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Study Room Reservations–The New DIBS System
Study Room Reservations – Library Services | USF Tampa Libraries — Library Services | USF Tampa Libraries via kwout On October 27th the USF Tampa Library moved to a new system whereby students can now...
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Stay Current with Your Favorite Journals Using BrowZine
Are there journals that you try to browse regularly to stay current in your discipline? Do you own an Android, IOS smartphone or tablet? If you answer “yes” to both questions, then the USF Libraries...
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Rethinking Google Scholar as a Research Tool
Despite the fact that many of our scholars rely on Google Scholar as their preferred discovery tool of choice, Jeffrey Beall recently pointed out in a blog post that because of their indexing of many...
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The Future of Privacy
Accessed from https://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/4592915995/ A December 2014 Pew Report discusses the future of privacy in light of technological change as it is likely to extend into the next...
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Archiving the Web
accessed from http://www.matthewweathers.com/year2010/archive.html Archiving the Web: A Case Study from the University of Victoria, is a white paper about the fragility of digital information and the...
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Why the Springer E-book Platform is One of the Best
One thing you may not know is that not all e-book publishers create the same product, platform, or interface equally well. One of the best of those are Springer E-books, mainly because they offer so...
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Green Screen Room Now Available for Digital Media Production
The USF Tampa Library has converted one of its media rooms into a Green Screen Room this semester for students at the Digital Media Commons to use for their multimedia projects. The room can be...
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Making Your Course “Gameful” with GradeCraft
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a University of Michigan professor has used some aspects of gaming to develop GradeCraft, a learning management system that allows instructors to organize...
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Academic Libraries Will Play an Important Role in Data Storage for Researchers
Where Should You Keep Your Data? – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Karen Markin, talks about the mandates from federal granting...
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Duke University Selects Altmetric Platform to Track Broader Impact of Faculty...
Altmetric for Institutions platform allows faculty and administrators at universities to track online dissemination and engagement surrounding research. This licensed software from a London-based...
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What is the Internet of Things?
The Internet of Things relates to objects and physical items such as hardware or software that provides functionality to our lives. This recent report by O’Reilley Media (you need to register to...
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Scholarly Profile Pages and the Future
Lambert Heller’s article on The Impact Blog from the London School of Economics, offers an interesting overview about various types of scholarly profile pages, sites and software packages, what they...
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Course Packs and the Library–Why Not Go Cheaper, Greener and Paperless?
An instructor at USF contacted a publisher to put together a course pack for his course. He and the publisher identified 22 readings from a variety of sources which would end up costing students close...
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USF Digital Media Commons
Untitled via kwout Many changes are coming in terms of staffing and support for the Digital Media Commons, among them the addition of Media Technologist Brittany Self. The DMC is a fully equipped Mac...
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Featured E-Book: Digital Video for Teacher Education: Research and Practice
“Digital video use is becoming prevalent in teacher education as a tool to help improve teaching and learning and for assessing effective teaching. Timely and comprehensive, this volume brings together...
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Kanopy: Instructional Media for Your Classes!
The USF Library faculty and staff are very excited about the acquisition of a cutting edge streaming video service, newly available this fall. With over 26,000 titles and growing, Kanopy offers quality...
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Spring Workshop Series on Digital Media
The USF Tampa Library Digital Media Commons (DMC) is a multimedia production area which provides equipment, instruction, creative space, and assistance to USF students and faculty. To complement the...
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SHERPA/RoMEO: Publisher Copyright Policies and Self-Archiving
You would like to self-archive a copy of your recent article in the SelectedWorks at USF, or some other digital repository (ResearchGate, LinkedIn, etc.) but you are not sure if you are violating...
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SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
Thanks to Anchin Center Foundation funds for the library, the USF Tampa Library was able to purchase the SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, edited by J. Michael Spector. This two-volume...
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Five Things to Know about the USF Scholar Commons
Scholar Commons University of South Florida (USF) Tampa Library via kwout Scholar Commons is organized by department: Selected Works is for individual researchers. All you need is a CV! If you want to...
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