Reading Time: 5 minutesIn honor of National Reading Month, Digital Dialogs asked members of USF Libraries’ faculty and staff to share a story about a book sparked their love of reading. Read one of these stories below! This post was guest authored by Henesis Veras, …Continue Reading
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Baking the Archives: Blueberry “muffins”
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis post was guest authored by Alexandra Vargas-Minor, Florida Studies Curator and Campus Archivist at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library on the St. Petersburg campus Growing up in a family of bakers, I have always had an affinity for baking and …Continue Reading
Library Lovers’ Day: Superpowers around me
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn honor of Library Lovers’ Day, Digital Dialogs asked members of USF Libraries’ faculty and staff to share a story about a book that impacted their life. Read one of these stories below! This guest post was written by Mrudula Ravada, Research …Continue Reading
Gasparilla 101
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post was guest authored by Andy Huse, Florida Studies Curator and Librarian in Special Collections at the Tampa Library There has been a lot of ink spilled about the authenticity of the Jose Gaspar myth. For the better part of …Continue Reading
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
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
Book Lovers Day 2024: Staff Recommendations
Reading Time: 11 minutesThis post was guest authored by Leslie Boydstun, Course Reserves Library Specialist For as long as I can remember, my favorite thing to talk about has been books. I love to find out what people are reading, why they love the genres …Continue Reading