USF Libraries are thrilled to announce that Jessica Szempruch, librarian at USF Sarasota-Manatee, has received the Florida Library Association’s 2023 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award. Jessica is honored alongside colleague Kati (Hinds) Block, assistant director of the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus Office of Student …Continue Reading
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Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with Spencer Williams
Reading Time: 5 minutes “A jazz band posing with their instruments” (1940). Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs. University of South Florida Libraries Digital Collections. You may not know Spencer Williams by name, but I bet you know “Everybody Loves …Continue Reading
Celebrating Women’s History Month with the Burn Bosses of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Reading Time: 8 minutes“Prescribed fire flames at Balm Boyette”, Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program Collection. USF Libraries Digital Collections. Beginning in 2021 Dr. Ann Hodgson, scientist, ornithologist, and affiliated faculty at USF sat down with a number of Audubon employees, researchers, …Continue Reading
Dion Boucicault, Irish immigrants, and USF Libraries Special Collections
Reading Time: 6 minutes Guest post from Dr. Matthew Knight, Associate Librarian USF Libraries, Tampa campus and Affiliate Faculty (History) at University of South Florida. As President Biden declared March 2023 to be Irish-American Heritage Month, he noted that Irish immigrants “helped …Continue Reading
“The Cuban Sandwich” Wins Gold at Florida Book Awards
The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers, lead authored by USF Libraries’ Andy Huse, has been selected as the Gold medal winner in the 2022 Florida Book Awards Cooking category. The Florida Book Awards exists to recognize, honor, and celebrate the best …Continue Reading
Creating Virtual Tourism and 3D Model Collections that Commemorate the Craftsmanship and Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
By: Lori Collins, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor and co-Director, Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information Virtual tours and immersive learning tools such as virtual and augmented reality and 3D modeling are offering new ways to explore, share, and learn about places …Continue Reading
Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef Collection joins USF Libraries’ FLENH collection
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
Open Refine: A Beginners Guide
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest post from Jason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian, USF Libraries, Tampa campus. Well-formed data is a luxury. When working with large datasets, researchers must engage in clean-up that includes fixing spelling mistakes or creating consistent numbering …Continue Reading
Annual Vote to Digitize for the Public Domain
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMother Nature’s Cheerful Children. Children’s Literature Books. USF Libraries. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/childrens_lit_books/72/ Help us choose the material that will be digitized for January 2024 as part of the Libraries’ annual celebration of the public domain! Each year, copyright will expire …Continue Reading
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