May 2009―Truman State University received a $100,000 gift to the "Bright Minds Bright Futures" campaign to establish the Odessa Lang Ofstad Endowed Library Fund. The endowed fund will be used to enhance the collections of Pickler Memorial Library, the academic hub of the Truman campus.

The donation was made by Odessa (Lang) Ofstad, who created the fund to commemorate her long career working in the University library and to provide a permanent resource for library acquisitions. Ofstad began working at the library in 1967, and over the next 26 years, served in various capacities including cataloger, head cataloger, music and curriculum librarian, archivist and Special Collections librarian. Ofstad, who was granted the title Special Collections librarian emerita, retired in 1993.

Pickler Memorial Library supports the teaching and scholarly activities of faculty and students at Truman. Income from the endowed acquisitions fund will be used to enhance the collections of the library so that it will continue to serve as an outstanding academic and cultural resource for the University, as well as the local community. Each book purchased through the fund will receive a bookplate; non-print materials, such as databases, DVDs, and other media, will display an acknowledgement whenever possible.