Pretty much everything (chocolate chips, wiener dogs, hugs) has a special “day”. But this week was very special because it was #NationalLibraryWorkersDay! We celebrate all of our library workers at USF Libraries this week.
The EdLib Report
What is an ORCID iD and why do I need one?
ORCID is an open, non-profit, publisher-agnostic community-based effort to provide a registry of unique researcher identifiers as well as a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. ORCID, which stands for “open researcher and contributor identifier”, is unique in its ability …Continue Reading
Featured E-Book: Gender Diversity and Sport
This timely and urgent e-book, Gender Diversity and Sport by Gemma Witcomb and Elizabeth Peel, presents cutting-edge research exploring the complexities of barriers to inclusive access to sport and physical activity, and discusses how sport, and society, can move forward beyond the …Continue Reading
Expanding the Literature Review for Social Sciences
You know the basics—the library catalog, the databases in your discipline and many of the tools you have used habitually for your coursework and basic projects, but now you want to go deeper, either because you are getting ready to write your …Continue Reading
Women’s History Month Collections
At the Tampa campus library, a selection of materials, including books and DVDs, related to women’s history are on display at the front of the library and available for checkout. Titles range from Women’s History in Global Perspective to Maya Angelou’s Letter to …Continue Reading
Introduction to Wikipedia: Women’s History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The USF Libraries has partnered with Tennessee State University and the Wikimedia Foundation to present this introductory workshop to Wikipedia editing. Participants will learn how to create and edit Wikipedia pages during an hour-long virtual workshop presented by Wikimedia. The online workshop …Continue Reading
10 Things to Do When Getting a Publishing Contract
Guest post by by LeEtta Schmidt, Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, and Jason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian Read it thoroughly. This includes any click through agreement that might be part of a journal manuscript submission system. Talk with your co-authors. …Continue Reading
Subject Guides and Course Guides to Help Students with Research
Many faculty know about USF Libraries’ Subject and Course Guides, but did you know you can play an active role in helping our liaison librarians develop new guides or enhance existing ones? Perhaps you are teaching a special topic where you feel …Continue Reading
Counter the Bans: Free Books for Teachers in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Virginia and More States
In the face of growing attacks on the teaching of history, The New Press is partnering with the Zinn Education project to send books to teachers and teacher educators in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Click here to …Continue Reading