Hey everyone! The next book club selection is The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. We will meet on Wednesday February 10, 2010 from 12 noon – 1 pm in Gleeson Library Room 209 to discuss it. Bring your lunch and bring your friends! The book club is open to the entire USF Community. … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Year of the Flood
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. – Proverb from Guinea Click Here to view Gleeson Library/Geschke Center Hours for Intersession and Spring 2010 Continue reading Library Hours for Intersession and Spring 2010
Greetings! The next book club selection is Love Life by Ray Kluun, translated from the Dutch by Shaun Whiteside. We will meet on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 12 noon – 1 pm in Kalmanovitz Hall, Room 265. Bring your lunch and tell your friends — the book club is open to the whole USF … Continue reading USF Book Club: Love Life by Ray Kluun
Here at the library we’re proud to co-sponsor USF’s celebration of International Education Week 2009. Now in the lobby we’re featuring film, recent fiction and poetry by international newcomers to the Bay Area and across the U.S., in honor of IEW and our international students. You might have already spotted photos from the IEW photo … Continue reading The World at our Doorstep– with a photo contest
On Wednesday, November 11th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. the Thacher Gallery and the Donohue Rare Book Room will hold an opening reception for the exhibition “Eric Gill, Iconographer: Engravings from the Albert Sperisen Collection.” During the reception there will be an opportunity to print on the Rare Book Room’s 1854 Albion handpress, once owned … Continue reading Printing on the RBR Handpress
To kick off USF’s celebration of International Education Week 2009, USF students, staff, and faculty are invited to enter the IEW photo contest. Last year we had two fabulous entries from Gleeson Library staff! To enter, send a photo from your experiences abroad to usf.iew@gmail.com by Friday, October 30th. Include a brief (one or two … Continue reading Photo Contest for International Education Week
Please note, based on the recent announcement that the University will be closed on Wednesday, December 24th, Gleeson Library/Geschke Center has revised our hours. The Library will close at 4pm on Wednesday, December 23rd and will be closed Thursday, December 24th, 2009 through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 for the Christmas Break. Remember, you can check … Continue reading Revised Library Hours
On Thursday evening, October 8, at 5:00 p.m. the Gleeson Library Associates will host a program in the Donohue Rare Book Room on The Seven Wonders of the World: Ancient and Modern. Dr. Andrew Jameson, historian, world-traveler and lecturer will present an illustrated slide talk. His presentation begins with consideration of the canonical number seven … Continue reading Program on the Seven Wonders of the World
Need a book that Gleeson Library doesn’t own and isn’t available through Link+? The Library doesn’t have a journal you’re looking for? This doesn’t happen often, but if it does, don’t worry. Gleeson Library/Geschke Learning Resource Center’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Department can help. And now, all current USF students, faculty, and staff * can easily … Continue reading ILLiad is Here!
One can now follow the Donohue Rare Book Room on Flickr! The Rare Book Room’s Flickr account documents recent exhibitions, receptions and other Library activities. As the site continues to develop, it will also feature images of collection materials thus representing a visual archive of the Donohue Rare Book Room and special collections at the … Continue reading Donohue Rare Book Room on Flickr