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
Category: Books & E-books
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
Elsevier E-book Program Ending July 15th–What You Need to Know
The USF Libraries has been offering an ebook service provided by Elsevier known as “Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA)”. With EBA, the titles of numerous scholarly books were automatically added to the USF Libraries Catalog so that faculty and students could easily discover and …Continue Reading
Summer 2021 Reads for Teachers
This blog post from edutopia offer titles that can help teaches reflect on their past year and plan for the future. If there are titles you think the library needs to acquire for our preservice teachers, contact the education librarian. Book suggestions …Continue Reading
Featured E-books: APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A product of PsycBooks, The 2021 APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disablities, volume 1 and volume 2, offers the latest research in the study of assessment, treatment and intervention related to intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each chapter of this important reference …Continue Reading
Library Spotlight on Dr. Joan F. Kaywell
In honor of National Support Teen Literature Day (April 23rd, 2021), the USF Libraries acknowledge Dr. Joan F. Kaywell’s contributions to Special Collections’ Ted Hipple Collection, a collection of over 10,000 autographed titles and one of the largest young adult literature collections …Continue Reading
Featured E-Book: Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family
Academic Motherhood is based on a longitudinal study that takes a look at women faculty on the tenure track and how they manage work and family issues early in their careers when their children are young and then again in mid-career when …Continue Reading
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the USF Libraries
Women have made significant contributions to the world’s history that often go unnoticed. In honor of Women’s History Month, Assistant Librarian Barbara Lewis has curated a guide of online items in the USF Libraries catalog. The Women’s History Bibliography provides a list …Continue Reading