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Alexandra Avelino

Trey Shelton Named First Chair of Academic Research & Consulting Services

On September 15th, Trey Shelton will assume the responsibilities of Chair of Academic Research & Consulting Services (ARCS) for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. In this position, he will oversee the ARCS team — https://arcs.uflib.ufl.edu/ — that offers unique expertise and services to support research activities including artificial…

Metadata Librarian Named President-Elect

Xiaoli Ma was recently named President-Elect for 2023 -2024 and President 2024-2026 for the Visual Resources Association (VRA). This honor acknowledges her years’ work with the association and contribution to VRA Core, an international metadata standard for describing visual culture and their digital surrogates. This offer also indicates VRA’s…

Tenure & Promotion Achievements

Congratulations to our faculty on their career milestones! Thank you for your service and dedication to the Libraries. tenure Jean Bosshart Associate University Librarian, Marston Science Library…

Literary Manuscripts Archivist Wins SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant

Florence M. Turcotte, Literary Manuscripts Archivist, recently won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant and will travel to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN for research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. She will consult with Mary McSparran, Curator of Manuscripts and conduct research in the Edwin Mims…

The Rule of Three: Preserve Your Journals Or Lose Them Forever

In a recent collaboration with CLOCKSS, Dean Judy Russell explains the importance of online journal preservation and redundancy. This blog post recommends libraries deposit licensed e-resources in three digital archives. It’s easy, inexpensive and essential. CLOCKSS is collaboration between the world’s leading research libraries and academic publishers. CLOCKSS…

Children’s Literature Publication Wins Silver

“B is for Baldwin: An Alphabet Tour of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature” took home the silver medal at this year’s Florida Book Awards. Established in 2006, The Florida Book Awards is coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries and is the nation’s most comprehensive state…

Health Science Center Librarian Receives Distinguished Membership

Mary Edwards, AHIP-D, Associate University Librarian, is a Liaison and Reference Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Library (UF HSCL) and has been awarded the highest level of academy membership from the Medical Library Association, the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). The AHIP…

Instruction and Outreach Librarian elected to Board of Directors

Lisa Campbell has been elected to serve on the FACRL Board of Directors. The Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL) is the Florida state chapter of the American Library Association’s (ALA) division of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).FACRL strives to provide…

Associate Chair Elected to Serve on the UF Compensation & Equity Committee

Associate Chair of Marston Science Library, Melody Royster, has been elected to serve a 3-year term on the University of Florida’s Faculty Senate Compensation & Equity Committee. The committee shall evaluate, report on, and make recommendations concerning matters of equity including, but not restricted to, compensation, benefits, resources, and…