Sexual assault and violence impacts millions of people, all over the world, every day. Each April, for the past 19 years, efforts to prevent, support, and heal sexual violence have been coordinated in a month-long effort to bring awareness to the problem and offer possible solutions and healing. During Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), groups … Continue reading Sexual Assault: Awareness & Prevention
You’ve worked in some great libraries, and have accomplished some really great things at these different places. Tell us a little bit about your background — library-related or not — and projects you are proud of or were excited to be a part of. I am Ngāti Paoa Māori and grew up in Tāmaki Makaurau, … Continue reading Welcome Nicky Andrews – Instruction and First-Year Experience Librarian
To kick off Women’s History Month, Gleeson Library will host the annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon on Tuesday, March 3! Join us in the 2nd Floor Common area from 1-6pm. We will address the gender gap on Wikipedia by communally updating Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. People of all gender identities and … Continue reading Gleeson Library Hosts 6th Annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
As we welcome in the new year and reflect on all that was accomplished in 2019, we would like to highlight the amazing scholarly activities from Gleeson Library faculty and staff and share them with the USF community. The 2019 Gleeson Library Scholarship Roundup includes conference presentations, articles, posters, and other creative endeavors produced by … Continue reading The 2019 Gleeson Library Scholarship Roundup
From the Vault is a new series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at Gleeson Library. Our first post features the ongoing digitization project of the library’s Woman Suffrage Collection. Two thousand twenty marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the … Continue reading From the Vault 1(01)
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
USF, your sexual health matters. With this as their guiding message, USF seniors Ilana Shoyket and Hannah Cobb have created a library display on sexual health in conjunction with their campus wide “Get Tested” campaign. Get Tested is a social marketing campaign that informs USF students about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), encourages testing for STIs, … Continue reading Student Social Justice Exhibit: Sexual Health
Graduate students from Dr. Kelly McDermott’s MPH 622 class, Communicating for Healthy Behavior and Social Change, have created a Student Social Justice Exhibit on how corporations can have a positive impact on issues related to homelessness and housing in San Francisco. Emily Martinez, Ellen Pelos, Joya Esagoff, and Michael Alba Huizar are all graduate students in … Continue reading Student Social Justice Exhibits: Corporations and Homelessness in San Francisco
USF Masters in Public Health students Lindsay Barbic, Cynthia Gutierrez, Roberto Herrera and Josephine Borogo are the most recent contributors to Student Social Justice Exhibits. Their installation on homelessness and San Francisco Libraries focuses on the intersection of patrons experiencing homelessness and direct services provided by San Francisco Public Library librarians and social workers. Group … Continue reading Student Social Justice Exhibits: Homelessness and San Francisco Public Libraries
Graduate students from Dr. Kelly McDermott’s MPH 622 class, Communicating for Healthy Behavior and Social Change, have created a Student Social Justice Exhibit titled The Root Causes of Homelessness in San Francisco. Behavioral and Public Health graduate students Jessica Sanck, Wyatt Lim Tepper, Rebeca Garcia, and Syria Orizaba’s display addresses the root causes of the … Continue reading Student Social Justice Exhibits: Root Causes of Homelessness in San Francisco
