On campus this summer? We’ll be here, too! Click Here to view Gleeson Library/Geschke Center Hours for Summer 2010 Have you heard Mark Twain’s quote about San Francisco’s infamous summer weather? It turns out that the quote isn’t true, or Twain never said it, or something like that…. Continue reading Library Hours – Summer 2010
And you can, too! Check out a book (or multiple books!) from our National Poetry Month display, featuring Bay Area and California Poets: and join us at the 2nd Annual Staff and Faculty Poetry Reading on Thursday, April 29th @ 5:30pm in the Library’s Rare Book Room: See you soon! (Special thanks to Rob Guillen … Continue reading Gleeson Library is Celebrating National Poetry Month…
“To the people of Haiti, we say clearly, and with conviction, you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten. In this, your hour of greatest need, America stands with you. The world stands with you. We know that you are a strong and resilient people. You have endured a history of slavery and … Continue reading Gleeson Library Fine Payments to be Donated to the People of Haiti
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. – Proverb from Guinea Click Here to view Gleeson Library/Geschke Center Hours for Intersession and Spring 2010 Continue reading Library Hours for Intersession and Spring 2010
Please note, based on the recent announcement that the University will be closed on Wednesday, December 24th, Gleeson Library/Geschke Center has revised our hours. The Library will close at 4pm on Wednesday, December 23rd and will be closed Thursday, December 24th, 2009 through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 for the Christmas Break. Remember, you can check … Continue reading Revised Library Hours
Busy? We can help! Gleeson Library is offering a new on-campus book delivery service for USF faculty and a book paging option for all library borrowers. If you are designated as a USF Faculty Member by USF HR, to request a book for delivery, go to the library catalog, find the book you are … Continue reading New Library Services
This semester, Gleeson Library has been broadcasting the 2008 presidential debates on our information screen in the Access Services area lobby. I work just adjacent to this lobby and have watched as patrons take short study breaks to quietly, and earnestly, watch the candidates answer a question. Some patrons pull up a chair and stay … Continue reading Food for Thought: Watching the Presidential Debates at Gleeson
The National Library of Scotland’s “The Private Lives of Books” website notes that “Books can tell all kinds of surprising stories through inscriptions people wrote in them, through the signatures of their owners, special bookplates and bindings.” Did you know that many of Gleeson Library’s books had “private lives” before they reached our stacks? Peruse … Continue reading The “Private Lives” of Gleeson Library’s Books