Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest post from John Clarke, Coordinator for Florida Environment and Natural History collections at Special Collections, USF Libraries, Tampa campus. The Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection is an important collection of marine science research materials …Continue Reading
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Launching EcoLiteracies for Climate Action in Florida: A Teaching and Learning Portal
Reading Time: 2 minutes USF Libraries is excited to share that a new Open Educational Resource (OER) is launching in Spring 2023! The EcoLiteracies for Climate Action in Florida (ELCAF) portal is part of a larger collaborative effort between faculty in …Continue Reading
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), marks the day that Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest Nazi death camp – was liberated in 1945. It seeks to remember the lives of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, along …Continue Reading
New Faces at USF Libraries
2022 new hires... so far!USF Libraries are growing! We are excited to introduce a stellar group of new faces coming on board this year. Join us in welcoming them to the University of South Florida family. These positions will bring USF Libraries into a new era …Continue Reading
Library Workshops for Researchers
Take Your Research to the Next Level!USF Libraries are pleased to launch our 2022-23 Workshops for Researchers program, offering a wide array of research training for faculty, graduate students and USF researchers. Taught by expert faculty and librarian, our virtual workshops cover a range of essential data analysis …Continue Reading
The Florida Ornithological Society Nests at the USF Libraries
Special Collections is the official repository of the society’s physical and digital recordsMany birds migrate in predictable ways, heading north in spring as winter retreats from cooler climes and cycling south in the fall as northern habitats freeze over. Florida’s milder climate, however, sustains both the migrants and the state’s charismatic resident birds. For …Continue Reading
Diversify Your Syllabi
How our librarians are supporting the Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogy Faculty Learning CommunityWhat makes an authority on a topic? How do we balance diverse voices with the canon from an academic discipline? Are we perpetuating systems of oppression with the texts we choose? These thought-provoking questions and more were discussed in depth during a …Continue Reading
Gopher Tortoise Days at USF Sarasota-Manatee
Learn more about this favorite Florida species April 11-14th at USF Libraries Information CommonsIf you have visited the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus, you may have wondered why such a lush forested area is the first thing you see. It’s because one of Florida’s most important and protected keystone species, the gopher tortoise, makes its home amongst …Continue Reading
Special Collections Digital Exhibits Examine Gender & Sexuality in the Archives
#WomensHistoryMonthGender and sexuality studies are a popular analytical framework in the humanities, social science, and history fields. USF students and faculty are pursing innovative research on how these topics intersect across a multitude of subjects, and to support them, the USF Libraries …Continue Reading
The Incredible Irish-American Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa
Celebrating a rebel in our Anglo-Irish Collection for Irish-American Heritage & Women's History MonthOn February 28, 2022, President Joe Biden proclaimed March 2022 as Irish-American Heritage Month. Today, nearly one in ten Americans trace their lineage back to Ireland. In his Proclamation he stated: The United States and Ireland are deeply and forever intertwined: linked …Continue Reading