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Job-Shadowing on Twitter with Catherine Lavallee-Welch
USFP Associate Librarian Catherine Lavallée-Welch participated in FLA’s Library Recruitment Committee virtual job shadowing event on Twitter. The February-March event was organized to shed a light on...
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Congratulations, Claudia!
Claudia J. Dold, Assistant Librarian, FMHI Research Library, has accepted a two-year appointment as treasurerer for the Florida Caribbean Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. In addition,...
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University of California Saying “NO” to Rising Journal Costs and Nature Group
As reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the University of California's faculty members were notified that the library system may have to take drastic actions with support from faculty to...
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USF Polytechnic Library Welcomes New Business Librarian
On July 19th the USF Polytechnic Library welcomed its new Business Librarian, Lisa Zilinski. Lisa was previously a corporate librarian, having worked at Pricewaterhouse/Coopers and First Marketing...
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Barbara Wood, Public Services Librarian at Shimberg Library, published a comment on video games in academic library collections. The comment was published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship,...
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Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides
This two-volume reference book focuses on the 20th to early 21st century problem of the problem of the digital divide. The articles are academic in nature, illustrating empirical studies and the...
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Nominate Someone!
FLA Awards via kwout Got a great service or colleague? Do you want to be recognized for your hard work? Do you know a librarian who is richly deserving of recognition? The Annual FLA Awards highlight...
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Florida Heritage Book Festival: Lessons From a Bestseller
On March 5th 2011 9 a.m.-3:30 pm. bestselling author Steve Berry will teach the craft of writing, including the Four C's of story structure, effective dialogue, point of view, and all important 10...
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Get to Know Your Staff Senators Event
The "Get to Know Your Staff Senators Event" at the USF Tampa Campus was held on March 17, 2011 turned out to be well attended by staff and their senators. It included plenty of food, Rita’s ice...
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A Fond Farewell to “Ms Nan”!
Antonette Dennison also known as “Ms. Nan” has retired from the USF Tampa Campus Library. Her ten years of exemplary service and dedication to the stacks department will be missed. Ms. Nan worked...
View ArticleHow to Read Citations and References
We all know that being about to read bibliographic citations properly is the key to finding needed materials. It is something that today’s students find to be a very difficult task. In this...
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White House Pushes Open Access, Taxpayer-Funded Research
New taxpayer-funded research must be made available to the public free of charge within a year of its publication, the Obama administration said recently. The Office of Science and Technology Policy...
View ArticleUSF Poly Publishes the Faculty Research Review
The Poly Library published the first issue of its Faculty Research Review. This bi-annual publication extensively lists USF Polytechnic faculty’s scholarly works – books, book chapters, peer-reviewed...
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2014: How Students Use Mobile Devices
Accessed from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mobile_devices_DSC_0988.JPG This article in e-Campus News summarized a recent Harris Poll survey that characterizes student use of mobile devices....
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from Off the Shelf. Wishing you and your families a wonderful winter break.
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Congratulations, Tammi!
Congratulations go to Tammi Wilds, Academic Services, who has recently accepted a Library Collections Specialist position in Academic Resources. Tammi will be transitioning into her new position as of...
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GLBTRT Seeks Nominees for Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the...
The award, to be given for the first time this year, will honor recent library initiatives that demonstrate excellence in library services to or for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT)...
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Congrats to Jason and Carol Ann!
Jason Boczar and Carol Ann Borchert presented “Scholarly Publishing Literacy: Reaching our Researchers” at the Library Publishing Forum in Denton, TX last week. From the conference program: In our role...
View ArticleTeaching Students about the Main Library Page Search Box
Blended librarian Stephanie Jacobs has created this short guide to the features of the main USF Libraries search box. This introductory video is great for placement into courses as introductory...
View ArticleResources for Distance Learners Video
Blended Librarian, Stephanie Jacobs has created an instructional video for distance learners about resources and services available to them. This video is especially helpful for including as...
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