Change Ups Up Here...

The Fifth Floor of the USF Tampa Library is the home of the Stacks Management offices and there are some new developments in staffing and organization. Long-time Stacks Supervisor, John Stanley, has relocated and is now the Bookroom Supervisor while Jessi Hurd is the new Stacks Supervisor with Andrew Beman-Cavallaro retaining his current position as Assistant Stacks Supervisor. Dennis Smith who is Manager of Access Services is now the direct supervisor of all Student Assistants who work primarily on the First Floor, i.e. former Media and current Circulation SAs. John Stanley and Jessi Hurd will both be reporting directly to Dennis Smith from this point.

Spring is Upon Us in Winter...

Welcome to the Spring Semester all. Anything the USF Tampa Library can do to help satiate your information acquisition needs, please feel free to ask.

New Year, New Projects...

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Second Decade of the First Century of the Third Millennium and the USF Tampa Library has undergone, (and is currently undergoing), several large changes. The Media collection has been moved successfully to the 2nd Floor in the open area when one enters the Periodicals area while the Circulation desk is currently being reconfigured to accommodate better flows of patron service. The Reference Desk will be moving into the old Media Resources area within the next few months, along with the Reference Collection which will be weeded down to a more streamline and efficient number of volumes. There will also be new furniture and flooring developing and being placed throughout the entire building amidst the Spring Semester.

Of course the largest update to remember is that the USF Tampa Library will be opening for 24 hours a day 5 DAYS A WEEK starting 1/11/10. The library will open from Noon on Sundays to 6pm on Fridays then 10-6 on Saturdays before reopening again at Noon Sunday. In the coming months new doors will also be installed to allow for a card access system of entering the library facility.

The Little Shelvers That Could...

The move of Media material from the First Floor to the Second is nearly complete with the remainder of the music scores being transported to their final location. This constitutes the last phase of the material move and should be completed within the day...Friday at the latest. The last remaining element to be relocated will be the media viewing equipment, bound for the Second Floor sometime next week.

Brace Ourselves to Our Duties...and Our Shelving Ranges...

The move of the Media material to the Second Floor of the USF Tampa Library has begun. All VHS, DVD, and CD material from the first floor has been relocated and signage is being placed on the 2nd floor to help direct patrons to find the material they need during the interim period before all material is placed in its final locations. All of the VHS material from the On-Site Storage area will be coming down starting today and be incorporated into the collection already being built in what was the former Current Periodicals area. The wall shelving from the First Floor will be moved to the 2nd and have the DVDs and CDs placed upon it. More updates will follow as the events unfold continuously. Also, the material in teh Circulating Collection has reached its maximum incoming flow and the process of sorting and shelving all book material can be gin in earnest with full force.

Thanksgiving and Beyond...

A Happy Thanksgiving to all today! Just as a reminder, the USF Tampa Library will be undergoing its semester influx of returned Circulating Material after the holiday break as many patrons prepare for the end of the semester ahead. There is a plan to have Staff involvement to assure that any backlog of material can be dealt with in an efficient and timely manner to ensure greater access to recently returned material. This plan should be implemented in the future during key times of the end of each semester to handle backlog problems throughout the academic year. Simultaneously this upcoming month of December, the move of Media Resources to the 2nd floor, the relocation of Reference on the 1st floor, and the augmentation of the Circulation and Media service desks will be taking place. These events combined with the upcoming 24/5 hours the library will be enacting with a complete renovation of the Information Commons on the 1st floor and relocation of the Ask Desk will provide a newer and more engaging workplace for USF affiliates of all kinds.

Media Move...

The USF Tampa Library has taken the first organizational steps towards the large-scale Media Resources move that will be occurring within the facility over the course of the month of December. The cooperation of all Library Staff is greatly appreciated and should the proposed steps be carried out, the major bulk of the Media Resources collection will be in the proper places by the beginning of the Spring Semester along with the reformed Circulation/Media Resources Desk which will incorporate Staff and Student Assistant in one location between the formerly seperate areas and the introduction of the 24/5 hours that the Library will be operating under. More uppdates will be posted as events continue to occur throughout the remainder of the semester.