Press Coverage

  • New USF Libraries Digital Collection Documents Coral Reef Changes

    March 24, 2020 - USF Libraries

    Forty years of coral reef research is now available to USF students and scientists worldwide. Integrative Biology Professor Emeritus John Ogden, PhD, donated thousands of photos from his research on tropical coastal marine ecosystems along with their accompanying journal publications, maps, data and field diaries.

  • USF Librarian Tracking Down Families of Those Buried at Zion Cemetery

    March 10, 2020 - Bay News 9

    Drew Smith, a USF genealogy librarian is trying to track down the families of hundreds of people who were buried at Zion Cemetery.

  • USF Working To Discover and Uncover Century-Old Grave Sites

    March 3, 2020 - The Oracle

    USF is working with the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) to uncover forgotten burial grounds in Tampa Bay. Andrew Smith, an associate librarian at USF, reached out to FPAN to get involved after learning about the lost burials through Guzzo, thinking his background in genealogy would aid in research.

  • The Weekly Challenger Inspires Research Guide On Area Black History

    February 27, 2020 - The Weekly Challenger

    What began as an effort to collect and digitize existing issues of The Weekly Challenger has expanded to a comprehensive research guide on St. Petersburg’s black history. David Shedden, special collections librarian at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, created the guide to connect students to other parts of history.

  • Get To Know The Main Monuments of Quiriguá in 3D

    February 25, 2020 - Prensa Libre

    To highlight the importance of this archaeological site, the University of South Florida shows the 3D Quiriguá Project, Guatemala online.