Come write a letter at the library this Thursday, February 14th! We’ll provide some supplies (paper, pens, stamps, envelopes) and inspiration (books about letter writing, books about famous authors’ correspondence, manuscripts and sonnets on display in the Rare Book Room). Because sometimes an email (to your best friend, grandma, parents, partner) just won’t do… Continue reading Write a Letter at the Library!
Reach for the stars on all of those finals, Dons. Don’t forget, Gleeson is open 24 Hours until Thursday 12/13! And in case you’re planning ahead: Library Hours for Christmas Break, Intersession, and Spring are now posted here. P.S. Have you seen the Library’s Book Christmas Tree yet? The picture above shows about 1-2% (or 15-30 books) … Continue reading Library Hours for Intersession and Spring 2013
The Thacher Gallery will have limited hours From Oct. 11th through Dec. 21st . Sunday through Thursday from 11:00p to 8:00a. The Gallery will be Closed. During these times access to the lower level of the Gleeson Library (north wing) will be via the 2nd floor. We apologize for the inconvenience. The Gleeson Library … Continue reading Thacher Gallery limited hours
The USF Book Club will be discussing Just Kids by Patti Smith on Friday, October 5th at the Gleeson Library. Join us in room 209 from 12-1 pm. Request via Link+ or from SFPL. “Just Kids” begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City … Continue reading USF Book Club October
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
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!
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 next two books being discussed by the USF Book Club are: The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje. Thursday, August 9th, 2012 in the Gleeson Library at noon in room 209. Request from Link+ or get to at SFPL. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At … Continue reading USF Book Club August & September Selections
We’ve always had books in the Library, but now the Library is in a book. A small piece of the Library … The San Francisco Chronicle reviews Bookshelf by Alex Johnson, and includes a photo of the Library’s “I Left My Cart In San Francisco” cable-car themed book cart. Continue reading The Library in a Book