Gleeson Zine Kits

The Gleeson Zine Collective has a new initiative to incorporate zine making into the remote student experience by offering zine kits to be mailed out. The kits can be requested for USF community members interested in making zines on their own, or they can be mailed out ahead of time for Gleeson zine workshops and … Continue reading Gleeson Zine Kits

Prioritizing Collection Diversity at Gleeson Library

Building diverse and equitable collections is a core value of librarianship. In Gleeson Library’s recent strategic planning, we focused on aligning our values with our practice. To meet its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence strategic goal, the Library set the following objective: To review and enhance collections and services to better reflect diversity, equity, and historically underrepresented groups. Continue reading Prioritizing Collection Diversity at Gleeson Library

Black Lives Focus of Two New Library Collections

Reflecting Gleeson Library’s commitment to upholding social justice and dismantling white supremacy, two new library collections focusing on Black lives are currently in development. One is the Black Lives Matter collection, a project being led by Gleeson Library Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA). The second is the BSU at USF digital collection, initiated by Gleeson Library Digital Collections and in collaboration with SCUA. Continue reading Black Lives Focus of Two New Library Collections

New resources from O’Reilly for Higher Learning September 17, 2020

Where can we be? What can we do? How can we spin gold from data? Highlights from the over 600 new titles added to the O’Reilly for Higher Education collection in August and September, including many recent titles from RIBA Publishing. For supplementing remote instruction, consider also O’Reilly’s extensive collection of videos.

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