USF Libraries Broader Impacts Team (BIT) collaborates with faculty and university research support units to improve the impact and success of grant proposals.Starting with the core services in the menu below, the BIT will coordinate Libraries’ services and expertise to find custom solutions that will enhance the impact of and public engagement with research projects.
We ask that faculty partners wishing to include the USF Libraries in their grant projects schedule a meeting with us (usflibraries-grants@usf.edu) to discuss the full scope of the proposed project in advance of adding library personnel or services to a grant.
BIT services are divided up in to two tiers.
Tier 1 incorporates services currently included in the USF Libraries’ service portfolio and accessed through an initial comprehensive consult and referral program.
Tier 2 services expand current offerings to include in-depth support and partnership opportunities to USF faculty and researchers including the Libraries in their grant budget proposals.
Service Categories
Access to USF Libraries Collections
Please be advised that the electronic collections available through the University of South Florida Libraries are accessible to authorized users only, typically defined as current USF students, faculty, and staff per our vendor license agreements. The USF Libraries pay for these resources based on head count, though anyone is free to come into the Tampa campus library (as a “walk-in user”) to use a publicly accessible computer to access our resources.
Providing remote access to the collections to non-USF personnel violates our contractual agreements. Please see our page on Library Resources User Terms for more information.
If you are writing a grant that requires access for co-PIs at another institution to access the collections, it is the responsibility of the academic department to set the individuals up as Courtesy Faculty at USF in order to provide such access. Please refer to USF policy ISSP-019 for more information on levels of access per category of faculty. Additionally, the USF Libraries so that we know the language of what has been promised.
Questions should be addressed to Carol Ann Borchert, Associate Dean for Collections & Discovery, at borchert@usf.edu.
Collection Analysis Services
If your grant requires an analysis of a subset of our collections, please contact Carol Ann Borchert, Associate Dean for Collections & Discovery, at borchert@usf.edu. The USF Libraries require 4 business days’ notice to provide collection analyses. Please include a detailed explanation of the scope of the proposed project, along with the instructions for that section of the writeup. Information about or links to peer library collections and samples of successful projects with similar collection areas are also helpful.
If you need additional collections or resources purchased once the grant is awarded, please provide a list of what is required and information on the funding source(s) to support that area of collection development.