Spring Database Trials
Gleeson Library/Geschke Center offers short-term trials of databases we are considering adding to our collection. Continue reading Spring Database Trials
Tag: Acquisitions
Getting videos from the library
Many professors assign streaming videos to illustrate, demonstrate, and communicate course content. Often these are licensed (rented) by the library for one year at a time. So, even if a video was available previously, faculty should check the library catalog to make sure it’s still accessible before assigning it to students. We license videos on platforms … Continue reading Getting videos from the library
At Your Fingertips: Remote Library Services
Since our building closed in mid-March along with the rest of campus, Gleeson Library staff have been working hard to provide remote access to our services and collections for students, staff, and faculty. We are here to support you — classes are online and so is the library. Here are new ways students and faculty are … Continue reading At Your Fingertips: Remote Library Services
Prioritizing Collection Diversity at Gleeson Library
Building diverse and equitable collections is a core value of librarianship. In Gleeson Library’s recent strategic planning, we focused on aligning our values with our practice. To meet its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence strategic goal, the Library set the following objective: To review and enhance collections and services to better reflect diversity, equity, and historically underrepresented groups. Continue reading Prioritizing Collection Diversity at Gleeson Library
Student Assistant’s Perspective on Databases
Hi everyone! My name is Robby and I am a student assistant for the periodicals unit in the Acquisitions department at Gleeson library. Ever since my freshman year, I have always studied in the library on all floors. To me, Gleeson serves as a place of collaboration between fellow classmates, a safe quiet space for … Continue reading Student Assistant’s Perspective on Databases
FAQs on Faculty Purchase Requests for Library Resources
Q. I heard there is no more book budget, and I can’t request books to be ordered by the library anymore. Is that true? A. While it is true that our materials budget is all earmarked for subscription-based resources, fortunately we have some income from restricted endowments that allow us to order books that support … Continue reading FAQs on Faculty Purchase Requests for Library Resources
Faculty Requests
Everything’s coming up shiny and fresh with the start of the academic year — new and returning students, new classes, and hot-off-the-press syllabi with library resources to back them up. Faculty, please make your requests for library acquisitions and library instruction as early as possible, to give library staff the time we need to get … Continue reading Faculty Requests
A chat with Associate Dean Erika Johnson
Who is Associate Dean for Technical Services Erika Johnson, and what’s her role at the library? We asked Erika the tough questions and bring you the answers! Tell us about your path to USF.Originally from Wisconsin, I’ve covered all points of the compass here in the US, having lived on both coasts, the south, and … Continue reading A chat with Associate Dean Erika Johnson
New and Updated Nursing eBooks Available from Ovid
Gleeson Library recently purchased some new nursing eBooks, available on the Ovid platform. These are unlimited access, so read away!
Continue reading “New and Updated Nursing eBooks Available from Ovid”Poets of Color
Gleeson Library is celebrating National Poetry Month (April) with a display in the lobby foyer of American Poets of Color. We have a couple objectives for the theme of this year’s display: 1) to hear from the poets on the topics of racism, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination because poetry is often less rhetorically charged than … Continue reading Poets of Color