Library Closed June 11, 2008 (Wed)
Hi there! The library will be closed on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 for our annual staff retreat. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Continue reading Library Closed June 11, 2008 (Wed)
Hi there! The library will be closed on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 for our annual staff retreat. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Continue reading Library Closed June 11, 2008 (Wed)
Now available is the Oxford African American Studies Center from Oxford University Press. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the OAASC is a collection of reference works providing more than 8000 articles on the people and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Check it out! Continue reading Oxford African American Studies Center
We have a new database available from EBSCOhost called Environment Complete. This replaces the LexisNexis Environmental database (which contained the venerable Environment Abstracts). We believe the journal coverage of Environment Complete is broader and deeper (back to the 1940s in some cases), and unlike the LexisNexis product, offers more than 600 journal titles in full-text. … Continue reading Environment Complete: Yes, please!
ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Now available from the Library to all USF students, faculty, and staff! Continue reading Picture This: ARTstor Now Available
Just a quick post to point out that we’ve created a page on the blog for recommendations, comments or questions about library resources or services. It’s here and it’s listed under Pages on the right side of the blog’s front page. Continue reading New Page on Blog for Recommendations
As the school year winds down and the temperature rises, thoughts turn and hearts yearn for long days at the beach slathered with sunscreen, book in hand. We had a good time promoting summer reading last week at the Spring Fling/Stress Less Day festivities in Harney Plaza. Kudos to Reference/Electronic Resources Librarian Sherise Kimura for coordinating the library’s successful participation for the second semester in a row! Cooling off in the shade of our beach umbrellas and nibbling chocolates, students perused our reading recommendations and lined up to write in their own favorite reads. We had to run off a second printing of our recommended Summer Reading list! Who says print is dead?
Below are additional recommendations generated by students at the Spring Fling and at the Davies Forum National Library Week display in the library over the last month. Most of the titles, we’re happy to say, are already in the library’s collection and we’ll look into ordering the others.
Please feel free to recommend your favorites in the comments below.
Spring Fling celebrants recommend these Summer Reading picks:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielziewski (recommended by Jenn)
Falling Leaves: a True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (recommended by Uzuma)
Books by Ayn Rand including The Fountainhead and Anthem (recommended by Freddy G. and others – “Regardless of whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy, the novel has a captivating, thought-provoking plot with characters that speak volumes about human nature.”— comments Maria D.)
Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (recommended by Freddy G.)
Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio by Jimmy Santiago Baca (recommended by Freddy G.)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
Phantom by Susan Kay (recommended by Cheryl M.)
War Is a Force that Gives us Meaning by Chris Hedges (recommended by Kathe B.: “anti-war”)
Three books by Paolo Coelho: Eleven Minutes, The Alchemist, and Veronika Decides to Die (recommended by Carlos A.)
The Secrets of a Fire King by Kim Edwards (recommended by Sheila M.)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (recommended by Sheila M.)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (recommended by Tannaz A. and others)
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Twilight, Breaking Dawn, and others by Stephenie Meyer (recommended by Anna and Michelle)
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (recommended by Anna)
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (recommended by Anna)
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (recommended by Alissa)
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (recommended by Rachel)
One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino (recommended by Cameron C.)
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (recommended by Martha)
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (recommended by Eva)
The Magus by John Fowles (recommended by Theresa)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (recommended by Sophie) (I love this book too!—ed.)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Monkey Business (which one? – hmm)
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
The Clown by Heinrich Böll ((recommended by Crista Y.)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck (recommended by Jessica C. and Oprah!)
And visitors to the Reading Fort added these favorites to the Digital Literacy class recommendations:
The Heart is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers – “It’s on Oprah’s Book Club. And it’s really good.”
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas Merton – “A reflection on human nature by a Trappist/Benedictine monk who was very aware of the times he lived in. It is a perfect, fun, and very relevant read for our days as a “Bystander!”
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov – “more than 60 short stories – simply amazing prose.”
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby – “Great book about Futbol… I mean soccer. Very entertaining!”
The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Peaceful Warrior books by Dan Millman.
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson — “Great ‘unwilling hero’ story of how one person can make a difference – plus a good education about Afghani and Pakistani culture! With appendix on how we can make a difference.”
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – “Funniest book ever written. Read it if you like sarcasm.”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon – “I laughed and cried while reading this book.”
Ann Veronica: a Modern Love Story by H.G. Wells – “Quite good, although I hope the SITC movie doesn’t end the same way!”
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson– “eye opening.”
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse – “It’s, well, it’s a ‘coming of age’ book I guess, about a kid discovering the world, thinking about who he is, exploring the world of artist/intellectual. Great. Makes one not feel alone.”
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff — “All about consequences”
Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovskii – “Single greatest book about filmmaking/editing.”
The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis – “Tragic, human science fiction about loneliness and isolation and the horrors of the world. Very beautiful.”
Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams – “Just a good book.”
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn — “It will change your life and the way you view… everything and everyone. Man learns from gorilla (Ishmael). AMAZING. Easy to read too.
Creepy Susie: And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong – “It’s quirky and funny in a strange way.”
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini — It’s a beautiful story that really spoke to the heart – it was raw and it had something pure about it.”
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón – “Modern Gothic novel full of romance & intrigue & awesome descriptions of Barcelona!”
Marchlands by Karla Kuban – “About what’s still sacred in our country.”
The Education of Little Tree by Carter Forrest “This book will change your life. About a young boy raised by his Cherokee grandparents in the mountains of Tennessee.”
Continue reading “Drift away with these summer reading recommendations”
Hey everyone! The Library is open extra hours for finals: Friday, May 9, 2008 : 8 am – 12 mid Saturday, May 10, 2008: 10 am – 12 mid Sunday, May 11, 2008: 10 am – 12 mid Good luck studying for finals and writing papers! And don’t get so busy with finals that you … Continue reading Library Open Late/Open Early for Finals
and Prof. David Silver’s Digital Literacy class is helping us celebrate, in part by letting us know what students wish we would do as well as what they appreciate about the library. I’m looking forward to seeing more students’ ideas. Here’s what National Library Week is all about. Continue reading It’s National Library Week
The Gleeson Library’s Atrium is once again open 24/7. The Atrium is a great place for late night studying. The way it works: while the Library is open, anyone in the USF community can access the Atrium through the Library. As the library closes for the evening, access in and out of the Atrium via the library ceases … Continue reading Atrium 24/7 Study Resumes!
Starting immediately the library’s catalog, Ignacio, will include records that link to online U.S. government documents that are not distributed in print. This is a critical new service for USF because the U.S. government is increasingly distributing information solely online, and discovering these documents can be very difficult without the help of a catalog. The … Continue reading Do Mandrakes Really Scream? (and other online government documents!)