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Dead Man Walking

Sherise Kimura wrote 5 days ago: Want to get informed about the death penalty debate? Check out the library’s latest display of … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, Capital Punishment, Dead Man Walking, Death Penalty

The worst of the best...

LW wrote 2 weeks ago: “Mary and Holly” (Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner) are librarians at “a medium-sized p … more →

Tags: Mark Twain, censorship, Libraries, culling collections, awful library books, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn, Great American Novel

The World at our Doorstep-- with a photo contest1 comment

Debbie Benrubi wrote 1 month ago: Here at the library we’re proud to co-sponsor USF’s celebration of International Educati … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, iew, International Education Week, photo contest

Darwin's Originality and Its Consequences1 comment

Locke Morrisey wrote 1 month ago: A display to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Charles Darwin’s book … more →

Tags: Books

Can scary be scholarly? You decide!

Debbie Benrubi wrote 1 month ago: Jane Austen with zombies. Photos by Rob Guillen Frankenstein’s monster living on in the twenty-first … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, monster lit

APA Publication Manual Sixth Edition Corrections

Shawn P. Calhoun wrote 2 months ago: The American Psychological Association (APA) recently published a new, sixth edition of the Publicat … more →

Tags: Books, Reference & Research Services

Get More Graphic: Recent Graphic Novel Acquisitions

Debbie Benrubi wrote 5 months ago: Since the book club is venturing into the world of graphic novels this month*, we decided to highlig … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, Books, Book Club, Graphic Novels, Summer Reading

Reference Books of the Month: Art Books

gleesongleanings wrote 5 months ago: Greg Borman, a current Gleeson Library | Geschke Center intern, wrote this post. The three titles de … more →

Tags: Books, Reference & Research Services

"What is a library now?": CSU Monterey Bay Opens New Library

Lisa Spiro wrote 7 months ago: “You simply don’t have to build a traditional library these days,” California Stat … more →

Tags: Future of libraries, Hybrid Library, new library facility

Story writing exhibition at University of Pretoria's Education Library

Johann van Wyk wrote 8 months ago: As part of Library Week Celebrations the Education Library of the University of Pretoria recently ho … more →

Tags: Edu News (South Africa), Events, faculty, University of Pretoria, Prof Irma Eloff, Faculty of Education, Students, Exhibition, Story Reading Project

Building a Repertory Collection and Spreading the Word

Ashleigh Blomfield wrote 9 months ago: Each year, the staff of Lincoln Center Institute’s (LCI’s) Heckscher Foundation Resource Cente … more →

Tags: News, Amazon.com, bubbl.us, Heckscher Foundation Resource Center, Lincoln Center Institute, Wishlists

University of Pretoria joins World Digital Library Project

Johann van Wyk wrote 9 months ago: The University of Pretoria’s Department of Library Services has joined the World Digital Library Pro … more →

Tags: Edu News (South Africa), Edu News (International), University of Pretoria, Digitization, South Africa, UNESCO, World Digital Library, Project, Department of Library Services

President Lincoln's fingerprint

Debbie Benrubi wrote 10 months ago: Today marks the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Interestingly a student at Miami University in Oh … more →

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Library Of Congress, The Commons

2009 Semester2 comments

aimee101 wrote 10 months ago: Yes, it is finally here. I am working on getting my portfolio in shape to present and keep up with c … more →

Tags: Digital Collections, Cataloging, library catalogs, RDA

The eCard from the San Francisco Public Library - updated7 comments

Joe Garity wrote 10 months ago: Update: Penny Scott has alerted us that SFPL’s eCard program has been suspended due to electro … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, periodicals unit, journals, Scholarly Publishing, Databases

News, Scholarly Publishing, Digital Archives: JSTOR and Ithaka Merger Announced

creaky wrote 10 months ago: Two important interdisciplinary digital archival sites – JSTOR and Ithaka – announced th … more →

Tags: Libraries or Librarians, News & Medical News, Scholarly Publications, Scholarly Publishing & Open Access, Academic Libraries, Aluka.org, Digital Archives, Ithaka.org, JSTOR.org

Archival Ghosts

liberryn wrote 10 months ago: I thought this was interesting from Michael Keller, Victoria Reich and Andrew Herkovic’s artic … more →

Tags: Information access, Digitization, Archives, censorship

Good Food: Grow It, Cook It, Eat It, Read All About It!4 comments

Sherise Kimura wrote 1 year ago: Check out our newest display in the lobby on gardening, the Slow Food movement, cooking, and eating, … more →

Tags: Gleeson Library, Reference & Research Services, Books

Happy Birthday, OED!

mariannlibrarian wrote 1 year ago: The Oxford English Dictionary turns 80 this year, and celebratory events in the U.K. and the U.S. be … more →

Tags: Research tools, News, OED, dictionaries


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