Press Coverage

  • Vol 80, No 11 (2019) December

    December 1, 2019 - College & Research Libraries News

    This month's cover features a 1920's photograph of a newspaper reader walking through St. Petersburg, Florida's downtown open air post office. This photograph comes from the Earl R. Jacobs III Collection of Francis G. Wagner Photographs at the University of South Florida St Petersburg's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

  • Ten Smithsonian Artifacts You Can 3D Print

    November 27, 2019 - Smithsonian Magazine 

    The Smithsonian Institution partnered with the University of South Florida Library's Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections to carry out structured light scanning and high definition imaging of the Key Marco Cat.

  • Secrets of the Sulphur Springs Water Tower Revealed in 3D

    November 15, 2019 - Fox 13 News

    Dr. Lori Collins, Director of digital mapping group from USF Libraries, and Debi Johnson, leader of the Preserve Our Tower group, lead a project to preserve the Sulphur Springs Tower in Tampa. The tower was a famous tourist attraction from the 1920's.

  • USF to Honor Lurlene McDaniel, Whose Books Inspired Young Adults

    November 6, 2019 - WUSF News

    Lurlene McDaniel, USF Class of 1965, will have her writing career showcased at the USF Tampa Library on Thursday, November 7th with a "Coffee & Conversations" lecture and discussion about her final novel, "The Girl with the Broken Heart."

  • The Tampa Natives Show – Drew Smith

    November 1, 2019 - Tampa Bay Arts & Education Network

    Mario Nunez interviews Drew Smith, an associate librarian at the University of South Florida and an avid genealogist, about the historic and controversial Zion cemetery located right here in Tampa, Florida.