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New and expanded Library hours begin Sunday, July 18. Details
Authors Loring Bullard and Robert Kipfer will discuss their book "Saving Bull Creek." Books will be available for purchase and signing.
As of this week, the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, is printing its latest monograph, "Saving Bull Creek" by Loring Bullard and Robert Kipfer.
The book, which is slated to be published by the end of March, chronicles the history of the Bull Creek watershed from Native American habitation to the present and looks at the impact of human activity on a fragile ecosystem. Today, as Springfield and Branson expand and crowd into the watershed from both sides, and as climate change poses a unique challenge worldwide, the health of this biological reference stream is in question. Together, the authors ask readers to do their part to protect this unique natural resource for the enjoyment of future generations of people, plants, and animals.
The Library Center is the headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The 82,000-square-foot building houses major collections of print and electronic resources. These include special collections such as business and local history and genealogy; public Wi-Fi computers, four private study rooms, five small conference rooms, a kitchen and state-of-the-art reference technology. In addition, the Library Center includes other amenities characteristic of larger urban libraries. Those features include a 150-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed reading room and art gallery, a story hour room, outdoor patio and outdoor story garden and the Between Friends Gift Shop.