Celebrating 75 Years of the Renne Library Building

Open House logo with Hollywood style lights and a red carpet in front of the library building

We rolled out the red carpet for this year's Open House and 320 faculty, staff, graduate students, and community members joined us wecelebrated 75 years of the Renne Library building. The décor, activities, and food were centered around a glamorous  Hollywood-style event, and Woodsmoke Jazz provided cool tunes to add to the ambiance. Attendees enjoyed food and beverages and explored the services offered by MSU Library and its Open House partners.Thank you to our partners, sponsors, and door prize donors for helping make this event a success. Some say it was our best Open House ever.

An collage of people at the event

Event Partners

MSU Library Departments

  • Access, Information & User  Services

  • Administration Department

  • Archives & Special Collections

  • Bobcat Browse

  • Collection Access & Technology Services

  • Digital Library Initiatives

  • Friends of MSU Library*

  • Instruction Department

  • Open Educational Resources

  • Outreach & Events Committee

  • TRAILS

Research Alliance 

  • Center for Faculty Excellence
  • Office of Research Development
  • Research Cyberinfrastructure
  • Research Optimization, Analytics & Data Services
  • Undergraduate Research/ Student Research Council
  • Undergraduate Scholars Program

MSU Campus Partners 

  • Academic Technology & Outreach*
  • Disability Services
  • Ivan Doig Center
  • MSU Office of the Provost*
  • Office of International Programs
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute “OLLI” at MSU*
  • Student Wellness

MSU Library Building Partners 

  • MSU Writing Center
  • SmartyCats & Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success
  • Testing Services
  • University Information Technology*

*Thank you to our event sponsors!

Door Prize Donors

  • 415 Up Up
  • Amy Foster
  • Anonymous
  • Bozeman Brewing Company
  • Bozeman Symphony
  • Bridger Animal Nutrition
  • Community Food Co-Op
  • Country Bookshelf
  • Jan Zauha
  • KGLT
  • Mimi Matsuda Ar
  • Montana Ale Works
  • MSU Athletics Department
  • Pakt
  • Pickle Barrel
  • Steep Mountain Teahouse
  • Yellow Dog Flyfishing