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Baby Gators Take Over the Libraries

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By Aimee Sullivan, Communications Intern University of Florida students are used to being greeted by a variety of events and activities at the…

A diverse group of children and three adults stand outside a building, all wearing white t-shirts with "collaboratory" printed on them, smiling and posing for the camera.

Smathers Summer Reads!

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We asked the UF Libraries employees for their summer reading recommendations. Here are 10 to get your summer started! Christy Shorey,  Access…

Maggie Ansell displaying books

News from around the Libraries

Latin American Collection

This digital project was created by Eluney González during his participation in the 2026 Bob Graham Center Gulf Scholars and Smathers Libraries Latin American & Caribbean Collection Spring Internship.  Competing Political Strategies to Return  While ostensibly unified by their desire to return…

Vintage cover of "El Mundo ¡EXTRA!" from January 1961, featuring photos of Fidel Castro and other revolutionaries, subtitled Editado en el Exilio.

2026 Research Travel Grants open!

The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is sponsoring Library Travel Research Grants for Spring & Summer 2026. Their call for this year is open, with applications being…

Special and Area Studies

Dragons in the Library

A new exhibit celebrates the world’s long fascination with dragons and their appearance across many different cultures in art, science, and mythology.

Drawing of a dragon breathing fire.

Ebb and Flow

A new exhibit explores the history of the water that flows through the Panama Canal.

Drawing of a bridge and Spillway around the Panama Canal.

Annual Michael Gannon Lecture

Come see best-selling author, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former Washington Post journalist Mr. Rick Atkinson as the 2026 Michael Gannon Lecture speaker.