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Celebrating Worldwide Access, Research, and Materials with WUFT Special Episode

2025 marks 100 years of Smathers Libraries. The libraries at the University of Florida are the largest academic resource system in the state, with six on-campus branches, affiliate branches across Florida, and high-density storage facilities. Access is a pillar for the Smathers Libraries, ensuring opportunities for users to experience materials…

Eduardo “Guayo” Hernández Papers Collection

The Eduardo “Guayo” Hernández Papers collection contains documents, letters, newspaper articles, photographs, slides, correspondence, films, documentaries, and ephemera. “Guayo” was one of the premiere cameramen and journalists of pre-revolution Cuba. “Guayo” formed Noticuba, a news documentary production company that featured his documentaries in theaters. One of the most popular cameramen…

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), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awards a mid-career librarian with a minimum of eight years experience working…

Newly processed (or recently revised) collections at the University of Florida

President John F. Kennedy, Brigada 2506 welcoming ceremony, Orange Bowl, Miami Florida. December 1962 (found in Eduardo Hernández “Guayo” Papers) Lawrence Carpenter Papers / Guía de la Colección de Lawrence Carpenter, 1973-1989 Field notebooks, index cards, general files and publications, slides, and AV material related to linguist…