Many of us celebrate Thanksgiving as a time to gather with family and friends, have a feast, and practice gratitude or a little football. For some, though, Thanksgiving is a painful reminder of how Native Americans’ land and their very lives have been under assault for hundreds of years. The indigenous history of “the first … Continue reading Thanks giving
This blog post was written by Reference Student Assistant Danni McCorkle. As new movies hit the screen and upcoming novels are printing for the masses, the need for in-depth details about these modes of entertainment is demanded by the public. From which the job of the critic is born. However, not all critics are written … Continue reading Musings on Book and Film Reviews
The library has a bunch of horror movies, and documentaries too, to put you in a scary mood. Continue reading Horror-ble Halloween!
Three important elections are on the horizon: Nov. 5, 2019 — Local Elections March 3, 2020 — California Primary ElectionNov. 3, 2020 — United States Presidential Election Are you ready? Registering to vote is easy. It takes less than two minutes to fill out a form on paper. Join us on September 30th and October 16th … Continue reading Register to Vote!
Gleeson Library|Geschke Center staff fondly remembers Karen Johnson, Librarian Emerita. Karen Johnson retired as the Systems Head Librarian in December 2017. She was a cataloger when she joined the University of San Francisco in 1984 and was promoted to systems librarian in 1995. Karen touched many lives, professionally and personally, and we miss her dearly. … Continue reading In Memoriam: Karen Johnson
Over at Gleeson we have had two recent hires, Gina Murrell – Digital Collections Librarian and Annie Reid – University Archivist. We asked them a few questions to get at some of their interests in the library world and the Bay Area. Gina Murrell Annie Reid Continue reading Welcome Gina Murrell and Annie Reid!
To familiarize the USF community with library staff, we interviewed one of our awesome Access Services staff members, Katlyn Murphy. Get to know this friendly face and don’t forget to say hi! What is your role here at Gleeson? Library Assistant IV: I work evenings and weekends part time at the Access Services/ Circulation desk. … Continue reading Library Staff Spotlight- Meet Katlyn!
The USF Library’s Systems Department has had a busy summer working on projects to improve services for students, faculty, and staff! Here are a few of our recent updates. New Systems Library Assistant The Systems Department has a new Library Assistant to help work on systems-related projects, troubleshooting, and technical documentation. Find out more about … Continue reading Systems Department Updates
Save the date for our fall events for Open Access Week 2019: Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge. Continue reading Open Access Week 2019!
Everything’s coming up shiny and fresh with the start of the academic year — new and returning students, new classes, and hot-off-the-press syllabi with library resources to back them up. Faculty, please make your requests for library acquisitions and library instruction as early as possible, to give library staff the time we need to get … Continue reading Faculty Requests
