The University of South Florida Tampa Library is the main research library for the University of South Florida. Housing over 2 million books, academic journals and electronic resources, including 52,000 e-journal subscriptions, 443,000 e-books, and over 800 databases, the library has more than 2 million visitors each year. The library offers tutoring and writing services, laptops, a career resource center, and course reserves. The facility houses several special and digital collections, including literature, oral histories, photographs, artifacts, and the university archives.
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History
In 1958, the foundations were poured for the original four buildings that would become the core of the USF master plan. These included the maintenance facility, administrative-classroom building, union-classroom-cafeteria, and the library.
When John S. Allen was named the first USF president in 1957, his first academic appointment to the staff was Elliott Hardaway, at the time the assistant librarian at the University of Florida. As USF librarian, Hardaway was charged with building a university library collection from scratch.
For the first year of classes, the library was temporarily located in the University Center ballroom until the completed five-story facility opened in 1961. The campus was planned so that the library was the tallest, most conspicuous building, to symbolize what John Allen considered to be the heart of the university. The library was designed accommodate 250,000 books but also housed reading rooms, a permanent art gallery, a faculty lounge and conference rooms.
Over the following decade, the USF population grew and a larger library was soon in high-demand. In 1975, the current seven-story, 154,000 square foot building opened with the capacity of up to one million volumes.
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SMART lab
Opened in 2012, the Science, Math and Research Technology (SMART) Lab, provides a hands-on learning space which includes more than 300 computer work stations.
Special collections
In addition to wide-ranging electronic and print resources the library provides other primary research materials through Special Collections. These include Florida history and politics, American literature, medieval manuscripts, Latin American Science Fiction, LBGT literature, Holocaust & genocide literature, juvenile literature, rare books, and sheet music. The Library's Florida Studies Center draws on Special Collections materials and technological services to promote arts and humanities education on Florida and its people to students, teachers and the public.
Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections
The DHHC documents heritage sites, landscapes and objects. The DHHC creates digital learning tools to promote heritage tourism. The technologies being used include 3D laser scanners, Nikon DSLR cameras, DJI Phantom and DJI Mavic unmanned aerial vehicles, Agisoft Photoscan Professional, FLIR thermal infrared cameras for imaging. For geo-spatial analysis uses ArcGIS and sends someone to the ESRI conference to make sure the program remains up to date. Some projects include: a 3D survey and imaging of Haghpat Monastery, a terrestrial laser scanning survey of Russell Cave National Monument and a digital tour of Cowpens National Battlefield.
Building configuration
The library is located in a seven story facility on the main campus at 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB122, Tampa, FL 33620-5400.
- Basement - Quiet zone comprising federal and state government documents, print collections, maps, and the Reference Annex. In 2012 physical print periodicals were moved to this level as electronic access of periodicals became more common. A technical services department takes up a large section of the basement.
- First Floor - Group study area including the learning common study areas, computer work stations, Digital Media Commons, the library services desk, the IT help desk, the Inter library Loan department, and a Starbucks.
- Second Floor - Group study area housing the learning commons study areas, the writing studio, the office for undergraduate research, tutoring services and the SMART Lab.
- Third Floor - Group study area with circulating areas A through K.
- Fourth Floor - Quiet zone, housing circulating areas L through N, special collections, Juvenile Collection, Classics Collection and the USF Florida Studies Center. The Grace Allen (1908-2007) room, named after the wife of the first president of the university John Allen, is available to recognized USF departments or agencies and contains a retractable screen, ceiling mounted LCD projector, podium, microphone & amplification system.
- Fifth Floor - Group study area including circulating areas P though Z.
- Sixth Floor - Group study area including the information technology offices, computer repair shop, library administration offices, digital collections and the community engagement offices.
External links
- USF Tampa Library homepage
References
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