Happy Day of the Dons! Today is USF’s biggest fundraising campaign of the year, which celebrates the power of our community coming together through a display of generosity to support the future of our students and USF community.
Here at Gleeson, we are proud to say we provide a variety of services and resources that aid students through their college education which would not be possible without the donations of our community. Periodicals, study rooms, and databases, are only some examples of resources which aid students in their educational endeavors that are funded by donations.
This year, librarians and library staff took it upon themselves to create library cart displays which presented some of the resources Gleeson library offers. For example, the Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) cart display is all about shedding light on what kinds of materials are available to students in Special Collections and University Archives. “As the people who work with these materials, we end up feeling very connected to all of the items in our collections, and we definitely end up with favorites! These collections are here for our students, to represent their stories while they are at USF, shaping the USF community, and we want them to feel as connected to these materials as we do!” Well said Maura! Maura Wilson is our Special Collections & University Archives Assistant!
To get a better sense of how Gleeson has impacted students thanks to past donations, the Outreach department here at Gleeson decided to interview one of our Reference desk student assistants, Juliana Molina. Juliana has worked at the reference desk for the past 4 years, with a break during the pandemic. They started working at Gleeson during their first semester at USF when they were a freshman! We had the opportunity to sit down with them and ask a few questions:
How has Gleeson library supported your time at USF?
“It provides a nice beacon of support…I wish more students would be aware of it”
What does the library mean to you?
“The library is a very special place for me. Whenever I just think of Gleeson I just feel warm”
These donations are vital to help those who will be running the world in the generations to come. We encourage you to donate specifically to Gleeson Library to help support the university’s mission to help ‘Change the world from here!’ We hope to continue to nourish young minds and are a safe place to study, learn, and research with the help of our wonderful librarians and library staff.
Further Information:
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