Research & Instruction

The USF Libraries Research & Instruction department is committed to advancing high-impact research, innovation, and transformative learning. We serve faculty and students on the Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee campuses by partnering with faculty and other academic units on a wide range of collaborative teaching and research activities:
  • Provide self-guided and librarian-led instruction on information and data literacy
  • Teach professional development workshops that support faculty teaching and curricular development
  • Facilitate workshops for researchers that provide tools and strategies that support all stages of the research process and enhance research impact and visibility
  • Offer resources such as library guides, curated open resources and course material lists, and collaborative assignment development with instructional faculty
  • Long-term collaborations with faculty on notable USF strategic initiatives

Workshops

Workshops created by the Research & Instruction librarians include:
  • Workshops for Researchers, in-person and virtual workshops helping faculty and graduate students take their research to the next level
  • Info + Data Literacy Workshops, Canvas workshops made to enrich any lower or upper-level course with a research component
  • Customized Canvas Workshops, Canvas tutorials customized to meet faculty’s curricular needs
Workshops
Subject & Course Guides: Know what we know – find it in our guides! Including research and services assistance, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by your friendly librarians.
USF LIB Instructional Videos on YouTube: These quick videos are designed to help you get the information you need to get on with your work.

Data Literacy Teaching Toolkit: Instructional activities and resources, with sample assignments, for faculty teaching data literacy skills and integrating data-related learning objectives into their courses.

Digital Learning Objects & Media Tools: Open-access (OA) resources for instruction, with virtual field trips and other materials to supplement instruction.

Consultation and Scheduling

Collaborative Collections & Initiatives

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Collections Florida COVID-19 Research Collections Piney Point Collections USF Forest Preserve Collections

All Assessment Data

Archive for data and information supporting compliance with SACSCOC Principle 7.3.