Express yourself. Make your own zine! Zines are self published magazines made by artists, writers, and other interesting people. Zines are created in a variety of ways using comics, collage, drawings, hand written, or typed text. Thursday October 12 from 11:00-2:00 we will show people how to make zines and will make some ourselves. Join … Continue reading Gleeson Zine Workshop
The Gleeson Library has a new, small (but growing!) collection of zines. What are zines? Zines are self published magazines. They are a great means of self expression for artists, writers, and anyone passionate about a topic. Zines are created in a variety of ways with drawings, comics, collage, hand written, or typed text. They … Continue reading Gleeson Zine Library: a new collection
The Wikipedia #1lib1ref campaign encourages librarians and others to add one citation to Wikipedia, and they have made it really easy. Here is more information on the #1lib1ref campaign https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref A few Gleeson Library folks are going to have a casual gathering Wednesday, 2/1/17 from 12:00-1:00. We will be on the second floor of the Gleeson Library … Continue reading Wikipedia #1lib1ref citation party!
Tuesday November 15th 11:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. is the Second Gleeson Library Zine Workshop. We had a blast making zines last week and we’re going to make some more! Zines are short-run, independently published magazines on a variety of subjects. Common themes include art, comics, short stories, cultural criticism, and social commentary. This week we will: … Continue reading Gleeson Zine Workshop #2 And Pop-up Exhibition in the Donohue Rare Book Room
Open Access is online access to scholarly research free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. In other words Open Access is scholarly research without borders With Open Access more people can interact with the scholarship of others, more people can build upon that scholarship, more people can benefit from the research … Continue reading Gleeson Library Celebrates Open Access Week 2016
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of endangered cultural heritage sites all over the world. Masters of Museum Studies students Kathryn Booth, Jordan Dresser, Erin Golightly and Kathleen Schlier put together a provocative display highlighting a few of the many stories throughout history where cultural heritage has been destroyed by acts of war. Visit … Continue reading I Support Cultural Heritage
The USF Seed Library is officially open! It’s fun and easy. Borrow some seeds, grow some produce, and perhaps collect and dry a few seeds for your next garden, and (optional) bring some back to donate to the library. More details are available at Gleeson’s USF Seed Library page. . The USF Seed Library is a joint project of the USF … Continue reading The USF Seed Library
Gleeson Library’s Game Day is part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) International Game Day Including nearly 1,000 Libraries in 28 countries on all 7 seven continents. Join us! This Saturday 11/16/2013 from 3:00 to 7:00 in the Atrium Click on the map to see who else is participating in ALA’s International Game Day Continue reading Gleeson Game Day / International Game Day
The Librarians and Staff of Gleeson Library enjoyed a Haiku Day on June 13th. People shared their favorites or wrote some haiku of their own. Here is a small selection. Continue reading Haiku Day
The Gleeson Library participated in University Health Promotion Services‘ Stress Less Day on April 4th. Some people played Jenga or got a manicure other folks just relaxed and pet the dogs brought in from the SPCA. Photos by Matthew Collins and Shawn Calhoun and Shawn Calhoun respectively. Continue reading Gleeson Library and Less Stress
