Category: LIB Events

USF Libraries to Launch Online Narrative Map With Special In-Person Event

Join us April 22nd as we celebrate the launch of a new #Creekshed map!
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Earth Day Lecture: #Creekshed Map Launch
April 22, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)

USF Libraries will be launching a new #Creekshed map, asking — “What are the Human and Natural Stories that Drain into the Gulf?” Join us on April 22 (Earth Day) from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library,  USF St. Petersburg campus …Continue Reading

The Annual Florida Studies Book Festival Returns in April

Join us for a literary event that celebrates the integrated, in-depth exploration of Florida's changing identity.
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2025 Florida Studies Book Festival
April 5, 2025
9:15am - 4:30pm EDT. Doors at 9am

Mark your calendars! USF’s Florida Studies program is hosting the Florida Studies Book Festival on April 5th, 9am-4pm, at the USF St. Petersburg Library! Our very own Curator of Florida Studies in Special Collections, Andy Huse, will be speaking on the defining …Continue Reading

Han Nolan Wins the 2024 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award

Join us February 24th for the 2024 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award ceremony!
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February 24, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

You are invited to the annual Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award reception celebrating Han Nolan, 2024 award winner and author of Running Past Dark. Date: February 24, 2025 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Location: Tampa campus Library, Room 125G The …Continue Reading

USF Libraries Presents: Forty Years of Preserving the ‘Burg: A Conversation with Peter Belmont and Gary Mormino

Join us February 20th as we celebrate forty years of Preserving the 'Burg and their work to preserve St. Pete's history!
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Forty Years of Preserving the 'Burg: A Conversation with Peter Belmont and Gary Mormino
February 20, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Join us for a very special evening with Preserve the ‘Burg founder Peter Belmont and University of South Florida Professor Emeritus, Dr. Gary Mormino, Thursday, February 20 at 6 p.m. at the USF St. Petersburg’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Belmont and Mormino …Continue Reading

USF Libraries Presents: GIS Day 2024

Step back in time and explore the hauntingly beautiful photos of Ybor City during the Great Depression!
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November 20, 2024
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

USF Libraries is excited to host a virtual GIS Day on November 20th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature lightning talks and presentations by USF students, faculty, and staff celebrating innovative applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology …Continue Reading

“I Wish to Say” Project Comes to the Library at USF St. Pete

Join us for a performance of Sheryl Oring's "I Wish to Say" at the USF St. Petersburg campus!
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October 31, 2024
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

“I Wish to Say” grew out of Sheryl Oring’s concern that not enough voices were being heard about the state-of-affairs in this country and her belief in the value of free expression that is guaranteed under our Constitution. For this project, Oring …Continue Reading

USF Libraries to Unveil New Exhibit: The Ybor City Dwelling Album

Step back in time and explore the hauntingly beautiful photos of Ybor City during the Great Depression!
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The Ybor City Dwelling Album: Photos From the Great Depression, Then and Now
October 22, 2024
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

USF Libraries and The Florida Museum of Photographic Art present The Ybor City Dwelling Album: Photos From the Great Depression, Then and Now A recently digitized album of photos sheds light on the city’s early Slum Clearance efforts decades before they were …Continue Reading

New Exhibit at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

A curator talk about the Poynter Library’s latest exhibit, “The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Bayboro Harbor - St. Petersburg, FL”
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July 11, 2024
1pm

Our latest exhibit, “The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Bayboro Harbor – St. Petersburg, FL” is on view through August 2024. The United States Maritime Service Training Station (USMSTS), now known as the Marine Science Laboratory (MSL) building, is nestled …Continue Reading