Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, became aware of the Emancipation Proclamation and the freedom that came with that executive order. In observance of this important historic event, the DEI committee has compiled a list of …Continue Reading
Category: Belonging and Equitable Access
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reading List
This month we celebrate and recognize the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States. In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the DEI committee has compiled the following list of eBooks available for checkout through …Continue Reading
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), marks the day that Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest Nazi death camp – was liberated in 1945. It seeks to remember the lives of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, along …Continue Reading
Emily Mann Receives USF Inclusive Excellence Faculty Award
The USF Libraries are pleased to share that Emily Mann, Assistant Librarian at the USF Nelson Poynter Memorial Library (NPML), has been selected for the 2022 Inclusive Excellence Faculty Award from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at USF. The Inclusive …Continue Reading
Diversify Your Syllabi
How our librarians are supporting the Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogy Faculty Learning CommunityWhat makes an authority on a topic? How do we balance diverse voices with the canon from an academic discipline? Are we perpetuating systems of oppression with the texts we choose? These thought-provoking questions and more were discussed in depth during a …Continue Reading
Special Collections Digital Exhibits Examine Gender & Sexuality in the Archives
#WomensHistoryMonthGender and sexuality studies are a popular analytical framework in the humanities, social science, and history fields. USF students and faculty are pursing innovative research on how these topics intersect across a multitude of subjects, and to support them, the USF Libraries …Continue Reading
The Incredible Irish-American Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa
Celebrating a rebel in our Anglo-Irish Collection for Irish-American Heritage & Women's History MonthOn February 28, 2022, President Joe Biden proclaimed March 2022 as Irish-American Heritage Month. Today, nearly one in ten Americans trace their lineage back to Ireland. In his Proclamation he stated: The United States and Ireland are deeply and forever intertwined: linked …Continue Reading
NEW DATE! Preserving LGBTQ+ History
A conversation about LGBTQ+ archives and why they're important
Preserving LGBTQ+ History: A conversation about LGBTQ+ archives and why they're important
Monday, April 18th
6PM, virtual via Zoom
Special Collections is hosting a very special conversation, originally scheduled for #WomensHistoryMonth, with Edie Daly (She/Her/Hers), local lesbian activist and community organizer, and S. L. Crawley, PhD (They/Them/Theirs), Associate Professor in the USF Department of Sociology. Monday, April 18th 6PM, virtual via …Continue Reading
Snapshots of Women at Work
The 20th century marked a watershed century for the women’s labor movement, starting with the progressive era and evolving as world wars and the women’s rights movements reshaped how society responded to a gender-integrated workforce. As we continue to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth and accomplishments of women, this week we’re taking a look at this evolution through documents. …Continue Reading
Womyn’s Words and the Women’s Energy Bank Collections
March is #WomensHistoryMonth, a time to reflect on, give voice to, and celebrate the lives of women throughout history. Women of the Tampa Bay area have no shortage of stories to tell, and many of their stories are available in USF Libraries and Tampa Special Collections. The Women’s Energy Bank was a non-profit organization run for women, by women, and … Continue Reading