New in digital collections, November 2022
Highlights of newly digitized special collections for November 2022 Continue reading New in digital collections, November 2022
Tag: Digital Collections
New in digital collections, October 2022
Highlights of newly digitized special collections, October 2022 Continue reading New in digital collections, October 2022
Windmills, Buttons, and Rockets: Student Work in Special Collections
Grace Landers, Special Collections student assistant, describes a recent project to improve keyword searching for digitized rare books. Continue reading Windmills, Buttons, and Rockets: Student Work in Special Collections
New in digital collections
See a selection of images from recently digitized rare books, February 2022. Continue reading New in digital collections
Digitized Early Editions of The Spiritual Exercises now available online
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is pleased to announce the completion of a project to digitize five early editions of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. Continue reading Digitized Early Editions of The Spiritual Exercises now available online
USF Black Student Union Digital Collection to Debut
Since its founding in 1968, the USF Black Student Union (BSU) has had an undeniably profound and lasting impact on the University of San Francisco, from building a Black Studies Program from the ground up, pushing for an increase in Black faculty, and recruiting Black students from local high schools to the university, to creating … Continue reading USF Black Student Union Digital Collection to Debut
Black Lives Focus of Two New Library Collections
Reflecting Gleeson Library’s commitment to upholding social justice and dismantling white supremacy, two new library collections focusing on Black lives are currently in development. One is the Black Lives Matter collection, a project being led by Gleeson Library Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA). The second is the BSU at USF digital collection, initiated by Gleeson Library Digital Collections and in collaboration with SCUA. Continue reading Black Lives Focus of Two New Library Collections
Library Awarded Jesuit Foundation Grant
The Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is pleased to announce that it is a recipient of a Jesuit Foundation grant for the project Digitizing Early Editions of the Spiritual Exercises for Free Online Access. In the letter informing the Library of the decision by the Advisory Board Committee of the Jesuit Foundation to fund the … Continue reading Library Awarded Jesuit Foundation Grant
So…Question: What Are Digital Collections?
As the Digital Collections Librarian at Gleeson Library, a question I’m asked from time to time is: “What are digital collections?” Digital collections are online collections that consist of content digitized from an institution’s unique physical holdings. These online collections are resources that support the continuous learning, instruction, and research needs of those affiliated with … Continue reading So…Question: What Are Digital Collections?
From the Vault 1(01)
From the Vault is a new series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at Gleeson Library. Our first post features the ongoing digitization project of the library’s Woman Suffrage Collection. Two thousand twenty marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the … Continue reading From the Vault 1(01)