USF Libraries is excited to share that a new Open Educational Resource is launching this fall! The EcoLiteracies for Climate Action in Florida (ELCAF) portal is part of a larger collaborative effort between faculty in the USF Libraries, the College of Education, …Continue Reading
Category: Special Collections
News related to USF Special Collections
Highlighting the Weekly Challenger Digital Archive
At the USF Libraries we house a number of digitized and “born digital” material in our repository. Our collections cover a range of subjects including art, science, local Florida studies, and more, and we would like to highlight our digital newspaper archive …Continue Reading
Preserving LGBTQ + History
Special Collections is hosting a very timely and interesting conversation originally scheduled for Women’s History Month. Local lesbian activist and community organizer Edie Daly (She/Her/Hers) and S.L. Crawley, PhD (They/Them/Theirs), Associate Professor in the USF Department of Sociology, will explore gender and …Continue Reading
#ColorOurCollections
Each year in February, the New York Academy of Medicine Library sponsors #ColorOurCollections, an annual coloring festival promoted on social media, where libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural organizations around the world are invited to share images from their collections for coloring.Check …Continue Reading
African American Experience in Florida (AAE)
In celebration of Black History Month, the USF Libraries are featuring the history of the African American Experience in Florida. In the spring of 2021, the USF Libraries launched the African American Experience in Florida (AAE), an online portal containing materials and …Continue Reading
Scholarships, Research Awards and Essay Prizes Available through the USF Libraries
Students pursuing any major in any college are welcome to apply. All applications are reviewed by the USF Libraries Scholarship Committee. If you are awarded a Research Award or Essay Prize, a research component utilizing materials from Special Collections is required. Meet …Continue Reading
New Digital Exhibits Highlight the USF Forest Preserve & Piney Point
Two environmental controversies provide USF Libraries with new opportunities for collecting and collaboration. In April of this year, incidents involving the USF Forest Preserve and Piney Point prompted new projects to support the Libraries’ Florida Environment and Natural History (FLENH) initiative launched …Continue Reading
Juneteenth and the Robert W. and Helen S. Saunders Papers
In conjunction with Juneteenth, in 1980 the NAACP established January 1st as Jubilee Day, an annual celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation to commemorate Black heritage and history. The USF Tampa Special Collections has some primary documents related to Jubilee Day in the …Continue Reading
Special Collection Highlight LGBTIA+ Stories & Exhibit
In honor of celebrating Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community, the Tampa Special Collections has highlighted their very impressive holdings past and present through the “Queer Life and Literature in the 19th Century” exhibit. Scroll through the exhibit to see the ways in …Continue Reading