O’Reilly-Safari: new look, more books

Enhance your learning on the new O’Reilly-Safari platform. Gleeson Library | Geschke Center now brings you unlimited access to their Academic Catalog: over 48,000 books, videos, case studies, learning paths, and content from O’Reilly conferences, from beginner to advanced. Read online or download to their app for offline use. You might know O’Reilly-Safari for its … Continue reading O’Reilly-Safari: new look, more books

2019 Library Database and Journal Cancellations

In December, the Library notified faculty of our preliminary plans for database and journal cancellations for the coming fiscal year. This will mark the fifth consecutive year that the Library’s budget has been cut, and each cut necessitates increasingly significant cancellations for the Library and the faculty & students whom we support. Two years ago, … Continue reading 2019 Library Database and Journal Cancellations

Library Systems Department Update

The USF Library’s Systems Department has been working hard behind the scenes to improve services for students, faculty, and staff! Here are some of our recent projects. OpenAthens The implementation of OpenAthens, the Library’s new authentication system to access online resources (databases, ejournals, ebooks, and streaming videos), entered its final phase at the end of … Continue reading Library Systems Department Update

Introducing Gleeson Library’s newest Librarian: Annie Pho

Annie is joining the Reference and Instruction team and will serve as the Instruction Coordinator and Assessment Librarian. Please join us in welcoming her! In her role, Annie will lead the library’s information literacy instruction program. The library instruction program allows librarians and faculty to collaborate on lesson plans and instruction sessions that support student … Continue reading Introducing Gleeson Library’s newest Librarian: Annie Pho

Systems Spotlight

At Gleeson Library we’ve recently revamped our Systems department to support resource discovery and library operations. As part of this reconfiguration we hired two new librarians, Brian Schumacher and Anders Lyon. Please join us in welcoming them! I asked Brian and Anders a few questions to help the University community get to know them and … Continue reading Systems Spotlight