The Gleeson Library is pleased to co-sponsor with the African American Studies Program a faculty reading on Thursday, February 2nd with University of San Francisco Associate Professor James Lance Taylor, who will read from his recent work Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama (2011). Professor Taylor is also co-editor … Continue reading Library program on Black Nationalism
Gleeson Library is proud to cosponsor International Education Week at USF (Nov. 14-18), and this year we’re inviting you to make yourself at home in the world by visiting the library lobby, where international newspapers, magazines and books await your perusal. This year’s schedule for IEW looks great. The lineup includes Trivia Night, the USF … Continue reading IEW@USF: At home in the world
Update: Due to issues that were discovered when the new login was turned on, we are postponing implementation of the new login. Library logins will return to using Name/USF ID # until further notice. Oritinal Post: Beginning on Tuesday, October 11, logins to Library resources (off-campus access to databases; view your library record, etc.) will … Continue reading New Library Login: Postponed
Please plan to attend a program in the Donohue Rare Book Room on March 24th with USF Associate Professor of Sociology, Stephanie Sears, who will be speaking on Imagining Black Womanhood. In her recent publication, Imagining Black Womanhood: The Negotiation of Identity and Power within the Girls Empowerment Project, published in 2010 by the State … Continue reading Program on Black Womanhood
The Oxford African American Studies Center, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as Editor in Chief, is teeming with gripping photo essays, videos, maps, and articles. The search options make it easy to explore various sections including; biographies, images and multimedia, primary sources, and bibliographies. If you want to browse, I recommend looking through the Previous … Continue reading Database of the Week: Oxford African American Studies Center
To observe Sexual Violence Awareness Week, the library has a display of tee shirts from the Clothesline Project which were made by USF students. It’s next to the entrance gate, by the fountain. Along with the tee shirts, there are also library materials and other resources to learn about and prevent sexual violence. All books … Continue reading Sexual Violence Awareness Week Display in Library
We’re proud that Gleeson Library is a co-sponsor of USF’s 8th Human Rights Film Festival, free and open to the public this Thursday through Saturday. From USF students’ short films screening Thursday afternoon, to presentations of documentaries co-sponsored by USF’s LGBT Caucus and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women… from the U.S. … Continue reading Human Rights Film Festival this week
Last week, on World AIDS Day, the GLBT Historical Society and the Bay Area Reporter, the local glbt newspaper, released a database of obituaries of persons who died of AIDS. Looking through it is like looking at a time capsule. I moved to San Francisco in 1983 and like so many gay men of my … Continue reading Obituaries and history
Here at the library we’re proud to co-sponsor USF’s celebration of International Education Week 2009. Now in the lobby we’re featuring film, recent fiction and poetry by international newcomers to the Bay Area and across the U.S., in honor of IEW and our international students. You might have already spotted photos from the IEW photo … Continue reading The World at our Doorstep– with a photo contest
The USF Book Club will meet to discuss American Born Chinese on July 14, 2009. Continue reading USF Book Club: American Born Chinese