USF in Lakeland Library

Tomorrow, December 15th, I will be on the Tampa Campus all day to attend the USF Libraries Annual Meeting. Apart from my report on the Lakelnad Library Services, I will also be presenting a break-out session to my colleagues on the use of blogs and wikis in libraries.

The Annual Meeting is always a great opportunity to review and rejoice over the Libraries’ multiple accomplishments over the year. It is our pleasure to help you in your work and we’ll keep at it!

The PCC/USF Library will be partially open next week, from Monday the 18th to Wednesday the 20th, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The front desk will be operating for library account maintenance purposes.

The Library will then be closed from Thursday the 21th until Monday, January the 1st. It will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd, at 8:00 AM.

I, the USF Librarian, will be on campus most days during the semester break. Absences will be posted on the blog.

I will absent from the campus Thursday, December 7th for a workshop. I will be back on Friday, December 8th.

If you need immediate assistance, you can contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

USF has live video feeds for

• CNN
• CSPAN
• History Channel
• NASA
• Weather Channel
• Travel Channel
• Food Channel

These are available to students, staff and faculty through Academic Computing’s USF Netcast system. Off-campus access is possible via the VPN network.

The Libraries System is in the beta stage of launching a new website and is looking for your feedback.

Please take a few minutes to look at the new site and complete a brief questionnaire. Just click on this link:
http://www.lib.usf.edu/public/_feedback/feedback.cfm .

Thank you for your assistance!

I will absent from the campus Wednesday, November 22nd. I will be back on Monday, November 27th.

If you need immediate assistance, you can contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

During the Thanksgiving holiday, the PCC/USF Library will be open as usual on Wednesday, November 22th, from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

The Library and the Open Use Lab will be closed from Thursday, November 23 to Sunday, November 26th inclusively. The Library and the Lab will reopen Monday, November 27th at 8:00 AM.

An Happy Thanksgiving to all!

USF Lakeland will be closed for Veteran’s Day. But, the PCC/USF Library will be open at the regular hours. The USF Open Use Lab will be closed though.

I will absent from the campus Thursday, November 9th in the afternoon and Friday, November 10th all day. I will be back on Monday, November 13th in my new office at LTB 1119.

If you need immediate assistance, you can contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

For some levity, this video (5:22) was created by David and Daniel Ariew as a community service project for the University of South Florida Libraries. The Tampa Library is featured prominently. Chronicles of Libraria sports an antiplagiarism theme along with tasty smoothies.

UPDATE: I corrected the name of the University.

Next week, I will hold two open, drop-in seminars on library resources

• Database Searching – Wednesday, November 15, 11:00-12:00, LAC 1173
  Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles
• RefWorks – Thursday, November 16, 4:00-5:00, LAC 1170A
  Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

These seminars all open to all; no registration required.