Category: USF Libraries News

New Catalog and Discovery Search Tool Now Here!

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Check it out. The library home page now has a new look and feel to go with the new catalog and discovery tool. If you’d like more information about the changes, click here. If you have any questions about finding what you …Continue Reading

Introduction to Primo’s Quicksearch

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See the video tutorial posted here about the new USF Libraries discovery tool, Primo’s Quicksearch.

Reading Together, Virtually

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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

Return to 24/5 Library Hours Schedule for Tampa Library

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The USF Tampa Campus Library will return to the 24/5 hours starting on Monday, August 23rd. During 24/5 hours of operation, all patrons who enter, or those remaining in the library from 9:45pm to 6:00 am, Sunday through Thursday, must be currently …Continue Reading

Elsevier E-book Program Ending July 15th–What You Need to Know

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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

The Lost African American Cemeteries of Tampa Bay

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The USF Libraries LIB News blog has an article about the collaboration between USF Librarians and researchers to identify living next-of-kin for those who have been forgotten and to highlight historical injustices mostly to the African American community. The Zion Cemetery as …Continue Reading

New Faculty Library Orientation Guide

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If you know of new faculty who need the basics about library support for teaching and research, this is the guide that can help. It offers an introduction to general services on all campuses, promotion and tenure resources that relate to journal …Continue Reading

Returning to Campus and the New Normal

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The USF Tampa Library will be opening with fewer restrictions starting with Summer B in early July.  That means you no longer will be required to wear a face mask to the library, though you certainly should feel free to do that. …Continue Reading

Special Collection Highlight LGBTIA+ Stories & Exhibit

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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

USF Libraries Launch the African American Experience in Florida

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The African American Experience in Florida, a new collection from the University of South Florida Libraries,  has curated the Black experience in Florida around six different themes: activism, Black-owned businesses, the community, journalism, the arts, and history. Information in the collection ranges …Continue Reading