The Companion to Women’s and Gender Studies edited by Nancy A. Naples, includes thematically-organized chapters that explore the development of Women’s and Gender Studies as an academic discipline, changes in the field, research directions, and significant scholarship in specific, interrelated disciplines such …Continue Reading
Category: Books & E-books
Featured E-book: Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice
Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice by Denisha Jones, is an excellent resource for those who seek to build an anti-racist school system. This is an anthology of lessons learned as well as discussions about the ongoing struggle …Continue Reading
Celebrating the Public Domain in 2022
This post by Copyright Librarian LeEtta Schmidt reports on newly-created public domain digitized material in the USF Libraries’ collections. Check out the story if you’d like to see which 22 titles were selected by votes from the USF user community that were …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: Education for All in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Covid-19
Education for All in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Covid-19 by Marilyn Leask and Sarah Younie outlines loss of learning children and young people have experienced during the pandemic. It looks at ways educational institutions have worked to provide continuity of education …Continue Reading
Up to the Challenge: Books to Navigate Threats to Intellectual Freedom
This article, written for schools and libraries, offers some excellent reading for those who wish to learn more about how to fight book banning in libraries and schools. Featured books that the USF Libraries owns are: Controversial Books in K-12 Classrooms by …Continue Reading
Banned and Burned: Why Worry?
Dr. Jenifer Schneider’s book, The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children’s Literature, which is available through the USF Librarie’s Digital Commons, includes a chapter about censorship of children and young adult literature, “Banned and Burned: Why Worry? It’s Just Kiddie Lit,” …Continue Reading
Textbook Affordability–E-books for the Classroom
The USF Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) may be able to purchase electronic versions of key texts for your courses! TAP’s Ebooks for the Classroom+ program works to provide free access to required course readings which helps to mitigate high textbook costs …Continue Reading
Faculty Learning Community for Environmental Justice
USF Library Faculty and Staff have teamed up with Education Faculty to create a Faculty Learning Community interested in Florida environmental issues related to water and environmental justice. The group, led by Alexandra Panos, Assistant Professor in Literacy Studies, hopes focus on …Continue Reading
The Jason Reynolds Anything* (About Banned Books) Contest
Do you have a burning question (about censorship) for New York Times bestselling author and Banned Books Week Honorary Chair Jason Reynolds?! If you’re a teen or an educator, a librarian, or a bookseller who works with teens, now’s your chance! The …Continue Reading
Reading Together, Virtually
Jessica Szempruch, USF Sarasota-Manatee, writes about her collaboration with students to build a Virtual Book Club (VBC) to engage students in the Sarasota-Manatee community during the pandemic. Plans are underway for the Fall 2021 semester. To read more about this project, click …Continue Reading