Giving Week joins together thousands of USF alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends for a spirited week-long celebration to support a college, program, research area, or cause. This annual fundraising initiative also celebrates Rocky D. Bull’s birthday, and there is no greater …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
The USF Libraries scholarship, research award, and essay prize program ensures USF students are given opportunities to learn, discover, and succeed. We feel honored to work with and support our students in their academic achievements, and in the 2021-2022 academic year we …Continue Reading
On a beautiful spring day last Friday, April 23rd, the USF Tampa Library acquired a particularly special collection: The Tampa Chapter of The Links, Incorporated archives. The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946, whose membership consists of more …Continue Reading
Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Professor Emerita in the USF School of Information, passed away April 21, 2021 at the age of 98. She was a scholar, writer, librarian, and nationally known storyteller. Dr. Smith studied English and History at Hunter College in …Continue Reading
Young adult (YA) literature is a dynamic and expanding genre that has moved well-beyond the adventure series of the 19th and 20th centuries, into novels that explore sexuality, identity, prejudice, life choices, substance abuse, and family. At the Tampa Special Collections, Children’s …Continue Reading
Giving Day at USF is turning into Giving Week, from Monday, April 5th – Friday, April 9th. This week-long celebration asks our USF friends and alumni all over the world to support initiatives from all three campuses. Here at the USF Libraries, we’re …Continue Reading
Jonathan Rodriguez is a graduate student at USF, and has been awarded the Patrick Riordan Memorial Research Award in Florida Studies. Jonathan’s research interests include Archaeology of Atlantic Slavery and Colonialism, African and Arawak diaspora in the New World, Maroon settlements in the …Continue Reading
The USF Libraries celebrate the life and work of George “Skip” Gandy IV, 1942-2020. A Florida native, Gandy’s childhood on Davis Islands shaped him into becoming an avid outdoorsman, environmental activist, and an honored donor to USF. In 2012, Gandy donated his …Continue Reading
Celebrating our students and their academic achievements is one of our favorite pastimes, and under normal circumstances, we’d be gathering in the Tampa Library to honor our most recent round of student scholarship and research award recipients, and the donors who made …Continue Reading