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
Category: Featured Blogs
Why some authors refuse to review or write for Elsevier and other Scientific Publishers
The author of this post, T.R. Shankar Raman, makes some interesting points about the nature of the current publishing model that asks researchers to publish their research free of charge while the cost of accessing their journals is prohibitive. He charges Elsevier, … Continue Reading
USF History from Digital Dialogues
If you’d like a brief history of USF, check out the recent Digital Dialogues post , “USF Curiosities: as far as the eye could see?” about the barren campus when USF opened its doors in the fall of 1960. The university consisted of … Continue Reading
Anti-Racist Reading List
The USF Libraries Anti-Racist Reading list, curated by St. Pete’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, includes library-owned resources. both print and e-books through the Libraries.. The purpose of the list is to help our community create meaningful discourse about the injustices and racial … Continue Reading
The Algorithm Study–Project Information Literacy
This report from Project Information Literacy, presents findings about how college students conceptualize online information and navigate platforms that filter content and collect personal data. Offered here is a snapshot of how student conduct class research and everyday life information seeking and … Continue Reading
Library of Congress Launches Website on the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is very much a part of the current political dialogue right now and the new Library of Congress website, Constitution Annotated, provides an authoritative source for how the Supreme Court has interpreted this governing document for our nation. With … Continue Reading
Celebrating the Public Domain: 19 in 2019
In June of 2018 the library posted a list of items just coming into the public domain that can be digitized by the USF Tampa Library. We asked our community to vote for what they most would like to see digitized. The list of newly digitized items from the project is available through this post in Digital Directions. We would like to continue this on an annual basis. Here is a list of possible titles for our 2020 digitization and we would like your help narrowing it down. Vote for your favorites here:
https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0pLGWRNAG86Vpdz.
Do We Need Cabell’s Journal Blacklist?
The Source, a blog sponsored by Cabell’s, explains in this post why their Blacklist has become necessary to scholars. Check it out and see if you agree with them. If you are not sure about the quality of a journal, feel free to contact your librarian to check it out. Image credit