The History Thesis phase of the Masters Thesis Project is now completed. There are 194 USF history theses online, all of which are searchable by text. For instance, searching “California mission” in “Thesis Keyword,” under Advanced Keyword Search in Ignacio, produces a selection of diverse theses, which also can be searched individually by keyword. There are a number … Continue reading History Theses Online
Join Gleeson Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month with our 3rd Annual Faculty, Staff, and Student Poetry Reading! Photo by Brett Baxter of glass mannequin at Salt Lake City Public Library Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 5 p.m. Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Rare Book Room, 3rd Floor Featuring the following USF Poets reading … Continue reading Poetry Reading @ Your Library on April 27
I left my ‘cart’ in San Francisco The “I left my ‘cart’ in San Francisco” Cable Car[t] created by the Student assistants (with a little help from their staff friends) in the Access Services Department of Gleeson Library won 1st prize in the 2010 “Unshelved: Pimp my Bookcart” contest. The Judges commented: “This year’s first … Continue reading Gleeson Library, Cable Car[t] Wins 1st Prize!
This past summer librarian Vicki Rosen took a research leave to discover What is Ignatian Pedagogy? She shares some insights with us below. What is Ignatian Pedagogy? by Vicki Rosen We all know that USF is a Jesuit university. Officially known as the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits are an Order of the Catholic church. … Continue reading What is Ignatian Pedagogy? by Vicki Rosen
(Click to enlarge) Collection Growth compiled by Carmen Fernandez-Baybay, Office of the Dean, Gleeson Library | Geschke Learning Resource Center Library Space Use by M. Kotlanger, SJ, USF Archivist Image designed by Kelci Baughman McDowell Continue reading Library Milestones
Celebrate the Fall Classic and “America’s favorite pastime” in the Donohue Rare Book Room with a special program on the history of baseball. On October 7th the Gleeson Library will welcome University of San Francisco Professor of Politics, Robert Elias, who will give an illustrated lecture entitled “The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. … Continue reading Baseball in the Rare Book Room
A week ago, the Library was honored to receive a sweet letter from a young person named, Lizbet, a fourth-grader at a Bay Area school who, as part of a class project, wrote us for a USF pennant. The Gleeson Library staff, always touched by a sincere, handwritten letter, immediately jumped at the chance to … Continue reading The Stewards of Knowledge
The Donohue Rare Book Room and the Gleeson Library lost a good friend with the recent passing of Fauno Cordes on Christmas day. Fauno was a book collector, bibliographer, Rare Book Room benefactor and member of the Gleeson Library Associates. She presented to the Rare Book Room her world-renown collection of Antarctic fiction and continued … Continue reading Remembering Fauno Cordes
On behalf of the Gleeson Library | Geschke Learning Resource Center it is my pleasure to extend an enthusiastic congratulation to the University of San Francisco’s 2009 graduating class. We applaud your achievements, and wish you great opportunities and success in your future endeavors. Tyrone H. Cannon Ed. D., Dean, University Libraries Did you know … Continue reading Congratulations Graduates!
(Posted by Debbie B.) It looks like our community college system will be gaining some long-overdue visibility with President Obama’s nomination of USF alumna Martha J. Kanter to be the new U.S. Under Secretary of Education. Currently the Chancellor of Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Dr. Kanter’s doctoral dissertation at USF was on access to … Continue reading Congratulations to Martha J. Kanter