The University of Michigan Library has an online index and archive of state policies related to book challenges in schools and libraries, beginning September 2023. Resources at this site includes some “lost” or “hidden” documentation behind book challenges and bans in schools …Continue Reading
Category: Books & E-books
Faculty Publication: Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education: Perspectives from Mother-Educators
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education: Perspectives from Mother-Educators, by Sophia Han, Jinhee Kim, Sohyun Meacham, Su-Jeong Wee, Nancy File, and Michelle Salazar Perez, offer “insights on Korean American family and parent relations, the dynamisme of Korean American children’s multifacited …Continue Reading
Author visit and presentation: Why Study the Middle Ages?
Please join us on January 25, 2024 at 11 AM in MSC 3707 to hear author Dr. Kisha Tracy talk about her book, Why Study the Middle Ages? Kisha G. Tracy is a Professor of English Studies and Chair of the General …Continue Reading
Featured E-Book: Black Immigrant Literacies
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
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