We’ve Got A Book for That!

Of course we’ve got a book for that–we’re the USF libraries! But did you know about everything else we offer in support of student success and faculty excellence? Check out some of the programs, services, opportunities, and expertise your USF Libraries have on tap.

Collection:

USF Libraries purchase and create distinctive research collectionsin support of USF’s 60+ research disciplinary areas. We do so through judicious use of financial resources as well as leveraging technology to digitally archive and build additional collections contexts. Our libraries provide access to over 3.8 million print and eBooks, 105,000 eJournal subscriptions, and over 24 million digital images. We support cross-disciplinary research as the home of the USF Herbarium and Florida Environment & Natural History collection.

Workshop:

The USF Libraries’ Workshops for Researchers enhance research impact and productivity and support career readiness. Workshops are applicable across curriculums and are free to all USF students and faculty. Throughout the academic year, we offer more than 100 workshops in various focus areas ranging from developing research strategies, copyright, and data literacy to R Programming, Chat GPT & Generative AI in research, metadata, and much more.

Opportunity:

We offer internship opportunities and student employment in a wide variety of areas such as metadata, data analysis, digitization, archives, collections analysis, Open Access journal publishing, and more. Our research-active faculty and library professionals contribute to research within a variety of fields including censorship, paleoclimate, heritage foodways, 3D digital preservation, women’s studies, copyright, and more. These subject matter librarians, collections curators, archivists, and creative professionals are available to help USF students and faculty dig into, develop, polish, and publicize their research.

Resource:

We offer a wide variety of services in support of both student and faculty success. Patrons can take advantage of expanded resource access through our Interlibrary Loan and UBorrow programs, lessen the load of textbook costs by checking out free textbooks or course reserve materials, or get support through course & subject online guides. Faculty benefit from services ranging from GIS support to faculty impact and promotion, curriculum development, and tenure support. From flexible study spaces to printing resources, USF Libraries ensure patrons have access to necessities for success including calculators, laptops, and chargers for loan–even 3D printing at the Student Technology Center (USF St. Pete) or scheduling a tutoring session in the Tampa library’s Academic Success Center, the libraries provide support and resources to equip students and faculty on their academic journeys.