- See the wonders of the world without getting on a plane! Explore interactive 3D models of sites from Edinburgh Castle to the Easter Island statues using Google's new Search tool
September 24, 2020 - Daily Mail
Google Arts & Culture launched the new Search tool today ahead of World Tourism Day on September 27. The tool was developed in partnership with CyArk, a nonprofit organization located in Oakland, California, which strives to 'digitally record, archive and share the world's most significant cultural heritage and ensure that these places continue to inspire wonder and curiosity for decades to come'.The University of South Florida Libraries Digital Heritage & Humanities Collection also collaborated on the project. - Restoration of Tampa’s historic Jackson House is underway
September 11, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
The University of South Florida’s Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections department will complete their 3D scan of the structure. They scanned the first floor in February 2019 and are now moving on to the second floor. - The last Moseley has died, but homestead in middle of Brandon remains
August 26, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
“Julia wants the homestead to become an educational asset to the state of Florida,”said Lori Collins with University of South Florida’s Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections, which is assisting the trust. - Terry Hutchings and Sandra Law are USF Heroes!
August 11, 2020 - USF News
As operations manager, Terry Hutchings and his team have designed a new seat reservation system that will allow students to safely study at the USF Tampa Library. And since the University transitioned to virtual learning, Sandra Law and her staff have been coming into the Library to manage up to 50 book requests a week. Their efforts have ensured students and faculty's research and studies remained uninterrupted. - How La Segunda’s Cuban bread became a 105-year-old Ybor City tradition
July 21, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
“The Latin community, the immigrants, were just as prosperous as everybody else,” said Andy Huse, a librarian with the University of South Florida’s Special Collections. “Everybody made Cuban bread if you wanted to survive — not only because there’s so many Cubans here, but they set the tone here in Tampa in so many ways.”