To familiarize the USF community with library staff, we interviewed one of our awesome Access Services staff members, Katlyn Murphy. Get to know this friendly face and don’t forget to say hi! What is your role here at Gleeson? Library Assistant IV: I work evenings and weekends part time at the Access Services/ Circulation desk. … Continue reading Library Staff Spotlight- Meet Katlyn!
Welcome back! With fall semester right around the corner, we wanted to provide a refresher on our Course Reserves library service. Course Reserves are fair use, which makes course materials as accessible and inclusive as possible for students. With textbook costs on the rise, we encourage all faculty to utilize this library service to benefit … Continue reading Course Reserves Refresher
Here is a guest post from Jacqueline Cao, a student assistant in the Reference Department. September 6th is is National Read A Book Day! Take those reading glasses out, a hot mug of tea or coffee, and find a cozy seat to settle down in. Although there are a lot of national days, this one … Continue reading National Read a Book Day!
Please welcome two of our most recent staff members! Billy Wong is taking on the role of Reserves Coordinator and Shelley Carr is our new Interlibrary Loan coordinator. Billy Wong Billy Wong has worked with USF for 18 years and we are excited to have him working with us at Gleeson. Billy has mastered several … Continue reading Billy Wong and Shelley Carr Join the Library and Direct Some Awesome Services
The Library is offering a FREE Gleeson Alumni Special Borrower card to individuals that have graduated from USF within the last 12 months. Qualifying alumni should apply for this offer in person at the library (please note that student library privileges are active through the end of the inter-session following the semester graduated; for our … Continue reading Recent Graduate Alumni Borrowing Card Offer
Welcome back students, staff, and faculty! We have now switched back to our 24/5 schedule and are entering into the second week of classes. Below are the hours of the Gleeson Library for the Fall Semester. The image below redirects you to a print out version of the hours listed. You may also view online … Continue reading LIBRARY HOURS – FALL 2017 HOURS
Gleeson’s book display in honor of Autism Acceptance Month is up at the Circulation Desk the week of April 10. Some may refer to April as Autism Awareness Month, but many argue what we need most in terms of autism is acceptance. After all, the majority of Americans already have some basic understanding of what autism … Continue reading Autism Acceptance Month at the library
The library decorated our book drop as Santa’s Mailbox and we received our first letter within hours. After reflecting for some time on what we might do in response, we decided that posting here made the most sense. If you wrote the letter (or you didn’t) and feel that we could respond differently, please let us … Continue reading Letter to Library Santa
Congratulations to all the USF Fall 2016 graduates! Gleeson Library would like to offer you a FREE Alumni Special Borrower Library card, normally a $50 value! If you would like to continue using the library’s resources all you have to do is apply online by February 10, 2017. Continue reading Free Library Membership for Fall 2016 Graduates
Please join us in Gleeson Library’s Atrium on Saturday November 19th for GLEESON GAME & ZINE DAY!! Come have some fun, play some video / board games, eat some pizza, and get creative making zines! If you’re unfamiliar, zines are short-run, independently published magazines on a variety of subjects. Common themes include art, comics, short stories, cultural … Continue reading Gleeson Library Game & Zine Day 11/19!!
