Headlines reporting a movement to pass massive book bans have been making the news across the United States. The majority of the books on the proposed ban lists have LGBTQ+ themes or characters, and books centered on the topic of race and racism also make up a significant percentage of the lists. … Continue Reading
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Saving Florida’s Flamingoes
How the USF Libraries and Audubon Florida Helped Reclassify Flamingoes to Native SpeciesThe majestic flamingo, painted pink like a Caribbean sunset, was not always welcome in Florida. It was almost hunted to extinction in the early twentieth century. Until recently, the State of Florida assumed that flamingoes seen in the state were non-native escapees from captive populations and therefore not a native species. Thanks in part to the power of libraries, the future for flamingoes is changing … Continue Reading
LeEtta Schmidt Awarded Outstanding Library Faculty Award
The USF Library Faculty Award Committee has chosen LeEtta Schmidt as the winner of the inaugural Outstanding Library Faculty Award. This award recognizes a library faculty member’s “superior achievement in their professional duties, their research and creative activity, and in their service …Continue Reading
Karam Collection at the Tampa Museum of Art
On view starting November 11, 2021The Farid Karam, M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection is on view at the Tampa Museum of Art from November 11, 2021 to April 11, 2022. Fifty-six items from the 149-item collection are included in the exhibit and are on loan from the USF Libraries Tampa …Continue Reading
GIS Day 2021!
Discovering the world through GISIn celebration of GIS Day, Wednesday, November 17, 2021, the Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information (CDHGI) in the USF Libraries is hosting a GIS Virtual Project Gallery featuring select GIS projects created by students, faculty, and staff of the University …Continue Reading
Tomaro Taylor Awarded Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award
The USF Libraries is delighted to announce that Tomaro Taylor is one of three 2021 recipients of the USF Master of Library and Information Science Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is presented annually to alumni who have outstanding professional …Continue Reading
Preserving Media: The Sam Gibbons Collection
Tampa Special Collections is home to all types of exciting resources from historic documents to rare books, vintage photographs, and digital recordings. We recently had the opportunity to digitize seven reels of film and magnetic video from the Sam Gibbons collection, former Congressman and USF founder. … Continue Reading
Home Sweet Homecoming
Homecoming digital exhibit reminds us there is no place like our home away from homeThis week celebrates USF Homecoming 2021! Drawing upon images and the memories of those who lived it, last year we created Home Sweet Homecoming as a tribute to our students past and present, the University we’ve built together, and a heartfelt reminder …Continue Reading
Open Access Week 2021
This year Open Access Week is from October 25-31. The theme is “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” This year’s theme is intended to coincide with UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Science, which emphasizes equity and openness in the sciences…. Continue Reading
Outstanding Staff Awards Honor Terry Hutchings & Berrie Watson!
Each year the University of South Florida seeks to recognize employees who demonstrate above-and-beyond performance excellence and are ambassadors for USF’s Principles of Community. It is their hard work and dedication that greatly contributes to USF’s success and upward trajectory. This year, …Continue Reading