The Future...The Fad...The Legend...

For those patrons tired with the thousands-of-years-old method of reading:

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Fall Semester Arrives, as do New Projects...

The beginning of the Fall Semester at USF brings the Tampa Library's Stacks Management area the project of Spatial Analysis for the upcoming months, meaning that the amount of available shelf space is currently being evaluated to determine the possible layout for the inclusion of material purchased in the future.

Archives, France, and Google...

Google takes over French library duties in archiving role:

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Come on Oxford...Really?

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USF Tampa Library Stacks Management on Lib Guides...

The USF Tampa Library's Stacks Management homepage is being moved to the new Lib Guides setup that the new USF Tampa Library website will be taking in the near future this year. A prototype of the page is still being created, but will be available officially very soon.

Oversize? Cage? Not Just Terms for a Wrestling Match...

Updates are being made to the USF Tampa Library's "Oversize" and "Cage" collections. For those unfamiliar with these two collections they are two sets of material that are contained within the library's Bookroom behind the Circulation Desk and can be requested for from Circulation Staff. The Cage Collection is material that is often stolen or damaged and placed on by-request-only status for the preservation of the items but can be checked out for standard periods of time. The Oversize Collection is comprised of texts too large to be able to fit on the shelving in the Circulating Collection and is also kept in the Bookroom available upon request. There exist a small percentage of items that fit into the "Cage" and "Oversize" categories simultaneously and are located amidst their own space within the Bookroom. All three of these categories of items are currently being reviewed and new notes are planned to be placed in the online library Catalog, embedded in item records, to ensure that patrons know exactly what to ask for when searching and consulting Staff. This project is planned to be completed by the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester.