Thanks to the USF Libraries’ new Tampa Through Time portal, we recently took a little guided historical jaunt around USF’s Greenways and were pleasantly surprised by how much there was to see and learn. One particularly impressive spot on the USF Greenways …Continue Reading
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USF Libraries’ Tampa Through Time Portal Brings Archives to Life Through Experiential Content
The University of South Florida Libraries’ Tampa Through Time Portal is a no-cost, interactive resource that merges archives, digital tools, and mapping to allow users to immerse themselves in the city’s rich history. “The USF Libraries digitized 25 new collections just for …Continue Reading
DON’T MISS: New Climate Resiliency Workshops for GLAMR Institutions Launch Sep. 13
The Council of Library and Information Resources has launched its new Climate Resiliency Action Series, a series of free workshops dedicated to learning, sharing, and developing active solutions to facing climate issues in GLAMR (galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and records) institutions. USF …Continue Reading
USF Libraries Workshops for Researchers Announced
The USF Libraries have kicked off their Fall 2024 Workshops for Researchers programming. There are dozens of workshops available on a range of tools and techniques supporting the endeavors of USF researchers across disciplines. Workshops are organized around topical “tracks”, which are: …Continue Reading
Tony Pizzo’s Tampa: Making History on Television
September 17, 2024
6:30 p.m.
USF Libraries’ Florida Studies curator, Andy Huse, will present a screening and discussion of Tony Pizzo’s Tampa at J.C. Newman Cigar Company’s historic El Reloj factory . The show, produced by WUSF in 1979, explored Tampa’s rich history and now has become …Continue Reading
USF Libraries’ Strategic Collections Grow with Addition of USF Herbarium
USF Libraries and the USF College of Arts & Sciences partner to bring the USF Herbarium to the Libraries.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
USF Libraries Announce New “Broader Impacts” Service for Faculty
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
USF Libraries’ Inaugural Summer Institutes Boost Faculty Innovation
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
New Exhibit at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library
A curator talk about the Poynter Library’s latest exhibit, “The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Bayboro Harbor - St. Petersburg, FL” July 11, 2024
1pm
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
Tony Pizzo’s Tampa, Revisited
Tony Pizzo's Tampa, Revisited
July 18, 2024
4pm
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