In this work, Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom, author and USF faculty member, Patriann Smith, offers authentic narratives of Afro-Caribbean youth, the author describes how teachers and educators can: (1) teach the Black literate immigrant; …Continue Reading
Category: Books & E-books
Celebrate Black History Month with New DEI E-book Titles in Education from the USF Libraries
February is Black History month and we have some great new E-book DEI titles in education from the USF Libraries to celebrate! Check them out. Critical Race Theory and Its Critics: Implications or Research and Teaching, by Fracesca Lopez and Christine E. …Continue Reading
Featured E-Book Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education
Vivian Bradford’s book, Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education includes a nuanced discussion about how colleges and universities have been the target of misinformation in recent years. Chapters focus on such key concepts such as trigger …Continue Reading
USF Tampa Library Celebrates Banned Books Week
For Banned Books Week (October 1st-7th, 2023), library staff wrapped banned books available for check out and only labelled them with brief descriptions about why the book was challenged or banned. Students checked them out in record numbers until they were all …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: Empowered or Left Behind: Use of Technology During COVID-19
Empowered or Left Behind, by DeeDee M. Bennett Gale and Xiaojun Yuan, summarizes the secondary impacts of COVID-19 in the United States due to the increased use of technology. The book highlights marginalized populations to identify where technology facilitated access or contributed …Continue Reading
New Library Resources
USF Libraries works with faculty to acquire new materials for research and teaching. This year, we acquired many new resources requested by faculty and students. You can browse the complete list of resource additions or contact your subject librarian to learn more. …Continue Reading
Alice in Wonderland Exhibition at USF St. Pete Library
The USF St. Pete library has gone a little mad here. We have collaborated with the USF Tampa Library Special Collections and the Dali Museum to create an Alice in Wonderland Exhibition Extravaganza. In the gallery we have Dali’s Alice Suite, where …Continue Reading
Most Targeted Banned Books of 2022
According to the American Library Association’s ’s banned books list, following is a complete list of the 13 most-targeted titles of 2022. Please share this list and encourage any young people you know to read these books! Items below include links to …Continue Reading
Celebrating Pride Month in the USF Tampa Library
During the month of June, the USF Tampa Libraries has a display of print books around LGBTQ themes available to check out. The display is located to the right of the Library Services Desk should you visit the library. The display will …Continue Reading
Featured Resource: Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers
Publisher statement, “A first of its kind, the Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers addresses key issues and obstacles to ethnoracial diversity across the life course of teachers’ careers, such as recruitment and retention, professional development, and the …Continue Reading