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The Banned Books Week Read Out! is coming soon

What: Read from a challenged or banned book for a 15 minutes period. There is no microphone, no sitting audience – you read from a passage of your choice from a book of your choice in a normal voice to passers-by. [...]

Banned Books Week events

The USF Poly Library will hold a series of events to celebrate Banned Books Week September 27 to October 2, 2010.

Schedule of Events

Read Out!
Tuesday, September 28 from 11:30am-1pm and 4:30pm-6pm on the LTB patio/terrace

Book Discussion

“And Tango Makes Three”
Wednesday, September 29 from 4pm – 5pm in LTB 1121
Discussion lead by Dr. Ruth Sylvester

First Amendment Film [...]

GBLT resources for 2010

June is Pride Month and we are indeed very proud to publish the 2010 GBLT list of resources available at the USFP Library. It contains books, children’s books, electronic journals, databases and websites of interest.

Celebrate all your libraries, it’s National Library Week

This week, April 11 to the 17, is National Library Week.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the United States of America each year.

This year’s Honorary Chair is Neil Gaiman. He’s the author of, among others, The Graveyard Book (2009 [...]

USFP Librarian on radio

The Power of Knowledge, a radio show on WLKF 1430, has invited USF Poly Associate Librarian as a guest Sunday, March 28. The show, hosted by Dr. Marshall Goodman, VP-CEO of USF Polytechnic, is on at 11:30AM. The topic at hand? Libraries, books and the digital world, of course.

If you miss the show, you [...]

Women’s History Month 2010

We have published a list of the resources held at the USF Poly Library relevant to Women’s History Month.

We will also have a display in the library. And yes, you can check out those books!

2009 USF Libraries Annual Report

The USF Libraries 2009 Annual Report is now available in PDF format.

Black History Month 2010

We have published a list of the resources held at the USF Poly Library relevant to Black History Month.

The USF Poly Black and Hispanic Alliance also publishes a web page with Black History Daily Facts.

Halloween at the Library

Looking for an Halloween-themed book? The USF Poly Library has set up a display of all our books about Halloween, ghosts, witches, creepy-crawlies and such for you to choose from. Pick up a book and a piece of candy on your way out.

“Libraries of the Future” program at USF Polytechnic

The SLA Florida and Caribbean Chapter Fall Workshop and Awards Luncheon will take place at USF Polytechnic on Friday, November 13 2009, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

The workshop theme is “Libraries of the Future”. The program speakers are Paulette Hasier (DARPA Library, Library Task Manager), Jonathan Reichental (US IT Innovations Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers) and [...]