Category: Special Collections

USF Celebrates Women’s History Month

Vital contributions of women create opportunities at USF and beyond
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March marks the University of South Florida’s celebration of Women’s History Month and an opportunity to highlight the contributions of women throughout history and contemporary society. Throughout its history, USF has benefitted tremendously from amazingly accomplished women. The following article highlights just a few of their remarkable contributions. … Continue Reading

Fair Use Week 2022

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Fair Use/Fair Dealing week is an international celebration of exceptions in copyright laws that allow for certain uses of copyrighted material in order to encourage new art and creativity. Fair use week runs from February 21–25, 2022 and was originally supported by the Association of Research Libraries…. Continue Reading

‘We Wanted Some Basic Human Rights: The Civil Rights Struggle in Tampa’ exhibit

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In 2016, students of USF History professor Dr. K. Stephen Prince created an exhibit on the Civil Rights Movement utilizing fifteen archival collections housed in USF Tampa Special Collections. The items displayed are accompanied by information that expounds on the importance of the material, calling on the reader to think more deeply about their historical context and significance. … Continue Reading

#ColorOurCollections

Special Collections invite you to explore, color, and connect with their collections
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Each year in February, the New York Academy of Medicine Library sponsors #ColorOurCollections, an annual coloring festival promoted on social media, where libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural organizations around the world are invited to share images from their collections for coloring. …Continue Reading

USF Libraries create history, not just preserve it

More than just books
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From USF Newsroom, University News: From solving century-old mysteries to changing what we know about Florida’s iconic bird, several resources at the USF Libraries have helped create actionable outcomes. … Continue Reading

Celebrating Black Heritage

Recent collections, archives & projects highlighting local Black history & heritage
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Black Heritage Month, also known as African American History Month, allows us the opportunity to deepen our understanding of Black history and culture. Learning history, in its accuracy, allows for a “greater sensitivity to human and cultural diversity,” as stated by our …Continue Reading

Celebrating the Public Domain in 2022

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Join the USF Libraries in our fourth year of celebrating the public domain through digitization! Since 2019, the USF Libraries’ Digital Collections have been selecting newly public domain material from the Libraries’ collections to digitize in celebration… Continue Reading

USF Curiosities: A faculty airplane?

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How do you normally get to campus? A car, a bicycle, a bus, or walk… What about an airplane? Well, that’s just what USF faculty members did in the early 1980s.. … Continue Reading

“Banned and Burned: Why Worry? It’s Just Kiddie Lit”

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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

Emilio Hernandez, Graduating Student Spotlight

Fall 2021 Edition
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Emilio A. Hernandez is a Student Assistant in Special Collections at the USF Tampa Library. He is graduating this December with his Master’s in Library & Information Sciences! Emilio loves to hangout out with his buddies offline and online. He’s a huge …Continue Reading