The USF Library’s Systems Department has been working hard behind the scenes to improve services for students, faculty, and staff! Here are some of our recent projects. OpenAthens The implementation of OpenAthens, the Library’s new authentication system to access online resources (databases, ejournals, ebooks, and streaming videos), entered its final phase at the end of … Continue reading Library Systems Department Update
This summer the Library’s electronic classroom underwent a complete renovation. The new space allows for increased group collaboration and active learning. Some of the new features include: All of our PCs are equipped with Faronics Insight, a software that allows instructors to take over student’s screens and display what is on the lectern’s screen. This … Continue reading Active Engagement in the Electronic Classroom
The Reference Department computer lab by the entrance of the library now features brand new iMacs and Windows 10 computers, both of which are powered by super-fast solid state drives. If you’re looking to use Photoshop, head up to the iMac classroom on the 2nd floor — you can use it whenever there is not … Continue reading Gleeson’s Newest Technological Additions
With institutions around the city celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, I got to thinking about our own campus’ proximity to the Panhandle and to the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. I wonder how the experience of the USF community was touched or shaped by its location during that summer… Gleeson Library has copies of the … Continue reading “People at USF could be Diggers if they wanted to –“
Construction work in the Reference Room on the 1st floor of the library will begin the morning of Wednesday, July 20th, and be completed before the start of the Fall semester. Reference Desk Services During this time, Reference Desk services will move to the 2nd floor group study area, and remain there until construction work … Continue reading Reference Desk Moving / Computer Lab Closing
On June 1, 2016 the library catalog and remote access to databases will be unavailable from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Services affected include Ignacio, the Library Catalog; Library Databases; My Library Record; Interlibrary Loan; Reserves, and Link +. The Library system is being migrated to a hosted environment at Innovative Interfaces Inc., the vendor … Continue reading Library Systems Down June 1, 2016
ILLiad Single Sign On has arrived! Beginning April 9, 2014, current ILLiad users and all new registrants will now use their USF Connect user name and password to easily access ILLiad. If you have any questions about Single Sign On, please contact ill@usfca.edu. By: Joseph Campi Continue reading ILLiad Goes Single Sign On!!
Some online research databases will be affected by the shutdown of the Federal Government. ERIC documents are temporarily unavailable. The shutdown affects only the ERIC documents (reports, conference proceedings, etc.) hosted on the eric.ed.gov site. Journal articles indexed in ERIC are still accessible through the library ERIC database. The shutdown also affects several federal websites, … Continue reading Fed Shutdown Affects Library Databases
When you think of Gleeson Library, do you think of printers? Most of the students who enter through our gates do, and I can’t blame them: I’m practically obsessed with the printers in the library since they tend to be the most used on campus. Typical day in the Reference Dept computer lab You may … Continue reading Pharos and Lab Closure October 14
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
