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
USF Libraries invite faculty applications for the second annual Collections to Curriculum Summer Institute, July 28-August 1, 2025. The five-day institute, offered by the USF Libraries Special Collections team, will focus on learning about archival collections and services that can be embedded …Continue Reading
We are happy to announce that applications for USF Libraries scholarships, research awards, and essay prizes for the 2025-2026 award year are open! Many awards and scholarships are open to all student classifications. However, there are awards that only appear under a specified …Continue Reading
A lot can happen in half a century and the story of the Tampa library is a direct reflection of the changes in our community. What began as a couple of stacks of books in the Allen building is now a seven-story …Continue Reading
Exciting changes are underway at the USF Libraries. The Tampa library building, opened in 1961, is undergoing a major renovation to its front entrance that will ensure a secure and comfortable experience for patrons and staff alike. Renovations begin in March and …Continue Reading
Rainforests are a major world biome which humans are not thought to have inhabited until relatively recently. New evidence now shows that humans lived in west Africa’s rainforests by at least 150 thousand years ago. Humans originated in Africa around 300 thousand …Continue Reading
The United States Maritime Service Training Station (USMSTS) was a complex of buildings constructed by the U.S. Maritine Commission as a venue for the U.S. Maritime Service to train volunteers to serve in the U.S. Merchant Marine. Between 1939 and 1950, the …Continue Reading
![Stageworks Theatre's “When the Righteous Triumph” tells the story of the sit-ins that desegregated Tampa lunch counters. [Photo courtesy of Stageworks Theatre]](https://lib.usf.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2025/02/playbig-300x200.jpg)
This newly published article reflects on efforts of University of South Florida history professors and USF Libraries’ Special Collections that began in the 1970’s to preserve the history of Tampa’s civil rights history. In 2023, that preserved history fueled Mark Leib, an …Continue Reading
