Highlighting new additions to our collections in the new year of 2019. Here is an assorted selection for all your various reading preferences. Check out their neighbors, to the right and left on the book shelves. Poetry Non Fiction Fiction Zines E-books Visit Site Continue reading Recently Added Collections
Take a look back at 2018 with a selection of top 5 lists. When you need a break from journal articles and data sets or want to keep current with long-form writing, peruse Gleeson’s Popular Reading collection. Titles go out for 30 days at a time to ensure everyone gets a crack at them. Last … Continue reading Top Fives of 2018
Here at Gleeson we have some amazing programs/initiatives surrounding Open Education and Open Access. Here are quick overviews of what these programs are and how faculty can best utilize them. A Quick Overview of the Open Education Resources (OER) Program In 2018, Gleeson Library | Geschke Center piloted a new program to increase the use … Continue reading Highlights from our Open Education Program & Open Access Policy
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Hours Intersession & Spring 2019 Intersession: Wednesday, January 2 – Monday, January 21 Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Saturday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday Closed Exceptions: Tuesday, January 1, New Year’s Day Closed Monday, January 21, Dr. Martin Luther King … Continue reading Intersession and Spring 2019 Library Hours
Finals are upon us and that can only mean one thing…Furriends for Finals! The adorable therapy pups would like to help you de-stress as we close out the Fall Semester. Our SPCA AAT visits begin Wednesday, December 5th at 2PM. Drop by Gleeson Lobby any time and stay as long as you’d like. Visits will … Continue reading Therapy Pups Return!
Due to air quality issues, the Gleeson Library will be closed through Sunday, 11/18/18. We plan to reopen at 8:00 AM on Monday, 11/19. Please check the library webpage at https://www.usfca.edu/library for any updates. Continue reading Gleeson Library closed 11/15 – 11/18
Congratulations to Gleeson Library’s rare book librarian, John Hawk, on the publication of his book Mallette Dean, a Printmaker and His Art, published by the Book Club of California. The book documents the work of Mallette Dean (1907-1975) who was a California artist, illustrator, and letterpress printer. Dean was a W.P.A. artist who contributed panels to Coit … Continue reading Mallette Dean, a Printmaker and His Art by John T. Hawk
Something sBOOky is shaping up in the stacks at Gleeson on October 31st. Meet us in the library lobby for a Haunted Library Tour starting at 12 Noon. Hope to see you there! Continue reading Haunted Library Tour 2018
Happy Open Access Week! The University of San Francisco will be holding three events for international Open Access Week: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge. How to publish in open access venues with CRASE: Fear and Open Access in Demystifying the New Publishing Landscape Tuesday, October 23 at 2:30pm Gleeson Library Electronic Classroom Room 139 … Continue reading Happy Open Access Week!
According to the Shelley-Godwin archive, Mary Shelley conceived of her famous novel, Frankenstein, during a summer stay in Geneva that sounds like the summers we know in San Francisco: cold. A year and a half later, in January of 1818, Shelley anonymously published the novel, and the rest is history — a rich history, of … Continue reading Campus FrankenFest Begins Today at Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
