This quick video introduces a fantastic resource that the USF Library offers. It is the “educational Netflix” with classic and contemporary films along with nonfiction, documentary, and educational titles.
The EdLib Report
Books Save Lives Reception October 11th
Hear award-winning author Alex Flinn at the “Books Save Lives” Reception on October 11, 2018 from 5:30-7:30 PM at the USF Alumni Center. In addition to Ms. Flinn’s talk, you will have the opportunity to bid on autographed young adult books, posters, …Continue Reading
Impact: Library Tools for Promotion and Tenure
The USF Tampa Library’s Impact Guide will help scholars find all the tools for journal rankings, identifying an author’s cited references, and ways candidates for promotion and tenure can highlight the quality of their publications.
Chronicle of Higher Education Data on Salaries
Search and explore faculty, staff, and adjunct salary data at thousands of colleges here.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Digital Scholarship Services has digitized a selection of material from USF Tampa Library’s Special Collections in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Included in our celebration are a couple of pieces of sheet music and five zarzuelas. For a detailed list of the material that has been digitized, see the post written by Copyright Librarian LeEtta Schmidt on the Digital Dialogues blog about it.
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Plan-S: EU Plan for Free and Immediate Open Access to Journals
A controversial and recent initiative by the European Commission and a group of national researchers includes a plan to make thousands of research papers free to read on the day of publication, a mandate that could force a major change in the …Continue Reading
Course Packs and the Library–Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless
Course Packs and the Library–Why Not Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless? Awhile back an instructor at USF contacted a publisher to put together a course pack for his course. He and the publisher identified 22 readings from a variety of sources which …Continue Reading
Investigating Suspicious Publishers
Recently I got a flattering letter from someone named “Florance” who represented the journal Educational Research Applications. She told me that if I contributed a manuscript by August 30th I’d get a discount on the publication fee which would amount to 1560$. Say what? That’s real sticker shock if we are talking about $1,560. Click farther into this post to see some of the strategies used for further investigation strategies for this journal.
Predatory Publishers: The Journals that Churn Out Fake Science
A recent article in The Guardian highlights the problem of predatory open access journals and lack of legitimate peer review. For information on identifying and avoiding predatory journals you can check the USF Libraries guide, Identifying Predatory Publishers.
Google Scholar Rankings of Journals by H5-index metrics–Top 20
Google Scholar is now offering lists of the top 20 journals in various subject categories by H5 index. Click further into this post to see the links to various education categories for scholarly journals.