Archive for February, 2011
KANSAS vs DARWIN
A documentary about the Kansas evolution hearings In May of 2005, a 3-member subcommittee of the Kansas State Board of Education held hearings to determine whether Darwin’s long-held Theory of Evolution should be challenged in public-school science curriculum. At stake was, in effect, the definition of science for Kansas schoolchildren. This unique, one-of-a-kind film delivers [...]
Read More..>>Price Library of Judaica 30th anniversary exhibit
The Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, located on the first floor of Library West in the northwest portion of the stacks, is commemorating the naming of the library with a 30th anniversary exhibit in Smathers Library, 3nd floor gallery. The gallery is open 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. A rededication event was [...]
Read More..>>Starbucks Gift Card Drawing Winners
Library supporters have provided Starbucks $25 gift cards. Users are asked to tell us why the UF Libraries are important to them. Enter now. April 2013 winner: Sarah Otsuka The UF libraries are important to me because out of all the places I like to study and I do study, the on campus libraries are [...]
Read More..>>In-Library eBook Lending Program Launched
The University of Florida Libraries has joined Internet Archives and partner libraries to develop a joint collection of 80,000+ ebooks to extend traditional in-library lending. The mostly 20th century books are on OpenLibrary.org, a site where it’s alreadypossible to read over one mililon eBooks without restriction. During a library visit, patrons with an OpenLibrary.org account [...]
Read More..>>Libraries celebrate Black History Month
“James Haskins: Author, Teacher & Social Activist” Exhibit and Reception The Smathers Libraries and Center for African American Studies celebrate Black History Month and the works of Jim Haskins with an exhibit in Smathers Library, second floor gallery, from February 4-25, 2011. A reception will be held Saturday, February 19 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in Smathers [...]
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