The Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) was established by Hillsborough County voters in the late 1980s. Since its establishment, ELAPP has protected over 61,000 acres of rare habitat in Hillsborough County. The citizen led effort to protect valuable wildlife habitat in the county … Continue Reading
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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Snapshots of the Florida Citrus Industry
Since the mid-1800s, Florida groves have been peppered with oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes. While not native plants, their fruit have become irrevocably linked with the Florida landscape. From postcards and packaging to advertisements and film, … Continue Reading
Digital Dialogs: A Portrait of Blanche Armwood
In honor of Black History Month, Digital Dialogs would like to highlight the story of one local leader for her commitment to education and equality. Blanche Armwood became a prominent figure on the national stage, known for her dedication to education and social reform … Continue Reading
Over 28M Free Scholarly Articles Now Available with Unpaywall
Find full-text open access articles in your Find It! search resultsFor over a decade, the open access (OA) movement has been gaining steam with the proliferation of OA article repositories, OA journals, and grantor requirements to make published research openly available. As a result, millions of items are now freely available, but … Continue Reading
Fair Use and the Creation of New Art
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week: February 22-26, 2021Fair Use Week is a celebration of the creative possibilities enabled by of one of copyright laws most powerful exceptions. The fair use exception in copyright law establishes that some uses of copyrighted material are fair to use, therefore not infringing on … Continue Reading
How the Public Domain is Important For Art
Inspiration in the Public DomainPride and Prejudice, a classic novel by Jane Austen, was written in 1813. It was published under an ancestor to modern copyright law in Great Britain called the Statute of Anne, that would have granted protection for up to 28 years. Similar … Continue Reading
Newly Public Domain Items Get Digitized
At the beginning of each new year, works and materials enter the public domain due to the expiration of copyright. In 2019, the USF Libraries digitized 19 items from our collections to celebrate them entering the public domain. In 2020, we digitized … Continue Reading
Rebekah Brouillette, Graduating Student Spotlight
Fall 2020 EditionRebekah Brouillette is one of our student assistants for the Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) in the Tampa Library. She’ll be graduating with a Bachelor’s in Information Studies, specializing in Data Analytics! HOW HAS THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTED TOWARD YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS? I began … Continue Reading
How the Library Can Support Your Research Lifecycle
Academic Writing MonthThe process of creating a research article for publication involves much more than writing, and the process of being published involves much more than article submission. A published article is new knowledge on which new research can be based, and likely represents … Continue Reading