Years before Famous Funnies was first published in 1934, considered by some to be the first comic book as we’ve come to know it today, kids of the late 19th and early 20th centuries had dime novels to while away their free time. Dime novels were cheap magazine-sized books that serialized stories typically featuring Old West heroes, soldiers, … Continue Reading
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Deborah Lawhon Retires After 37 Years
Debbie is a Library Specialist in Collections & Discovery at the USF Libraries Tampa campusDeborah “Debbie” Lawhon has over 35 years of experience in library technical services and this month she is retiring. Debbie collaborates with department colleagues to manage serials subscriptions at the USF Libraries, and as a Library Specialist, her contributions include monitoring journal …Continue Reading
Susan Silver Retires After 31 Years
Susan Silver is an Associate Librarian at the USF Libraries Tampa campusAfter working at the USF Libraries for 31 years, Susan Silver, Associate Librarian in the Research & Instruction department on the Tampa campus, is retiring. Susan has been the liaison librarian for a range of behavioral science programs including Psychology and the College …Continue Reading
Audrey Powers: Emeritus Associate Librarian
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
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