In 6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks the Chronicle of Higher Education provides an intriguing report on Northwest Missouri State University’s experiment with e-textbooks. In a move to cut costs of the campus textbook-rental program, the university provided 240 students with textbooks on Sony Reader devices. Frustrated with the software and format, the next … Continue reading E-textbooks experiment — wave of the future?
The USF Book Club will meet to discuss American Born Chinese on July 14, 2009. Continue reading USF Book Club: American Born Chinese
If you’ve noticed that a book search in our library catalog Ignacio looks different than you remember, it is because we’re using a new keyword search engine that we first introduced as “Encore” about six months ago (it had a separate search box at that time, underneath Ignacio on the home page). The “traditional” Ignacio … Continue reading Is Ignacio different?
Becky Miller, a current Gleeson Library | Geschke Center intern, wrote this post. School is winding down for most students and many will be graduating, so we decided to focus on the library’s career resources. The highlighted books, which will be available for viewing this month at the Reference Desk, are especially appropriate for those … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Career Resources
This post was written by one of our current library interns, Amna Ali. Gleeson Reference is home to a wealth of dictionaries ideal for quick searches on specific terms and phrases, or browsing and explorations related to subjects of interest, be it something as specific as “microbiology or molecular biology” and “investment” terminology or more … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Dictionaries
The USF Book Club is reading The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies to be discussed April 7, 2009. Continue reading USF Book Club: The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
The USF Book Club is reading A Confederacy of Dunces for March 2009 Continue reading Book Club: A Confederacy of Dunces
2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei, as well as the beginning of The International Year of Astronomy: a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture. The library joins in the celebration with a display in the lobby of astronomy-related books and magazines. Check … Continue reading Astronomy at the Library
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!
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