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Chelsea Sherwood, Graduating Student Spotlight

Fall 2020 Edition
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Chelsea Sherwood is both our Collections Student Assistant and Student Lead in the Collections and Discovery department at the Tampa Library. She’ll be graduating with a Bachelor’s in Psychology with a Minor in Criminology, and a Certificate in Substance Abuse and Addictions …Continue Reading

Meet Our Fall 2020 Student Scholars

Honoring our scholarship and research award recipients
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Celebrating our students and their academic achievements is one of our favorite pastimes, and under normal circumstances, we’d be gathering in the Tampa Library to honor our most recent round of student scholarship and research award recipients, and the donors who made …Continue Reading

How the Library Can Support Your Research Lifecycle

Academic Writing Month
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The 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

Online, Free Access to Research

Celebrating Open Access Week 2020
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could access scholarly research online without having to go through a pay wall or subscription service? Currently, most scholarly data, research, and information are only available through journal subscriptions, pay walls, logins, or library affiliations, making …Continue Reading

Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion

Celebrating Open Access Week 2020
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For the last ten years, academic and research communities have participated in a global event, Open Access Week, “to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to …Continue Reading

Matter of Pride: LGBTQ+ History in USF Special Collections

Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month
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This article was originally published in June 2020 in celebration of Pride Month. It has been updated with additional resources for LGBTQ+ History Month.   In the LGBTQIA+ community, June represents the ongoing strides being made to fight for equality, create awareness, …Continue Reading

Home Sweet Homecoming

A new digital exhibit that reminds us there is no place like our home away from home
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Drawing upon images and the memories of those who lived it, Home Sweet Homecoming is a tribute to our students past and present, the University we’ve built together, and a heartfelt reminder that there is no place like our home away from …Continue Reading

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage & How It’s Shaped Tampa Bay

Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15
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Hispanic heritage is an integral part of Florida history. Within Tampa, Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Colombian, Spanish, and Puerto Rican cultures and influences have shaped the city. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to recognize some of the icons that …Continue Reading

Tour the Florida Environment & Natural History (FLENH) Collections

Thursday, September 24th from 6 - 7 p.m.
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Tour the Florida Environment & Natural History (FLENH) Collections
Thursday, September 24th
6 - 7 p.m.

From climate change to man-made and natural disasters, impacts on our environment have become one of the most pressing issues on the planet – and the significance of environmental research is paramount. In response to this growing urgency, we have begun the …Continue Reading