Another post about copyright from copyright expert, LeEtta Schmidt, is about Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week (Feb. 21-25) and what fair use is all about.
The EdLib Report
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
Linked-In Learning
Linked-in Learning offers tutorials on software applications that can help you or your students whether it is accessing a tutorial about Teams orientation, Adobe Photoshop applications, Articulate Storyline, and more. You can browse the list of topics and applications here. You can …Continue Reading
Workshops for Researchers
This spring the USF Libraries will be offering a host of new online workshops for researchers. To browse the list, click here. Some of these workshops focus on software applications for researchers such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Zotero, Endnote, StoryMaps, and more. For …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
Workshop–Datasets for Education Researchers
This workshop about education datasets will help researchers learn about what kinds of data sets are available and how to best frame your inquiries. The focus of the workshop will be on data that is available from the National Center for Education …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
In Case You Missed It–Racism in School Suspensions
On November 10th at 4pm, as USF libraries hosted speakers Dr. Brenda Walker and Dr. Marquis Holley to discuss Project R.I.S.E.S.( Racism in School Exclusionary Suspensions). Focusing on the high suspension rates of Black/African-American students in elementary, middle, and high schools, this …Continue Reading