Here at Gleeson we got some very sad news last week. Our longtime colleague Helen Wang passed away on March 29, 2015 after a brief illness. Helen began her work at Gleeson on January 29, 1979 and received a service award for 35 years at the University’s annual awards ceremony in 2014. Helen was an Acquisitions Specialist … Continue reading Memorial for Helen Wang
A couple weeks ago, I posted some book reviews written by student assistants that work in Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. Here are some more to get you excited about future reads. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, reviewed by Ariana Varela This memoir by Susannah Cahalan depicts the life of the author, a young … Continue reading What Are the Students Reading? Spring 2015 edition, part 2
We know textbooks can break the bank! Here are some options to getting them for free or on the cheap. • Search by title, author, or ISBN in the library’s catalog to see if USF owns a copy. • Check to see if your instructor has put a copy on reserve in the library. Search here by … Continue reading Looking for a Textbook?
We’ve all done it… You want to garner a quick overview of a topic, so without thinking you drop the terms in a Google search, click on the hit to Wikipedia, and engage in information gathering. Of course most of us have at least considered the credibility (or lack thereof) of the information, although we still … Continue reading Wikipedia vs. Peer Reviewed Sources
Please join the Dean’s Office of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Latin American Studies Department, and CELASA for a marathon reading in celebration of the life and work of Gabriel García Márquez on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Drop in any time between 10 am and 4 pm to participate in the reading of … Continue reading Gleeson @ Marquez Marathon Reading
It’s been a minute since the last installment of book reviews written by the student assistants of the library (part 1 is here and part 2 is here), but better late than never… here’s the last one for the semester! The Color Master: Stories, reviewed by Madeline Vanden Branden I found The Color Master: Stories by Aimee … Continue reading What are the students reading? (part 3)
I hope you enjoyed last week’s book recs from the library’s student assistants! Here’s this week’s installment. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, reviewed by Catie Drahmann I would recommend this book to anyone, at almost any age. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman follows the retrospective journey of … Continue reading What are the students reading? (part 2)
A couple weeks ago, I asked the student assistants in the Reference & Research Services Department if they had read any good books lately. I was surprised at all the interesting recs I got! Here are a couple, with reviews. I’ll post a couple each week for the next few weeks. Have you also read … Continue reading What are the students reading?
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Eric Ewen, Head of Cataloging, wrote the following piece on the recent retirement of Kathy Woo, Head of Acquisitions. Our beloved colleague Kathleen Ann Magri Woo joined the Gleeson Library as an assistant cataloger at precisely 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 3, 1974. On the ecclesiastical calendar it was the Feast of St. Gregory the … Continue reading Farewell, Kathy