In celebration of July being Park and Recreation Month, we are highlighting our USF Libraries research developed by the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections (DHHC) relating to work in our national, state, and local parks and recreation areas. Parks are home to significant historical and natural treasures that represent collective experiences and memories and are places that preserve and protect heritage, … Continue Reading
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Fifty years: USF Libraries employee to retire as the university’s longest-serving non-faculty staff member
As a child, Florence Jandreau remembers peeking through the woods and trees to see the new university in town. At the time, she could have never imagined the impact USF would have on her life or that she would one day retire as the university’s longest-serving non-faculty staff member. … Continue Reading
Catherine Cardwell named Dean of University Libraries at University of Nevada, Reno
Her last day at USF is Friday, July 30, 2021Catherine Cardwell has accepted the offer to serve as dean of University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno. Cardwell has had a dual appointment at the University of South Florida as the Regional Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Dean …Continue Reading
ICYMI: City Within a City, a screening and discussion
Tampa Special Collections & TBHC Celebrate City of Tampa's Archives Awareness WeekFor City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week 2021, the USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections and the Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) screened City Within a City, the 1955 promotional film about Ybor City — created by Paul Rubenstein, Cesar Gonzmart, and the …Continue Reading
Vote for Your Favorites to be Included in our 2022 Celebration of the Public Domain
Every year in January, the copyright protection of a new group of material will expire and those items will become part of the public domain. In celebration of this key characteristic of copyright law, USF Libraries select titles from our physical collections to digitize each year, and this year we intend to digitize 22 items. We need your help to decide which will be highlighted by our public domain celebration! Vote for your favorites before July 21st … Continue Reading
The Liberty Boys of “76″
Years before Famous Funnies was first published in 1934, considered by some to be the first comic book as we’ve come to know it today, kids of the late 19th and early 20th centuries had dime novels to while away their free time. Dime novels were cheap magazine-sized books that serialized stories typically featuring Old West heroes, soldiers, … Continue Reading
Deborah Lawhon Retires After 37 Years
Debbie is a Library Specialist in Collections & Discovery at the USF Libraries Tampa campusDeborah “Debbie” Lawhon has over 35 years of experience in library technical services and this month she is retiring. Debbie collaborates with department colleagues to manage serials subscriptions at the USF Libraries, and as a Library Specialist, her contributions include monitoring journal …Continue Reading
Susan Silver Retires After 31 Years
Susan Silver is an Associate Librarian at the USF Libraries Tampa campusAfter working at the USF Libraries for 31 years, Susan Silver, Associate Librarian in the Research & Instruction department on the Tampa campus, is retiring. Susan has been the liaison librarian for a range of behavioral science programs including Psychology and the College …Continue Reading
Audrey Powers: Emeritus Associate Librarian
Please help us congratulate Audrey Powers on being awarded the distinction of Emeritus Associate Librarian at the University of South Florida. This recognition is in honor of Audrey’s service to the USF Libraries and to the librarian profession. Audrey has worked at USF …Continue Reading
Juneteenth & the Celebration of Freedom
The commemoration of Jubilee Day in the Robert W. And Helen S. Saunders PapersJuneteenth is a holiday celebrating and commemorating the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in the United States, where on June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Texas to demand all enslaved peoples be free. This was two years after the …Continue Reading