In honor of Constitution Day and The September Project, the library has created a display highlighting books and government documents from our collection on the First Amendment. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified on December 15th, 1791. It reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the … Continue reading Constitution Day
The USF Book Club will discuss The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on October 13, 2009 (Tuesday) from 12-1 pm. Continue reading USF Book Club: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A version of this post is in the Fall 2009 issue of the library newsletter Global Update. If you work at USF, one of your benefits is free access to library services and materials for personal and professional use. The library has lots of ways to help you get through these trying economic times. It’s … Continue reading Library service to USF staff in tough economic times
Check this out: it’s a new opera called “The Gonzales Cantata” based on the testimony of Alberto Gonzales, the former U.S. attorney general, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here’s a trailer of the opera, featuring Gonzales’ quote, “I don’t recall”: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqCzxXUD–g] See a webcast of the actual hearing at http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=2632 For a brief interview of … Continue reading Congressional Testimony Mashup!
With 131 chemistry theses available full-text online, the chemistry phase of the Master’s Thesis Project is now finished. The chemistry theses are searchable by content, using “Thesis Keyword,” under Advanced Keyword Search in Ignacio.” The image below is from Youling Zou’s 2005 thesis, Attempted identification and characterization of metallothionein in Dictyostelium discoideum, and depicts the … Continue reading Chemistry master’s theses are now available full-text online
In conjunction with USF’s Summer Reading Program, the book club will discuss Jane Goodall’s Harvest for Hope on Tuesday September 15, 2009 from 12 – 1 pm in the Community Garden. The Community Garden is located on the side of Lone Mountain, next to the School of Education parking lot. How do I get a … Continue reading USF Book Club: Harvest for Hope
The USF Book Club is reading the San Francisco Public Library 2009 One City One Book pick, Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst. Continue reading USF Book Club: Alive in Necropolis – updated
Since the book club is venturing into the world of graphic novels this month*, we decided to highlight some the library has acquired in the last couple of years. The last time we featured our graphic novel collection, the exhibit resulted in positive attention and suggestions that were used to guide our collection development. So, … Continue reading Get More Graphic: Recent Graphic Novel Acquisitions
The USF Book Club will meet to discuss American Born Chinese on July 14, 2009. Continue reading USF Book Club: American Born Chinese
The USF Book Club will meet on May 12, 2009 to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams. Continue reading Book Club: Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver