Check out our newest display in the lobby on gardening, the Slow Food movement, cooking, and eating, and pick up a reading list of selected books on these topics at Gleeson Library. Happy Thanksgiving! Continue reading Good Food: Grow It, Cook It, Eat It, Read All About It!
Google is in the process of making available the entire LIFE archive — about 10 million photos. So far, they have digitized and put online about 20% of the collection. From the Google blog post: We’re excited to announce the availability of never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. This effort to bring offline images … Continue reading LIFE Magazine Photo Archive available on Google Image Search
The book club has big news to announce! It is now open to students! That means we invite students, staff, and faculty to join us to discuss our pick of the month. Students — tell your friends! We are reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. We will meet for the … Continue reading USF Book Club Now Open to Students!
Gleeson’s video collection is an eclectic mix of documentaries and feature films on DVD and VHS. Although they’re all in the catalog, they’re somewhat hidden because you have to ask for them at the circulation desk. We’re featuring some of them in connection with USF’s celebration of International Education Week. Along with films from Africa, … Continue reading Spotlight on world cinema for International Education Week
Two of our library staff members and 32 other USF students, staff, and faculty have entered USF’s IEW 2008 photo contest. Depicting “Global Citizens in Action,” the photos illustrate how the USF community has been touched by cultural exchange. All USF staff, faculty and students are invited to vote this week on your favorites. See … Continue reading Library staffers compete in International Education Week photo contest — updated
Yesterday the library participated in Stress Less Day, a half-day long event organized by Health Promotion Services. We displayed a variety of library books, magazines, and pamphlets on the Slow Food movement, gardening, healing foods, and wellness. Hope you got a chance to visit our table! If not, stop by the Reference Desk in the … Continue reading Library table at Stress Less Day
The top floor of the Gleeson library was recently remodeled. A large part of the space is for use by students and the south side of the floor was designed for use by USF adjunct faculty. If you haven’t checked out the 4ht floor recently – we hope you will. It’s a great place to … Continue reading Gleeson Library 4th Floor Reopens to Students!
Busy? We can help! Gleeson Library is offering a new on-campus book delivery service for USF faculty and a book paging option for all library borrowers. If you are designated as a USF Faculty Member by USF HR, to request a book for delivery, go to the library catalog, find the book you are … Continue reading New Library Services
For anyone who has ever served time in a gray cubicle (or known someone who has), here is the book that deserves a prime place in your in-box. THEN WE CAME TO THE END, by Joshua Ferris, was nominated for a National Book Award in 2007 and was chosen as the May/June pick for the … Continue reading USF Book Club: Then We Came to the End
10/21/08 update: The deadline for voter registration in California has passed. See below for info on registering in other states. Voter registration forms are available at the library for San Francisco County. Forms for other counties are availabile here — fill one out, print, and take it to your county elections office. San Francisco and … Continue reading Register to vote in Calif. by today – Oct 20 – check registration online – updated