Dec 11 2007
News Releases from 2007
Retrieval of Items in Storage Suspended Dec. 21 - Jan. 3 (December 2007)
Because the campus will be closed December 22, 2007 through January 1, 2008 for the holidays, Thursday December, 20th is the last day that we can retrieve books and other library items from our storage facility. You may continue to request items using the Request link in the catalog, or the alternate form, during the holiday closing, but they will not be delivered until January 3.
Guitar Hero in the InfoCommons@West (Dec. 2007)
Guitar Hero, Thursday, December 6, from 12-4pm on the third floor of Library West in the InfoCommons presentation area. Finals getting you down?? Then wake up and rock out with Guitar Hero in the InfoCommons @ West. This is part of our experiment in Libraries as study, working, and playing places, so please check it out and let us know what you think!
Library West extends hours for finals (November 2007)
Smathers Libraries to host NaNoWriMo Final Push event (November 2007)
“Haiti in Film” festival in Library West (November 2007)
Faculty Author Series @ Your Library kicks off in November (October 2007)
Smathers Libraries to sponsor GIS Day events November 14 (October 2007)
The Afterlife of Alice in Wonderland exhibit open in Smathers Library (October 2007)
Dr. Beverly Lyon Clark Presents Pocahontas and Other National Fantasies, October 18, 2007
Smathers Library East, Room 1A; Thursday, Oct. 18, 1:30-3pm
This presentation on the Pocahontas story is part of the English Graduate Organization’s annual conference. The theme of the conference this year is fantasy with the conference title “As I Imagine.” This session is free and you do not have to be registered for the conference to attend this session. Dr. Clark is a children’s literature professor from the English Department of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. Dr. Clark’s visit is being sponsored by the Bechtel Fund and the Baldwin Library.
UF Librarian Chosen as International Copyright Advocate, October 3, 2007
Lori Driscoll, Chair of Access Services at the George A. Smathers Libraries, has been selected by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of three international copyright advocates. She will serve in this capacity for the rest of 2007 through December 2009. This is a new program designed to provide depth to ALA’s existing international copyright advocacy, including the treaty making process of WIPO, UNESCO, and other potential international organizations.
Smathers Libraries’ UF Capital Campaign Kickoff, September 18, 2007
The Smathers Libraries’ UF capital campaign kickoff event on Friday, September 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m., will feature Dr. Michael Gannon discussing his newest book History of Florida in 40 Minutes, followed by Q&A’s and light refreshments. The talk is free and open to the public.
UF Digital Collections Reaches One-Million Page Milestone, September 11, 2007
The University of Florida Libraries now has over 1,000,000 pages in the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). See Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, thousands of children’s and picture books, photographs of the football team, handwritten works by important authors like Harriet Beecher Stowe, maps from around the world and across history, and more. The one million pages fall into more than 20 collections, representing more than 44,000 titles in more than 52,000 volumes. Included are maps, newspapers, photographs and books, as well as archival resources, recorded sound and video. Collection content ranges geographically from the University of Florida to the South American Andes, from Africa to the Russian steps. Topical content spans local and world history, covering the arts, humanities and social sciences, as well as agriculture and the sciences. In addition to content from the University Libraries, content also comes from the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the Matheson Museum and partners in several Caribbean countries. Access the UFDC at www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc.
Brazil’s Padre Cicero: Views from the Ralph della Cava Gift to the UF Libraries, September 5, 2007
Items from the Ralph della Cava gift are on display in the Special Collections exhibit gallery in Smathers Library through October 7. A reception with guest speaker Ralph della Cava will be held Sunday, September 23, 4:00-6:00 p.m. on the second floor of Smathers Library. The exhibit is curated by Richard Phillips and Paul Losch of the Latin American Collection and is co-sponsored by the Howe Society, the UF Center for Latin American Studies and the UF Department of Religion. Exhibit gallery hours are the same as the Special Collections Research Room. The reception is free and open to the public.
“How It Feels to Be Colored Me”, September 5, 2007
Joel Buchanan from the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections has prepared an exhibit at the Matheson Museum, 513 W. University Avenue, titled “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” to showcase the late Florida-born writer Zora Neale Hurston. The exhibit coincides with the “Big Read” celebration sponsored by the Alachua County Library District and includes photos from the Zora Neale Hurston Collection and artifacts from the Negro Collection. Accessories from the collection of Evelyn Fox and Gussye Buchanan are also included. The exhibit will run from September 1st through September 18th. The Museum is open 9:30-1:30 Tuesday-Friday and Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m. To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, see a list of community events on the Alachua County Library Big Read Blog, or visit Special Collections to view Hurston’s manuscripts and correspondence.
Gene Baro Collection now available to researchers (September 2007)
UF Digital Collections reaches one-million page milestone (September 2007)
Upgrades Galore! (September 2007)
Some libraries now allow snack foods (September 2007)
Library fines increase on selected items (September 2007)
Mystery in the Stacks library orientations (August 2007)
Fall 2007 library orientations (August 2007)
UF Government Documents department celebrates 100 years as federal depository (August 2007)
Library West receives green building certification (July 2007)
Some library services affected by system upgrade Friday, July 27 through Monday, July 30 (July 2007)
Smathers Libraries’ people in the news (June 2007)
LeiLani S. Freund to receive “My Favorite Martian Award” (June 2007)
Librarians chosen to receive academic technology faculty grant (June 2007)
Course reserves migrating to a new system this summer (June 2007)
New food and drink privileges in Library West and Marston Science Library (pilot project) (May 2007)
New Dean of Libraries Begins Tenure May 1st (April 2007)
Libraries introduce name-a-book for graduates (April 2007)
Library fines to increase on certain items (April 2007)
Smathers Libraries celebrates International Roma Day (March 2007)
Map & Imagery Library extends hours (March 2007)
Call for readers for libraries’ fifth annual Read-A-Thon (March 2007)
2,800 children’s books donated to Smathers Libraries (March 2007)
A. Quinn Jones exhibit opens in Special Collections exhibition gallery (January 2007)
Library West dedication set for January 26 (January 2007)
Dale Canelas to retire as Director of University Libraries (January 2007)