March marks the University of South Florida’s celebration of Women’s History Month and an opportunity to highlight the contributions of women throughout history and contemporary society. Throughout its history, USF has benefitted tremendously from amazingly accomplished women. The following article highlights just a few of their remarkable contributions. … Continue Reading
Fair Use/Fair Dealing week is an international celebration of exceptions in copyright laws that allow for certain uses of copyrighted material in order to encourage new art and creativity. Fair use week runs from February 21–25, 2022 and was originally supported by the Association of Research Libraries…. Continue Reading
In 2016, students of USF History professor Dr. K. Stephen Prince created an exhibit on the Civil Rights Movement utilizing fifteen archival collections housed in USF Tampa Special Collections. The items displayed are accompanied by information that expounds on the importance of the material, calling on the reader to think more deeply about their historical context and significance. … Continue Reading
The Cuban Pathways exhibition opens at the Tampa Bay History Center on Friday, February 11, 2022, telling the 500-year story of Cuba and its ties to Tampa. The exhibit features a Chug Boat digitally scanned and preserved by USF Libraries Digital Heritage …Continue Reading
Each year in February, the New York Academy of Medicine Library sponsors #ColorOurCollections, an annual coloring festival promoted on social media, where libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural organizations around the world are invited to share images from their collections for coloring. …Continue Reading
From USF Newsroom, University News: From solving century-old mysteries to changing what we know about Florida’s iconic bird, several resources at the USF Libraries have helped create actionable outcomes. … Continue Reading
Black Heritage Month, also known as African American History Month, allows us the opportunity to deepen our understanding of Black history and culture. Learning history, in its accuracy, allows for a “greater sensitivity to human and cultural diversity,” as stated by our …Continue Reading
Join the USF Libraries in our fourth year of celebrating the public domain through digitization! Since 2019, the USF Libraries’ Digital Collections have been selecting newly public domain material from the Libraries’ collections to digitize in celebration… Continue Reading
The majestic flamingo, painted pink like a Caribbean sunset, was not always welcome in Florida. It was almost hunted to extinction in the early twentieth century. Until recently, the State of Florida assumed that flamingoes seen in the state were non-native escapees from captive populations and therefore not a native species. Thanks in part to the power of libraries, the future for flamingoes is changing … Continue Reading
The Farid Karam, M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection is on view at the Tampa Museum of Art from November 11, 2021 to April 11, 2022. Fifty-six items from the 149-item collection are included in the exhibit and are on loan from the USF Libraries Tampa …Continue Reading