Dave Wolber and Colin Bean (USF Computer Science grad) were by the Gleeson library and presented the USF Live Directory Personos application to a packed audience of library staff. I know my description is far from ideal, but the way I think of Personos is Facebook meets del.icio.us with an academic/USF twist. The about USF … Continue reading USF Live Directory / Personos Presentation
Need to send a fax? Students and staff can send faxes at the University Center. Go to the Event Services and Information Desk Room 301, on the 3rd floor of the UC. (The office is right in front of you when you walk in the entrance from Harney Plaza.) It costs 50 cents per page. Continue reading Got Fax?
Version 71 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,250 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and … Continue reading Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
From a recent (Feb 28, 2008) Foghorn article… According to USF Project Management project planner J.J. Thorp, the conflict began in late December, when the library building underwent a routine inspection. When they got to the atrium, the officials noticed that the doorway between the atrium and the main library building was marked with a … Continue reading Atrium No Longer Offers 24 Hour Study Hours
The deadline to register for the AJCU 2008 Joint Conference on Information Technology Management, Libraries and Educational Technology has been extended to March 14. Continue reading IT Conference Deadline Extended
Gleeson Library installed a new LCD in the library a few weeks back and a number of questions have come up about how we got it (thanks Dean Cannon!), how it works and how we decide what content is displayed. Dean Cannon charged the Gleeson Public Services Council with the project in 2007. After much … Continue reading Library Installs LCD Information Screen
Faculty and Staff: Please join the USF Book Club for a lively discussion of Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants. We will meet on Tuesday March 25 from 12 noon – 1 pm in the Seminar Room (2nd Floor) of Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. Bring your lunch! Although the library’s affiliated libraries in the Link+ … Continue reading USF Book Club: Water For Elephants
Dean Cannon formed the Public Services Council in 2007 and gave the group the following charge: The Gleeson Library-Geschke Learning Resource Center Public Services Council is charged to review new and existing policies, programs, and services that are provided to the University of San Francisco community. The Council will work to ensure coordination, explication, and … Continue reading Gleeson Library-Geschke Learning Resource Center – Public Services Council
The Bookseller magazine has announced the shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, and invited the public to vote. Unfortunately my choice Cheese Problems Solved is currently lagging in third place behind If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs and I Was Tortured By the Pygmy … Continue reading Vote for the oddest book title
Register for the AJCU 2008 Joint Conference on Information Technology Management, Libraries and Educational Technology, a joint conference including librarians and leaders in technology management and educational technologies, hosted by USF. Continue reading USF Hosts Conference on IT, Library & Educational Techology