Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post was guest authored by Ann Abney, Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian in Collections & Discovery at the Tampa Library One of the most frequent questions I was asked in my previous job as an archivist was “What’s available online?” followed …Continue Reading
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Baking the Archives: Rum Omelet
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post was guest authored by Andy Huse, Florida Studies Curator and Librarian in Special Collections at the Tampa Library There must be a whole universe of forgotten recipes. The favorites of yesterday often fall out of fashion, never to return. …Continue Reading
Baking the Archives: Dead Bone Cookies
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis post was guest authored by Stephanie Mackin, Archives Librarian in Special Collections at the Tampa Library Growing up in a Greek and Italian household, I spent many days in the kitchen after school watching and learning how to make traditional …Continue Reading
The Haunted Churchyard
Reading Time: 5 minutesGuest Post by Richard Schmidt, Digitization Coordinator in the Digital Initiatives unit Warning: Spoilers Ahead You can check out the entire issue from The New York Detective Library here before continuing any further. Another Halloween is approaching stealthily through the pumpkin …Continue Reading
Bob, the Shadow, or, Solving a Double Mystery
Reading Time: 3 minutesGuest Post by Henesis Veras, Library Data Analyst in the Data Management and Visualization unit Warning: Spoilers Ahead I will spoil the plot and mystery of this dime novel during my review, but if you would like to check out this …Continue Reading
Open Access Week 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the last full week of October each year, members of the research community come together for Open Access Week. Librarians and researchers around the globe take time to discuss the impact open access (OA) has had over the last few decades, identify recent trends in OA, and tackle new issues and problems in open access.
Electronic Resource License Terms in the Catalog: What to Know
Reading Time: 2 minutesSarah Swiger, MLIS, USF Libraries Purchasing Administrator, introduces a new library project for putting license terms in the library catalog.
The Searchable Ornithological Research Archive at USF
Reading Time: 3 minutesJason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian, and Carol Ann Borchert, Sr. Associate Dean, introduce a new project of the USF Libraries to create the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA) in USF’s Digital Commons. SORA is a digital collection of important international ornithological journals.
Harnessing Generative AI for Your Academic Research: A Look at Semantic Scholar and Associated Toolsets
Reading Time: 3 minutesExplore AI Research tools in this guest post by Evan Fruehauf.
Baking the Archives: A sweet start for Fall
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis post was guest authored by Rebekah Nault, Library Specialist in Library Services at the Tampa Library From an early age, I tried to establish a solid relationship with baking, even though there were times when baking thought we would be …Continue Reading