On Saturday November 4th it’s GLEESON LIBRARY’S GAME DAY!! We’ll have video games projected on large screens, board games, prizes, and pizza! Xbox, PlayStation, GameCube and more! COME HAVE SOME FUN IN YOUR LIBRARY!!! 2pm-7pm November 4th 2017 Gleeson Library Atrium Gleeson Library’s Game Day is brought to you by the Animation, Comics, and VideoGames Club and Gleeson Library! Continue reading Gleeson Game Day!!
The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each loves you. Each has left something undone. —From Unbidden by Rae Armantrout So do not leave this undone. Come to the Gleeson Library Haunted Tour Halloween Day October 31st at 12:00 noon Dead Hour. Hear history and stories of ghosts who … Continue reading Haunted Gleeson Library Tour
The animatronic Halloween Village will be haunting the Gleeson Library front lobby from now until November 1st. Watch the village come to life as you approach it…if you dare! Continue reading Halloween Village
Express yourself. Make your own zine! Zines are self published magazines made by artists, writers, and other interesting people. Zines are created in a variety of ways using comics, collage, drawings, hand written, or typed text. Thursday October 12 from 11:00-2:00 we will show people how to make zines and will make some ourselves. Join … Continue reading Gleeson Zine Workshop
One of the pillars of the Library Bill of Rights set forth by the American Library Association is that “Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.” One way libraries get to do this is by observing and celebrating Banned Books Week, when we shine a light on … Continue reading Banned Books and Intellectual Freedom
We have a tradition here at Gleeson Library for the last 24 years: we celebrate the feast of Saint Jerome on September 30th. Why? Because Jerome is the patron saint of librarians and Jerome spent his life searching for the truth. Jerome was born in 347 and died on September 30 in 420. He was … Continue reading Saint Jerome and fake news
American poet John Ashbery passed away on Sunday September 3, 2017 at age 90. In his acclaimed career, Ashbery published more than 20 volumes of poetry, most noted for their intricacy and controversy. He has won almost every major American poetry award, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Yale Younger Poets Prize, … Continue reading Gleeson Library Remembers: John Ashbery
Gleeson Library was busy this summer with construction projects and much has changed! Several USF departments have moved into the library and new study spaces and classrooms have been created. As a result, a few of our smaller collections have shifted into new spaces within the library, but the greatest impact was on our bound … Continue reading Access to Bound Periodicals
Have you been to our Rare Book Room lately?? This Wednesday come on out to the Donohue Rare Book Room in Gleeson Library and play some table top games!! Classics like…. Monopoly Chess Backgammon Apples to Apples Battleship and many more!! 11:30am … Continue reading Games in the Rare Book Room, Thursday 4/19!
