The Gleeson Library celebrated is new library schedule: Open All Night 5 days a Week with Slipper Day including food, fun and a Slipper Contest. The Grand prize of a new iPad for the Slipper Contest went to Saba Mashadialireza. There were also three honorable mentions: Jenna Maslowski, Alex Descano, and Katie Le. Keep your … Continue reading Gleeson Library Slipper Party Contest Winners
On exhibition in the Donohue Rare Book Room through October 9 is the recent acquisition Walls: A Journey Across Three Continents (Santa Cruz: Quail Press, 1990) by master printmaker, Tom Killion. Exhibited with the book is an archive, on loan from the artist, which includes original watercolors and woodcut blocks used to illustrate the book. A … Continue reading Walls Exhibition
The Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is having a Slipper Party! Wear your favorite slippers to the Library! Thursday Sept 6th 2012 The Gleeson Library | Geschke Center is celebrating the new Library schedule: OPEN ALL NIGHT 5 Days a Week. Gleeson Library Hours September 6th Snacks will be served at 9:00am, 3:00pm and 9:00pm First … Continue reading Slipper Party! Gleeson Library is Open All Night 5 days a week!
For complete Fall Semester hours, click the image above or go to http://www.usfca.edu/Library/Hours/ Continue reading Library to Stay Open All Night 5 Days a Week!
Chuck and Nancy Geschke will receive the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) for their ongoing leadership and philanthropic contributions to Catholic education. The award will be presented during the 22nd annual Seton Awards ceremony Oct. 1 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The Seton … Continue reading Geschkes Recognized for Philanthropy, Leadership and Service
For the next two months we will be trialing scanners in the library (located in the copy room next to the Reference desk). The systems include a “bookedge” flatbed scanner designed for scanning book pages without the need to push down on the book spine; and a document-feed scanner for fast multiple-sheet scans. The latter … Continue reading Scanners
The San Francisco Public Library’s summer reading program Summer Read SF 2012 begins on June 1. Many readers enjoy books throughout the year, yet there is something inviting about summer reading that encourages one to stretch out a bit: perhaps to spend more time reading while on vacation; to indulge in purely entertaining reading; or … Continue reading Read a Rare Book This Summer
The Gleeson Library is pleased to welcome University of San Francisco Associate Professor Annick T.R. Wibben who will read from her book Feminist Security Studies: a Narrative Approach (Routledge, 2011) on Wednesday, May 2nd in the Donohue Rare Book Room. The book rethinks security theory from a feminist perspective and challenges the way we think … Continue reading Annick Wibben Reading
The Gleeson Library is pleased to sponsor a faculty reading on Thursday, April 26 as it welcomes University of San Francisco Associate Professor Dean Rader, who will read from his book Works & Days (Truman State University Press) which received the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2010. Professor Rader has published widely in the … Continue reading Dean Rader Poetry Reading
[slideshow] Once again the Gleeson Library joined the USF Farmstand on the lawn outside Library. We offered books and DVD’s about organic gardening, real food, and healthy cooking all for check out on the spot. This was USF’s Farmstands first International Farmstand offering different delectable dishes from around the world. The event also coincided with USF’s … Continue reading Gleeson Library on the Lawn