USF Polytechnic Library

I will be away from campus from Monday, June 30th and will be back Monday, July 14th. I will have limited email access (clw@lakeland.usf.edu), though not all the time.

For library enquiries, you can reach the USF Lakeland Library front desk at 863-667-7817. You can also contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services at (813) 974-2729 or (866) 550-8036 (toll free). You can chat as well with a USF Librarian.

I will be away at a conference this coming week.

I will be leaving Monday June 16th and will be back Friday, June 20th at 8:00 AM. I will have email access (clw@lakeland.usf.edu), though not all the time.

For general library enquiries, you can reach the USF Lakeland Library front desk at 863-667-7817. If you need immediate assistance from a librarian, you can contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services at (813) 974-2729 or (866) 550-8036 (toll free).

Have a pleasant week!

The USFL Associate Librarian taught a webinar today sharing her experience using synchronous online learning software Elluminate to teach library instruction and information literacy to distance learners. The Elluminate company invited her to do so after her session on the same topic at the 4th South Atlantic Regional Conference earlier this winter. Some 65 attendees participated from around the world.

Update: a press release was published on the event.

Last week I attended the 4th South Atlantic Regional Conference, organized by Special Libraries Association (SLA) chapters from the south-east.

I acted as Webmaster and IT Committee Chair/Facilitator for the Conference. I also presented a session, “Live Library Instruction for Distance Learners”, relating my experience using Elluminate to teach information literacy skills to USFL distance students.

The conference took place at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, which did a remarquable job hosting us.

I am away at a conference this week.

I will be leaving Monday February 25th at 2:00 PM and will be back Monday, March 3rd at 9:00 AM. I will have email access (clw@lakeland.usf.edu), though not all the time.

If you need immediate assistance from a librarian, you can contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services at (813) 974-2729 or (866) 550-8036 (toll free).

Have a pleasant week!

I just returned from the Special Libraries Association Leadership Summit in Kentucky. I attended the Summit as the new Chair-Elect of the Information Technology Division. The Summit offers training on leadership skills and the SLA organization to its unit leaders, be chapter or division. It is also an opportunity to conduct association business as well.

The Library has a new OPS staff person with Jo Averill-Snell. Jo is now working on Saturday and Monday evening. She gained library experience at the University of Tampa and St. Pete College libraries. She will start her Masters in Library and Information Science at USF in the Fall. Welcome Jo!

I myself just came back from the Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in Denver, CO. I moderated one session, “Podcasting the Librarian Way”, and filled my functions as Secretary of the Science-Technology Division and Membership/Awards Committee Chair of the Information Technology Division. I also helped man an information booth for the 4th South Atlantic Regional Conference that will take place in St. Petersburg next winter.

Last week, the annual conference of the Florida Library Association took place in Orlando. Yours truely, Catherine Lavallée-Welch, was a panelist on Thursday April 12th for a session organized by the Academic Section of FLA: “Information Literacy in Action: Florida Academic Libraries Share their Stories and Best Practices”.

I presented the Lakeland Library Services’ experiences and accomplishments so far with information literacy. Co-panelists were from USF Tampa, Florida International University, University of Central Florida and Florida State University.

From April 15th to the 21st, it’s National Library Week in the US. This year’s theme is Come together @your library.

And Tuesday, April 17th, is National Library Workers Day, so don’t forget to say “hi” to Amy, our Library Specialist.

I have the great pleasure of announcing the arrival of Amy VanMiddlesworth at the USF Lakeland Library. Amy is our new Library Specialist.

A Polk County native, Amy is also a USF alumni, having received a BA in Elementary Education and a Masters in Library Science. She worked as a Media Specialist and a Teacher in elementary, middle and high schools in Polk County.

In her new functions, Amy will take care of the circulation desk, the interlibrary loans and the maintenance of the stacks. You can phone her either at the LTB 1115 front desk (863-667-7817) or her direct line (863-667-7747). Her email address is avanmiddlesworth@lakeland.usf.edu.