On October 24th, University Ministry hosted October Outreach, an annual, half-day service opportunity for USF community members to volunteer with several agencies throughout the city. Early on that foggy Saturday morning, I joined about 75 other sleepy USF students, staff, and faculty on Gleeson Plaza in preparation for our morning of service. This intrepid group … Continue reading A Culture of Service
Today’s pop quiz: Who is the patron saint of librarians? Answer: St. Jerome. And his feast day is this Wednesday, September 30th. Who was he? Jerome was born around 347 and died in 420. He was a priest, a noted scholar, historian, and translator. He wrote an important Latin translation of the bible (the “Vulgate”) and many bible … Continue reading Saints and Librarians
A champagne reception was held today in the library atrium to celebrate the launch of a new open access, peer-reviewed research journal: Nursing Communication, edited by our esteemed faculty member Bryan B. Whaley and published by, drum roll please, the Gleeson Library | Geschke Center! Yes, the library is officially launching digital publishing support service … Continue reading In Celebration of the Launch of Nursing Communication and More…
“Constitution Day” celebrates the ratification of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. On this day, 228 years ago, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia, PA to sign this landmark document. The Constitution established our national government and fundamental laws, and continues to guarantee basic rights for U.S. citizens. The Bill of … Continue reading Happy Constitution Day!
Suppose you have to write a paper for school and you’re ready to start doing your research. The obvious place to start is Google, right? But here’s a question for you: When you use a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or Bing, are you searching the entire web? If not, then, are you at least searching … Continue reading The Hidden Web
We’re just full of suggestions and discussions on summer reading. Here’s another batch to get you rolling into June… You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself by David McRaney In this entertaining collection of psychological essays, McRaney explores the ways in which … Continue reading Even More Summer Reading
Here’s the next installment of summer reading suggestions and discussions from library staff. Got any books piled next to your bed that you’re going to dive into? Tell us in the comments! What: Dead Wake; the last crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Lawson. Where: On a beach in Hawaii How: Print Why: It’s the centennial … Continue reading More Summer Reading!
Gleeson Library is celebrating National Poetry Month (April) with a display in the lobby foyer of American Poets of Color. We have a couple objectives for the theme of this year’s display: 1) to hear from the poets on the topics of racism, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination because poetry is often less rhetorically charged than … Continue reading Poets of Color
Last semester Bachelor of Science in Nursing students taking Nursing 322, Evidence Based Inquiry and Informatics, used library resources such as CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus and DynaMed to search for and collect evidence on a clinical question. After identifying research relevant to their topics, they critically appraised the studies and made recommendations for practice change based on the … Continue reading Evidence Based Infographics from USF Nursing Students
Find That One for Yourself in Your Local Library Database Since the earliest days of civilization there has been music, but the history of sound recording is pretty a new phenomenon. It started in 1860 when Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville invented a “device called a phonautograph, an invention that converted sound waves into etchings on … Continue reading “Shall We Play That One Together?”
