The Amistad Research Center from Tulane University includes a dozen or so digital projects that focus on America’s ethnic and racial history, the African diaspora, human relations and civil rights. The digital collection includes over 3,000 digital objects: photographs from 1887-1952 of …Continue Reading
The EdLib Report
Sanborn Maps from the Library of Congress
Library of Congress now offers about 3, 500 Sanborn maps from 15 states. Maps can be downloaded as GIF (thumbnail), JPEG, JPEG2000 and TIFF images. The collection offers detailed historical information about buildings and urban areas. The project is expected to be …Continue Reading
Save the Date! Textbook Affordability Events in January
The USF Tampa Library is featuring a two-day event on January 24-25, 2018, on Textbook Affordability. The purpose of this event is twofold: 1) to create an awareness of cost-reducing measures that USF has put into place to lower the price of …Continue Reading
New Library Website
Now live at http://lib.usf.edu! The new USF Libraries website gives the USF community what it’s been asking for – a great mobile experience, more color and contrast, and easy access to the resources you use most. Our website team is always glad …Continue Reading
Social Media Lawlessness: Copyright Infringement in Your Sharing
Copyright Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt, has written this helpful post about sharing and reposting on social media. We consume, save, copy, and share information all day long. Our online world facilitates this more than our physical world ever did. The ease with which …Continue Reading
The 7th Annual Dissertation Forum
On Thursday, February 1st and Friday, February 2nd the USF Tampa Library is hosting the Seventh Annual Dissertation Forum. Sessions for this mini-workshop include advice from Dr. Ruth Bahr, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, about what Dissertators should know, Writing Studio information …Continue Reading
