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
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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
Florida Conversations Fall Lineup Announced
Every fall and spring, USF Libraries partner with the Tampa Bay History Center to offer this intriguing series of conversations on topics relevant to Tampa Bay and Florida. All presentations are free and offered both in-person and virtually (Zoom and YouTube). Registration …Continue Reading
USF Libraries Celebrates Earth Day 2024: See Our FLENH Collections!
The USF Libraries are proud to celebrate Earth Day 2024! We are committed to the preservation and accessibility of data-driven resources concerning the impact of Florida’s natural environment. Take some time this Earth Day to explore our Florida Environment and Natural History …Continue Reading
A New Leaf for the USF Herbarium
In March 2024, the USF Libraries and the USF College of Arts & Sciences formed an extraordinary partnership: the transfer of the USF Herbarium to the Libraries. Together, our goals are to proactively manage, grow, and enhance use of this distinctive and …Continue Reading
A thank you to one of USF Libraries’ “unsung heroes”
After a decade with the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Samuel Holloway III will be retiring. If you have been at the USF St. Petersburg library well into the night, no doubt you have seen Holloway hard at work. As a supervisor of …Continue Reading
It’s USF Giving Week–Help Your Libraries Thrive!
The University of South Florida Libraries accelerate learning and knowledge production through distinctive collections, information service innovation, and thought leadership. We are one library serving three diverse campus communities in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee. As the heart of an AAU member …Continue Reading
USF Librarians Publish New Research on Scholarly Podcasting, Generative AI
USF librarians Matt Torrence, Allison Symulevich, Jason Boczar, and Jessica Szempruch have co-authored an article recently published in the journal Innovative Higher Education. The article explores the potential of scholarly podcasts for public knowledge dissemination. In it, the authors identify “metrics for …Continue Reading
The Sociedad La Union Marti-Maceo Collection Now Preserved Through Digitization
Great news, this valuable collection is now digitized and online, thanks to efforts by USF Libraries Special Collections and Digital Collections! The Sociedad la Union Marti-Maceo collection first arrived at USF in 1983, and features records of the Afro-Cuban mutual aid society’s organizational …Continue Reading