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Libraries Receive Grant to Save Recordings at Risk

Burning Spear, December 1969 The George A. Smathers Libraries received $50,000 in grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for the project “Preserving the Journalistic Recordings of Burning Spear Media, 1971-1999.” This project is part of CLIR’s “Recordings at Risk” program and will allow the…

US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project Celebrates 10 Years and Grant Renewal

Diario las Américas. [volume] (Miami, Fla.), 30 April 1959. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. The George A. Smathers Libraries are the awarded institution in Florida for the National Endowment for the Humanities National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The NDNP provides access to a searchable database of historically…

Google Books and Smathers Libraries

Since 2019 UF has digitized more than 60,000 books through participation in mass digitization projects with Google. By project completion, the Smathers Libraries will have digitized hundreds of thousands of materials. Google Books is digitizing collections unique to the University of Florida, like the Latin American and Caribbean Collection and…

Recently Processed, Expanded, or Revised Collections

Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders,” Arrival at Tampa, Florida in 1898. Stereoview from the David Snedeker Collection of Florida Stereoviews. Steamer Marion in Ocklawaha River. Stereoview from the David Snedeker Collection of Florida Stereoviews. The following collections in the Special and Area Studies Department have been recently processed, expanded or…

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…

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…