Please help us congratulate Audrey Powers on being awarded the distinction of Emeritus Associate Librarian at the University of South Florida. This recognition is in honor of Audrey’s service to the USF Libraries and to the librarian profession. Audrey has worked at USF …Continue Reading
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Juneteenth & the Celebration of Freedom
The commemoration of Jubilee Day in the Robert W. And Helen S. Saunders PapersJuneteenth is a holiday celebrating and commemorating the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in the United States, where on June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Texas to demand all enslaved peoples be free. This was two years after the …Continue Reading
The Lost African American Cemeteries of Tampa Bay & What’s Being Done to Remember Them
USF librarians are working with USF researchers and the Tampa Bay community to identify living next-of-kin for those forgotten while bringing historical injustices to lightCan a cemetery with nearly 800 burials be made to disappear from recorded history, only to be rediscovered nearly 100 years later? Sadly, it can, and this is what happened with Zion Cemetery, the first African American cemetery in Tampa. The cemetery …Continue Reading
Special Collections Interns Highlight LGBTQIA+ Stories
Celebrate Pride Month with USF Special CollectionsThe month of June celebrates Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community and the ongoing strides being made to fight for equality, create awareness, build acceptance, and celebrate accomplishments. At the Tampa Special Collections, we host more than two dozen archival collections and thousands of …Continue Reading
Bernadette Storck: A Tribute
A guest post and tribute from the USF School of InformationWe would like to honor and acknowledge the career of Bernadette Storck, public librarian, consultant, archivist, and adjunct faculty member for the USF School of Information. Storck was an administrator at the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System and Leon County Public Library, and …Continue Reading
Matt Knight, PhD, Graduating Student Spotlight
Spring 2021 EditionMatt Knight, PhD, is an Associate Librarian at the USF Tampa Library, the Content Expert for the History Research Platform Team (RPT), and Affiliate Faculty in the USF History department. He is graduating this Spring with his PhD in Celtic Languages and …Continue Reading
Meghan Cook, PhD, Graduating Student Spotlight
Spring 2021 EditionMeghan Cook, PhD, is the Coordinator of Library Operations and Content Expert for the USF Geosciences Research Platform Team (RPT) at the USF Tampa Library—as well as the co-host of our podcast Calling: Earth. She is graduating this Spring with her PhD …Continue Reading
Samantha Sonntag, Graduating Student Spotlight
Spring 2021 EditionSamantha Sonntag is a Student Assistant in the Stacks department at the USF Tampa Library, graduating this Spring with a Bachelor’s in Integrative Animal Biology (Human), with a minor in History! She just started playing bass guitar a few months ago, and …Continue Reading
Lydia Symens, Graduating Student Spotlight
Spring 2021 EditionLydia Symens is a Special Collections Student Assistant at USF Tampa Library, and graduating with her BA in International Studies this Spring! She loves to read and spend time outside. HOW HAS THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTED TOWARD YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS? The Library has …Continue Reading
Trey Stamm, Graduating Student Spotlight
Spring 2021 EditionTrey Stamm is graduating with a Bachelor’s in General Biology this Spring, with a concentration in Ecology and Evolution, as well as a minor in Biophysics. He started working at the USF St. Petersburg’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library (NPML) as a Student …Continue Reading