There will be no power in the library on March 9th. As a result, the library’s research databases will be unavailable. Facilities Management will cut off power to all of lower campus on Sunday, March 9th from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to complete important work on the co-generation plant. Gleeson Library | Geschke Center … Continue reading No Power in the Library March 9
A couple weeks ago, I asked the student assistants in the Reference & Research Services Department if they had read any good books lately. I was surprised at all the interesting recs I got! Here are a couple, with reviews. I’ll post a couple each week for the next few weeks. Have you also read … Continue reading What are the students reading?
Please join the Gleeson Library | Geschke Learning Resource Center and the University of San Francisco Alumni network for an evening of celebration as we recognize University of San Francisco alumni authors. Come and make a new connection in the vibrant alumni network of writers and artists in the San Francisco community. Thursday, Feb. 27th from … Continue reading An Evening with USF Alumni Authors
Over the last few weeks we’ve done a little rearranging on the 2nd floor of Gleeson | Geschke. We love the way the study space looks and we hope you do too! While we had the floor cleared of furniture, library folks kicked around a few ideas on how we could have a little fun. … Continue reading Library Book Dominos!
We’re hiring student assistants for Spring 2014! Both the Access Services Department and the Reference and Research Services Department are planning to hire a handful of student workers. Click here for the Access Services job posting. Click here for the Reference and Research Services job posting. (Update 1/9/2014: Reference and Research Services is no longer … Continue reading Want to work for Gleeson Library?
“Recently, the Education Department issued a controversial ‘blueprint’ for dealing with sexual harassment that could expose colleges that follow it to First Amendment lawsuits and redefine every flirtation and request to go out on a date as potential sexual harassment. It rejects decades of court rulings by declaring that any unwelcome speech or conduct of … Continue reading Dark Cloud Over Academic Freedom
James Gleick reports on “Wikipedia’s Women Problem” in the New York Review of Books: There is consternation at Wikipedia over the discovery that hundreds of novelists who happen to be female were being systematically removed from the category “American novelists” and assigned to the category “American women novelists.” … The word that came to mind … was … Continue reading Wikipedia’s Women Problem
April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but sexual assault is something that is with us every single day. During this past month, Gleeson Library participated in raising awareness, during a month-long, campus-wide series of events by featuring a display of tee shirts made by students USF, based on the work of the Clothesline Project, along … Continue reading Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Keep the Conversation Going…
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Gleeson Library is pleased to co-sponsor with Sigma Tau Delta an “Open Mic” poetry reading in the Donohue Rare Book Room on Tuesday, April 23rd from noon to 1:00 p.m. Students are encouraged to perform 2-3 minute readings of their original work. Do not miss this opportunity to … Continue reading Open Mic Poetry Reading
Justin Bieber currently has more than 37 million followers on twitter. Unfortunately, according to Socialbakers, almost 16.7 million of those followers are fake or empty accounts and another 2.6 million accounts are inactive. Bieber’s 17.8 million “good” followers still make him the second-most popular Twitter user behind Lady Gaga who has 19 million real followers. … Continue reading Justin Bieber’s Fake Fans Revealed