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
Streaming Media Reminder
Guest post by Carol Ann Davis, Associate Dean, USF Libraries This is a reminder to faculty using streaming media in their courses for the spring 2022 semester and beyond. The USF Libraries will discontinue leasing titles on the Kanopy and Swank streaming …Continue Reading
Freedmen’s Records Help Black Americans Trace Ancestry
More than 3.5 million records documenting the lives of free Black people during the Reconstruction period are now available. Created by the genealogy company Ancestry, the free online portal offers information about United States Black communities between 1846 and 1879. Researchers can …Continue Reading
Workshop: Developing and Maintaining Academic Profiles
Join us on Thursday, September 23rd from 5-6 PM for a workshop about developing and maintaining author profiles. Managing your scholarly profiles on the task is an ever-changing world of resources and platforms, but if you focus your efforts there is a …Continue Reading
Promotion and Tenure Application Resources and Services at the USF Libraries
If you are applying for promotion and/or tenure, you likely already know how much effort and data gathering is required. To assist with this process, the USF Libraries have a variety of online resources and expert services to help guide the way. …Continue Reading
Faculty Learning Community for Environmental Justice
USF Library Faculty and Staff have teamed up with Education Faculty to create a Faculty Learning Community interested in Florida environmental issues related to water and environmental justice. The group, led by Alexandra Panos, Assistant Professor in Literacy Studies, hopes focus on …Continue Reading
The Jason Reynolds Anything* (About Banned Books) Contest
Do you have a burning question (about censorship) for New York Times bestselling author and Banned Books Week Honorary Chair Jason Reynolds?! If you’re a teen or an educator, a librarian, or a bookseller who works with teens, now’s your chance! The …Continue Reading
Kanopy and Swank Streaming Videos
Due to the unsustainability of the streaming media models on the Kanopy and Swank platforms the USF Libraries has made the difficult decision to discontinue these two platforms at the end of the 2021 calendar year. Content that is perpetually available will …Continue Reading
USF Libraries Workshops for Researchers
The USF Libraries has launched a series of virtual research workshops for faculty and graduate students featuring such topics as introduction to citation management tools (Zotero, Mendeley, Endnote), journal metrics and rankings for the sciences, conducting legal research, developing and maintaining your …Continue Reading
Meet Your Education Liaisons
Susan Ariew is the Education Librarian for the Tampa Campus. Allison Symulevich is the liaison for Education for the St. Pete Campus. Allison recently took over for Kaya Van Beynen who is serving as the Interim Dean of the Nelson …Continue Reading