Over here in Gleeson we’ve purchased 1 Kindle and 3 iPads that we are getting ready to loan to patrons. Yep, that’s right — soon you’ll be able to check out this hardware from the Circulation Desk for 5 days. Are you excited? I sure am! Anyone have thoughts or a wish list related to … Continue reading The e-readers are coming! The e-readers are coming!
UPDATE, 8/16/2010: It seems like the weather tomorrow may not be very pleasant, so we’ll meet indoors, not in the community garden. See you in the seminar room of Gleeson Library, #209. ———————————————————————- Hello! At Book Club we decided to expand our horizons with a poetry selection for August. I suggested a book I read … Continue reading USF Book Club: Breakfast with Thom Gunn
On this day in history (July 21, 1899) Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. In his distinguished career as a journalist and writer, he wrote several novels, collections of short stories and works of non-fiction. In 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Donohue Rare Book Room holds several Hemingway … Continue reading Ernest Hemingway in the Rare Book Room
Hello everyone! From what I hear, Isabel Allende is an amazing writer so it’s high time Book Club read one of her books. Island Beneath the Sea is her newest and it is an historical novel that largely takes place in Haiti, so it is appropriate to the times. Opening in Saint Domingue a few … Continue reading USF Book Club: Island Beneath the Sea by Allende
I happened to catch an encore airing of Philsophy Talk’s annual Summer Reading Episode a few weeks ago which gave me some fresh recommendations, such as The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, which I am definitely planning on checking out soon. One thing one of the featured guests said was that he considers … Continue reading Summer 2010: What are you reading?
The Ignacio Catalog now displays the status “New Book Areas” for all the new material displayed in Gleeson Library! There are three New Book Areas to browse. The first New Book Areas is located just west of the main entrance between the Circulation and Reference desks. The second highlights new art books, and is located … Continue reading New Book Areas
Writing for a Real World: a multidisciplinary anthology by USF students is the latest addition to Gleeson Library’s digital collections. The collection includes all the 7 volumes of the publication since its inception in 2002. It features the best of USF students writing with both writer’s and instructor’s comments. Come check it out here! To … Continue reading Writing for a Real World now online
Puzzle Mania Now has Take-Out service. To show appreciation and expand opportunities to our PUZZLE loving patrons Jig Saw Puzzles are now available for borrowing. To see available puzzle pictures look up in Course Reserves, under either Faculty or Course Name: “Puzzle Mania“. Request puzzles at the Circulation Desk. Loan period is 1 week. It … Continue reading PUZZLE MANIA – TO GO
April 1 is almost here… and with it comes the start of National Poetry Month 2010! Here at Gleeson we are celebrating National Poetry Month by doing a couple things. First we’re putting up a display of cool books written by California and Bay Area poets and books of poems written about California and the … Continue reading National Poetry Month @ Gleeson
Hello everyone! The members of the book club today acknowledged our trend of picking depressing/topically traumatic books recently, so we’re going with an uplifting page turner for April. We think The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows will do the trick. We’re meeting on April 14, 2010 (Wednesday) … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society