This semester, Gleeson Library has been broadcasting the 2008 presidential debates on our information screen in the Access Services area lobby. I work just adjacent to this lobby and have watched as patrons take short study breaks to quietly, and earnestly, watch the candidates answer a question. Some patrons pull up a chair and stay … Continue reading Food for Thought: Watching the Presidential Debates at Gleeson
Yesterday the library saw the installation of an exhibit put up by David Silver’s Intro to Media Studies classes. It is called Election Exhibit: Students Teaching Students. The point of the assignment is to encourage and educate the USF Community to vote. It is also part of The September Project. Many of the pieces are … Continue reading Election Exhibit Courtesy of Intro to Media Studies Classes
In conjunction with the dedication and opening of Kalmanovitz Hall, a sixteenth-century book from the Donohue Rare Book Room is featured in an exhibit showing the Jesuit history and presence at USF over the years. The title of the book is: A Particular Declaration or Testimony of the Undutifull and Traiterous Affection Borne Against her … Continue reading Rare Book Room Volume on Display at Kalmanovitz Hall
Oh Hai! The USF Book Club’s next selection is The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Personally I love Alexie’s poetry and spoken word performances, but I am excited about next month’s meeting because I haven’t read any of his prose. Also, the movie Smoke Signals was based off this novel. … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Hi everybody! The USF Book Club is now meeting on Wed. Aug. 6, 2008 to discuss Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees. See our older post for more information. Thanks, and we hope to see you there! Continue reading Date Change: USF Book Club: Secret Life of Bees
On May 9, 2008, Gleeson Library staff and the Dean’s Office proudly honored our student assistants for their tireless work this past school year. Student Library workers, from all departments, gathered together for food, prizes, and good times. Gleeson is lucky to have such a wonderful team of cool, professional, students workers. You provide our … Continue reading Student Assistant Appreciation Party – Spring 2008
Thanks again to David Silver‘s Davies Forum Digital Literacy class for installing the wonderful Reading Fort in celebration of National Library Week. Update: May 5, 2008 by Deborah Malone Check out the audio slideshow done by Lulu McAllister and Lis Bartlett!!! Thanks Lulu and Lis! Also available on youtube: National Library Week at USF. And … Continue reading National Library Week celebration continues (updated)
The University of San Francisco recently hosted the bi-annual Joint Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Library Directors/Chief Information Officers/Educational Technology conference. Close to 100 individuals attended and their reviews of the meeting were excellent. While many timely issues facing academic libraries, IT, and the use of technology in the classroom were discussed, we also … Continue reading AJCU Library Directors/Chief Information Officers/Educational Technology Conference hosted at USF
The Davies Forum Digital Literacy class invaded the library last night and transformed the space between the Circulation and Reference desks into a reading fort with comfy chairs, library flip books, and their reading favorites along with an annotated list posted on the wall (See the list here), plus space where we’re invited to add … Continue reading Reading Fort explodes on the scene
So God apparently has a special place waiting for Greg Mortenson when he gets to heaven. He did all this good like building over 50 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan and he founded the Central Asia Institute, which he uses to promote education and literacy advancement for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In case God’s … Continue reading Three Cups of Tea: USF Book Club