlds.
Photo: Kenning Arlitsch, Dean of MSU Library, and Patricia Cutright
Provost's Distinguished Lecture Series - Doralyn Rossmann
Doralyn Rossmann, MSU Library's head of digital library initiatives, presented her talk “Library and Information Science Today: Meeting Researchers at Their Point of Need.”
Photo: Left to right, Doralyn Rossmann, Barbara VanderWende (Friends of MSU Library), librarian Jan Zauha, and Marie Holland (Friends of MSU Library)
Distinctive Collections Travel & Access Award
Friends of MSU Library helped fund the award in partnership with MSU LIbrary's Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and the Ivan Doig Center.
The annual award helps scholars facilitate research using collections held by ASC. Richard is a Ph.D. student from New Mexico who used his time in Bozeman to conduct research for his dissertation.
"I was overwhelmed by the support, generosity, and friendliness during my time in Bozeman, and I will be eternally grateful for the opportunity I received." Richard Maska