If you are taking students to study abroad, there are library resources you might wish to use. If students will be doing research before, during, and after their travel, the library’s Country and Travel Information Resources Guide might help them learn more …Continue Reading
The EdLib Report
Donate Now to the Textbook Affordability HerdFunder
From the USF Textbook Affordability Project College textbook prices are at an all-time high. More so than tuition and living expenses, textbooks have become less affordable—sometimes even influencing which subject areas students choose to study. In some cases, students have even dropped …Continue Reading
Using DMPTool for Data Management Proposals
The DMPTool (https://dmptool.org/) is used across the country to help researchers with data management planning. The tool is designed to provide researchers with easy to use fields to help complete data management planning requirements for grant applications. Researchers at USF are now …Continue Reading
Save the Date: The Lifesaving Power of Books
Library Dean, Todd Chavez, invites you all to a VIP reception to support the lifesaving power of books at the USF Gibbons Alumni Center in Tampa on March 15, 2018 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Speaking at the event is award winning author Shannon …Continue Reading
Recent E-books in Education
Barbeco, Steven, ed. Foreign Language Education in America: Perspectives from K-12, University, Government and International Learning, Palgrave, 2016. Catalog link: http://usf.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?24SF034916054 Clandinin, Jean D. and Jukka Husu. The Sage Handbook on Teacher Education, Sage, 2017. Catalog link: http://usf.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?24SF035614322 Cooper, Joy …Continue Reading
Amistad Research Center Digital Projects
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
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
