In The Baldwin’s Library of Historical Children’s Literature, you are bound to find a plethora of vividly colored books including ones with bright green details. But danger lurks amongst those children’s stories.
This past week we had another successful Fall Fest! We want to thank all the students and staff who came out to celebrate with us. We also want to thank the volunteers who are the backbone of the fest and make it a great event. The theme this year was "Libraries give you Superpowers!" With over 650 people participating in the event this year, we hope to bring even more out next year.
On Homecoming Friday, Dean of University Libraries, Judy Russell, rode the one-mile route down 13th Street to University Avenue on a float covered with gators dressed up from different decades. This year’s Homecoming theme, 100 Years of Traditions, was near-perfect timing for the Smathers Libraries, whose first branch was established…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
