he USF Libraries and Dr. Joan Kaywell invite you to the presentation of the Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award to recipient Francisco Stork, author of Memory of Light on Thursday, February 7, 2019 from 1:30-3:30 PM at the USF Alumni Center, Traditions Hall. Book signing to follow. Light refreshments will be served.
Category: Books & E-books
Featured E-book–Teaching Race
Teaching Race, How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism by Stephen Brookfield (2019), addresses the need to educate students about race and racism in higher education. This book addresses some of the most common questions teachers raise about how to teach students racial awareness, particularly at predominantly White institutions. The book includes practical tips, tools and techniques shared by teachers in various disciplines.
ATLE Spring 2019 Book Club
ATLE Book Club: James Lang’s Small Teaching Thursdays from 11:30 am-1:00pm Meeting dates: 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/21, 4/4 ATLE provides the books – you just read and come to the meetings to discuss implementation! Limited to ten faculty. Registration will be conducted …Continue Reading
Changes in the USF Libraries’ eBook Program
On November 1st the library sent out a message to the university about unpurchased titles being removed from our catalog. Many titles in the catalog are books that are leased titles, but not yet purchased from the vendors. When our patrons click on those items and use them more than 2 or 3 times, we purchase them and they become a permanent part of the collection. This is a new trend called “patron driven acquisitions” and has pretty much replaced traditional methods of adding to the collection. This has allowed libraries to move from a “just in case” method of purchase to a “just in time” model. With the expiration of Tech Fee money, the materials in the catalog that have not been purchased or used by patrons are going to be removed, so some things that have been in the catalog will no longer be there. However, items that have been used by patrons or for classes will be purchased before the expiration date. The librarians in Collections & Discovery are doing that analysis and selection now. We are hopeful that new Tech Fee money will be awarded so that we can continue to enhance our monograph selection. That being said, items that are e-books needed for courses and part of the textbook affordability program will continue to get high priority and will be purchased, along with requests from faculty and students that support research. If there are books that you need that you are worried could disappear, please send us a list of titles, and we will ensure that they are or have been purchased so that you do not lose access. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Pascual at lcpascua@usf.edu.
Books Save Lives Reception October 11th
Hear award-winning author Alex Flinn at the “Books Save Lives” Reception on October 11, 2018 from 5:30-7:30 PM at the USF Alumni Center. In addition to Ms. Flinn’s talk, you will have the opportunity to bid on autographed young adult books, posters, …Continue Reading
Course Packs and the Library–Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless
Course Packs and the Library–Why Not Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless? Awhile back an instructor at USF contacted a publisher to put together a course pack for his course. He and the publisher identified 22 readings from a variety of sources which …Continue Reading
Five Things You Need to Know about Course Reserves
1. Requesting items for course reserves is done through Canvas. Click here for instructions. 2. Items do not stay on reserve through the year. You will need to renew your request every semester for each individual item you need in your course. …Continue Reading
“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria”: And Other Conversations about Race
This class bestselling e-book on the psychology of racism is now fully revised and updated. Author Beverly Daniel Tatum asserts that we do not know how to talk about racial differences. Tatum presents strong evidence that straight talk about our racial identities–whatever they may be–is essential for communicating across racial and ethnic divides.
Bill Gates’s Gift to College Graduates–Factfulness
Factfulness, written by the late global-health expert Hans Rosling, is a free online book to all U.S. college graduates from Bill Gates. It is one of his favorite books. To get a copy of the book, users must sign up for it or become a member of Gates Notes Insider. Click here if you are interested.
