The Gleeson Library is pleased to sponsor a faculty reading on Tuesday, November 15 when it welcomes David Vann, University of San Francisco Associate Professor in the MFA in Writing Program, who will read from his recent works Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter (University of Georgia Press, 2011) and … Continue reading David Vann Reading
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
While our April meeting is coming up in a couple days, the Book Club had the foresight to pick our May selection ahead of time. In May we will discuss The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, translated from the French by Alison Anderson. I’m looking forward to this book because folks were raving … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Join Gleeson Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month with our 3rd Annual Faculty, Staff, and Student Poetry Reading! Photo by Brett Baxter of glass mannequin at Salt Lake City Public Library Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 5 p.m. Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Rare Book Room, 3rd Floor Featuring the following USF Poets reading … Continue reading Poetry Reading @ Your Library on April 27
Please plan to celebrate an important acquisition in the Donohue Rare Book Room on April 14 when the Gleeson Library welcomes Irvin Unger who will give an illustrated talk on the artistry of Arthur Szyk and the history of The Szyk Haggadah. Mr. Ungar is the proprietor of the antiquarian bookselling firm, Historicana and is … Continue reading Arthur Szyk Program on April 14
Please plan to attend a program in the Donohue Rare Book Room on March 24th with USF Associate Professor of Sociology, Stephanie Sears, who will be speaking on Imagining Black Womanhood. In her recent publication, Imagining Black Womanhood: The Negotiation of Identity and Power within the Girls Empowerment Project, published in 2010 by the State … Continue reading Program on Black Womanhood
Hello poets and friends of poets! As we announced in this post a couple weeks ago, we are accepting submissions from students, staff, and faculty poets who would like to read their original work in the 3rd annual Gleeson Poetry Reading and Celebration. **The date of the reading has changed: it is now Wednesday April … Continue reading Date Change: Calling All Poets
The Donohue Rare Book Room is pleased to exhibit two recent acquisitions: Moth and Bonelight and a facsimile edition of the Szyk Haggadah. Moth and Bonelight with poems by Steven Brown and photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, is an important addition to the Rare Book Room’s growing collection of fine press books with an emphasis on … Continue reading Two Recent Acquisitions
Good luck on finals and have a great winter break. If you’re graduating – congratulations!! Continue reading Happy Holidays!
The Gleeson Library is now loaning Video Games for Play Station 3, Xbox 360 and Wii! We currently have over 50 games and will be ordering more in the coming months. Video games can be checked out at the Circulation Desk and are loaned for a period of 7 days with a potential for 3 … Continue reading Gleeson’s Got Games!