USF Libraries create history, not just preserve it
More than just books
From USF Newsroom, University News: From solving century-old mysteries to changing what we know about Florida’s iconic bird, several resources at the USF Libraries have helped create actionable outcomes. … Continue Reading
Celebrating the Public Domain in 2022
Join the USF Libraries in our fourth year of celebrating the public domain through digitization! Since 2019, the USF Libraries’ Digital Collections have been selecting newly public domain material from the Libraries’ collections to digitize in celebration… Continue Reading
“Banned and Burned: Why Worry? It’s Just Kiddie Lit”
Headlines reporting a movement to pass massive book bans have been making the news across the United States. The majority of the books on the proposed ban lists have LGBTQ+ themes or characters, and books centered on the topic of race and racism also make up a significant percentage of the lists. … Continue Reading
Saving Florida’s Flamingoes
How the USF Libraries and Audubon Florida Helped Reclassify Flamingoes to Native Species
The majestic flamingo, painted pink like a Caribbean sunset, was not always welcome in Florida. It was almost hunted to extinction in the early twentieth century. Until recently, the State of Florida assumed that flamingoes seen in the state were non-native escapees from captive populations and therefore not a native species. Thanks in part to the power of libraries, the future for flamingoes is changing … Continue Reading
Preserving Media: The Sam Gibbons Collection
Tampa Special Collections is home to all types of exciting resources from historic documents to rare books, vintage photographs, and digital recordings. We recently had the opportunity to digitize seven reels of film and magnetic video from the Sam Gibbons collection, former Congressman and USF founder. … Continue Reading
Open Access Week 2021
This year Open Access Week is from October 25-31. The theme is “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” This year’s theme is intended to coincide with UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Science, which emphasizes equity and openness in the sciences…. Continue Reading
Meet Your Librarian: Susan Ariew
USF Librarian Susan Ariew joined the University of South Florida (USF) in 2005, and since then she’s worked to facilitate relationships with research-engaged students and faculty in the College of Education. When she’s not immersed in the literature herself, … Continue Reading
Oktoberfest in the Archives
Oktoberfest is just around the corner! What started as a horse race celebrating the marriage of King Louis I, the king of Bavaria, in 1810 grew into a food and beer celebration in 1818. It is now a world-famous two-week celebration of German beer, … Continue Reading