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
The EdLib Report
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
Reading Together, Virtually
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
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
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
Library Instruction Faculty Toolkit
The video below offers an overview of the USF Libraries Faculty Toolkit. The Toolkit includes description of online library instruction workshop modules that offer digital badging for students that complete them. Instructors can assign specific workshops and verify completion as students earn …Continue Reading
The Lost African American Cemeteries of Tampa Bay
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
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
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