The Gleeson Library/ Geschke Learning Resource Center is now lending laptops to students. Laptops are available to check out from the Circulation desk. The laptops circulate for a four hour period and are for use inside the library only. There are only ten laptops currently in circulation so students may want to book them in … Continue reading Gleeson Lending Laptops!
Check out the new look: Ignacio Librarians from Gleeson and Law have been collaborating with Innovative Interfaces to bring an updated look to the online catalog. It’s not only cosmetic. Updated coding provides better functionality to integrate existing services and to offer new ones. Log in to your library record to see what you can … Continue reading Ignacio makeover–sneak peek
Event: Davies Forum Speaker: Brewster Kahle “Founder of the Internet Archive (with the Wayback Machine!)” What: Lecture When: Thursday, February 21 at 6:30pm Where: Cowell 113, University of San Francisco The Facebook invite reads “Brewster Kahle serves as founder and digital librarian at the non-profit Internet Archive and helps direct the Open Content Alliance. Brewster’s … Continue reading Davies Forum Speaker: Brewster Kahle
From the Chronicle of Higher Education Feb 15, 2008: David Parry, an assistant professor of emerging media and communications at the university, writes that students need to become familiar with new and non-static forms of communication. He encourages his students to read Wikipedia’s “history” and “discussion” pages, saying they explain how articles were produced. And … Continue reading Professor Praises Wikipedia
I confess to being a lazy reader. When I’m reading for fun I don’t like to work hard. I like a nice linear plot and a good story. Aside from professional literature I read a lot of mysteries. I have bouts with science fiction too. I just finished Jasper Fforde’s latest literary-fantasy-mystery romp, First Among … Continue reading What are you reading?
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I am very pleased with the interest that Gleeson Gleanings has generated. Way to go Bloggers! Continue reading The Blog is Happening!
Recently we had a faculty member who was looking for an attribution to a quote of Kierkegaard. We could find the quote in many places on the web, but couldn’t verify where it was coming from. The quote was “There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn’t true, the other … Continue reading Finding Kierkegaard
Gleeson Library is sad to note the passing of Elizabeth Reynolds, a librarian and former director of the Gleeson Library Associates. Rare Book Room librarian John Hawk said “she was a wonderful person who had a very kind spirit. I always remember how warmly she welcomed me when I arrived at USF.” Continue reading Elizabeth Reynolds
Join the library in celebrating the Geschke Learning Resource Center’s 10-year Anniversary! Friday, February 15, 2008 4 – 6 pm in the Monihan Atrium Refreshments will be served and all members of the USF Community are welcome! For those that don’t know, the Geschke Learning Resource Center is the South Wing of the library building, … Continue reading Party! Celebrate Geschke’s 10th Anniversary