The first deadline for USF Libraries Awards & Scholarships – February 14th! Research awards, essay prizes, and scholarships are available in a variety of topics including: LGBT Research Award, Tampa campus, up to $500–submit an essay about how you will be incorporating …Continue Reading
Congrats to USF Libraries’ Matt Knight, whose co-edited book, Dion Boucicault – The Vampire (1852) and The Phantom (1873), has been published by University of Wales Press / Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. From the publisher: “Almost fifty years before Bram Stoker penned Dracula, …Continue Reading
It’s not often we see one of our own caricatured (flatteringly, of course) in the New York Times! Andy Huse, USF Special Collections librarian, is featured in a creative illustrated culinary history and heritage piece on the Cuban sandwich. Andy is considered …Continue Reading
The USF Libraries are proud to announce that Kaya van Beynen, associate Dean, Library Research & Instruction, has been selected as a 2023 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellow. The Leadership Fellows Program is a 13-month hybrid experience that provides the …Continue Reading
USF Libraries are excited to congratulate Tomaro Taylor, Director of USF Libraries Special Collections, on receiving the 2023 Academy of Certified Archivists’ (ACA) Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award acknowledges extraordinary services rendered to the Academy by its members. Award recipients …Continue Reading
In residence at the University of South Florida (USF) Tampa Library September 21, 2023 through March 1, 2024, the Kellogg Mansion Immersive Experience uses cutting edge virtual reality technology to take participants back in time while learning about the history of Dunedin’s …Continue Reading
The USF Libraries have kicked off their Fall 2023 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
We’ve got some great events going on in September at USF Libraries. Here’s a quick overview: September – October 6: “Alice in Wonderland Exhibition Extravaganza” at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, USF St. Pete This creative collaboration between USF Libraries and The Dali …Continue Reading
USF St. Pete’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library has gone down the rabbit hole with a lively Alice in Wonderland collaborative exhibit that is now on view. The exhibit features everything “Alice” from USF Libraries’ Special Collections complemented by Salvador Dali’s enchanting Alice …Continue Reading
by Amanda Boczar – George “Skip” Gandy IV, 1942-2020, captured images of a Tampa Bay very much in transition. In 2012, Gandy donated over 80,000 images to Special Collections as photographic negatives, slides, and prints. A small sample of 218 of these …Continue Reading