In addition to our iPads and Kindle, Gleeson now has two Nook Color e-readers that can be checked out. Uploaded on our Nooks, you’ll find a wide selection of books — all ready to dive right into! Nook loans are for one week. Visit the Access Services desk at Gleeson to borrow one today! Diving board image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipdegirl/6004836383/ Continue reading Gleeson has Nooks!
Book Club is breaking out of our habit of reading books about boys/kids who have lost their fathers! April 13, 2012 (Fri), 12-1 pm: A Private Life by Jane Smiley. Room 209 of Gleeson Library. Gleeson library doesn’t have a paper copy of this one (yet?), so you’ll have to request it through Link+ (comes … Continue reading USF Book Club: April and May Selections
ebrary, the library’s biggest ebook resource, now gives you the option to read their ebooks on a number of e-readers and mobile devices. Sign up for a personal ebrary account on the ebrary web site. Either download the app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch; or follow the instructions for downloading chapters in pdf format … Continue reading eBooks for eReaders
Need a digital copy of class assignments, handwritten notes, business and/or personal documents? Tired of wandering around campus looking for a scanner? Search no more! At Gleeson Library | Geschke Center, now you can scan documents and save them to a USB Flash Drive on a library copier! This feature is available on copier GL … Continue reading Scanning Available in the Library
Quick, save this number in your phone or scan this QR code! Start your text with the word: gleeson Example: gleeson What are the library hours on saturday? (after your first message to us, you don’t have to use the word gleeson any more). Give it a shot and send us a text—we would love … Continue reading New! Text A Librarian
Hello bookclubbers! Media Studies Professor Vamsee Juluri is teaching a Davies Seminar this semester, which is called Making American Book Culture. He has invited Book Club to be part of the class! I agreed to read Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart and visit the class on September 22, 2011 to join in … Continue reading USF Book Club ~ Special Meeting
ScienceDirect is expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 11 hours on Saturday, September 10. Down time is expected to be 4:30 AM – 3:30 PM In relation to the planned work, SciVerse ScienceDirect alerts will be suspended for two weeks, September 9-23. Subscribers will receive their outstanding alerts when we resume processing. Continue reading ScienceDirect Maintenance Sept 10
Fusion is a new tool that will allow you search, in one place, the majority of the library’s books and articles. It will include all the materials in our library catalog Ignacio, as well as the content of the majority of our many, many journal article databases. Figuring out where to start looking for articles … Continue reading Fusion
In preparation for the Lo Schiavo CSI Building construction in May, ITS will be conducting infrastructure work that will result in service disruptions. For the Library, this means interruptions to network and Internet access. When these interruptions occur, this will also affect off-campus access to all online library services such as: Article Databases Ignacio, the … Continue reading Online Service Interruptions March 4-6
Hi everyone! Today at Book Club we chose the titles for the next two months: Thursday, April 14, 2011 – Parfum by Patrick Süskind (trans. from the German) Thursday, May 12, 2011 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (trans. from the French) To get Parfum, you can put a hold on Gleeson’s … Continue reading USF Book Club: April and May Selections