The USF Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) may be able to purchase electronic versions of key texts for your courses! TAP’s Ebooks for the Classroom+ program works to provide free access to required course readings which helps to mitigate high textbook costs …Continue Reading
The EdLib Report
Course Guides that Curate Class Resources
Along with subject guides to help students get started with research in their academic disciplines, librarians also can assist faculty by creating course-specific guides that curate the most relevant library resources for that particular course. These guides can offer starting points for …Continue Reading
Understanding Our E-book Collections
E-books for academic libraries come in a variety of platforms and formats, and that variety can be very confusing. For some publishers, there are restrictions on downloading and printing. For many of those publishers, users can download the entire book, but after …Continue Reading
Not Your Grandmother’s Library–Podcast with Dean Chavez
From chronicling dinosaur footprints in Spain to the African American Experience in Florida, the USF Libraries offer a wealth of ever-growing digital collections, along with traditional resources, to inform and intrigue members of the USF community and beyond. In this podcast, Dean …Continue Reading
Digital Badging Workshops that Support Student Research Projects in the Summer
Summer school often is a time when too much content is often crammed into a course that has very little time, particularly for Summer B classes. If you want library instruction for your course, but you don’t have time to schedule a …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education
The focus of this volume, edited by Laura Parson and C. Casey Ozaki, is on online learning practices that promote social justice and equity in higher education. The book discusses how e-learning may promote and reinforce sexist, racist and gendered behaviors. Chapters …Continue Reading
Diversifying Your Syllabi
This post from Emily Mann, Assistant Librarian, and Theresa Burress, Associate Librarian & Assistant Director for Research and Instruction (both on the St. Petersburg Campus) discusses ways in which USF librarians support inclusive and equitable learning, Photo from the Armwood Family papers, …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
Planning a Grant with USF Libraries
Are you working on a grant application that could benefit from expertise found in the USF Libraries? We are interested in partnering with you! In order to help you be successful, the USF Libraries want to ensure that we have the appropriate …Continue Reading