University of Florida students build high-tech…
By Aida T. Miró-Herrans, Natya Hans and Borui Zhang Free access to HiPerGator — the most powerful supercomputer owned and operated by…

Newly processed (or recently revised) collections…
Scrapbook page from a trip to Gainesville in 1894. (Illustrated Diary of a Trip from Boston to Florida, 1894, PKY 88.056) Russell Ramsey…

Smathers Libraries Take Home Two Wins from Film…
The 10th annual ARLIES Film Festival featured 29 videos by ARL members, shown at the ARL Spring Association Meeting in Minneapolis…

News from around the Libraries
Haitian Heritage Month at LACC: A Spotlight on Haitian Art
Check out books on Haitian art on display in LACC and pick up a Haitian flag pin.

Goodbye to Mario Vargas Llosa: A Representative Figure of Latin American Literature
Celebrating the work of Mario Vargas Llosa (1936 – 2025)

Kitembo Edições Literárias do Futuro
Highlighting books from Kitembo Edições Literárias do Futuro

2025 Research Travel Grants open!
The UF Center for Latin American Studies offers library access grants for scholars funded by a Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Their call…

Recently Processed, Expanded or Revised Collections
The following collections in the Special and Area Studies Department have been recently processed, expanded or revised at the University of Florida.

An Ensemble Performance at the Panama Canal
A new exhibit highlights the people and essential tasks that have made transiting the Canal safe and successful.

Annual Michael Gannon Lecture
“Reading Florida’s First Native Authors: Towards an Understanding of Timucua Literature” The George A. Smathers Library cordially invites you to the Michael Gannon Lecture on Tuesday, April 1st, from 4:00-5:00…

2025 Bechtel Fellowship Recipient Named
The 2025 Bechtel Fellowship recipient is Aryssa Damron, a librarian at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, DC. The Bechtel Fellowship, awarded by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC),…
