The USF Herbarium is one of the university’s first research collections, established in 1958, only two years after the founding of USF in 1956. Interesting fact: The Herbarium’s first specimen was collected by none other than USF’s founding president, John S. Allen. …Continue Reading
On track with our strategic goal to deliver high-impact support for faculty research, USF Libraries is excited to announce the launch of our new Broader Impacts Team. The Broader Impacts Team supports faculty scholarship and research at USF by deploying specialized services …Continue Reading
This summer USF Libraries launched two week-long summer institutes to expand services for faculty. The first, Collections to Curriculum, ran for one week in May and focused on bringing faculty into conversation with archival resources. Fifteen participants from the College of …Continue Reading
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
In celebration of Archives Awareness Week, USF Libraries’ Florida Studies curator, Andy Huse, will present a screening and discussion of Tony Pizzo’s Tampa. The show, produced by WUSF in 1979, explored Tampa’s rich history and now has become a part of it! …Continue Reading
The USF Libraries are proud to celebrate Earth Day 2024! We are committed to the preservation and accessibility of data-driven resources concerning the impact of Florida’s natural environment. Take some time this Earth Day to explore our Florida Environment and Natural History …Continue Reading
In March 2024, the USF Libraries and the USF College of Arts & Sciences formed an extraordinary partnership: the transfer of the USF Herbarium to the Libraries. Together, our goals are to proactively manage, grow, and enhance use of this distinctive and …Continue Reading
After a decade with the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Samuel Holloway III will be retiring. If you have been at the USF St. Petersburg library well into the night, no doubt you have seen Holloway hard at work. As a supervisor of …Continue Reading
The University of South Florida Libraries accelerate learning and knowledge production through distinctive collections, information service innovation, and thought leadership. We are one library serving three diverse campus communities in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee. As the heart of an AAU member …Continue Reading
USF librarians Matt Torrence, Allison Symulevich, Jason Boczar, and Jessica Szempruch have co-authored an article recently published in the journal Innovative Higher Education. The article explores the potential of scholarly podcasts for public knowledge dissemination. In it, the authors identify “metrics for …Continue Reading