On July 13, 2021, all Florida public colleges and universities will be upgrading our core library platform to the Alma and Primo VE library systems. This next-generation integrated library system (ILS) leverages cloud-based services and offers a responsive, scalable web and mobile design. This upgrade will expand access to materials and improve…
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The George A. Smathers Libraries celebrate forty years of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at the University of Florida (UF) by showcasing forty of its special items. Dedicated to all of the Judaica Library’s great friends, and in particular their major benefactors, the late Samuel and Jack…
In a recent blog post, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Program Officer Hadassah St. Hubert is joined by National Digital Newspaper Program partners Melissa Jerome, Project Coordinator for the US Caribbean & Ethnic Florida Digital Newspaper Project at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida,…
The Special and Area Studies Department announces the release of a new University of Florida Archival & Manuscripts Finding Aids website at https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/. This new website will replace the older finding aid website with a system based on ArchivesSpace. ArchivesSpace is the leading archival content management system in…
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced more than $1.6 million in grants to launch the Doris Duke Native Oral History Revitalization Project, an initiative to increase access to, use of, and visibility of the Doris Duke Native American Oral History Collections. Seven universities have received a collective…
The George A. Smathers Libraries are dedicating a legacy collection of Black film & film literature to memory of the late Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn. Dr. Hilliard-Nunn was a beloved educator and activist who dedicated many years to the UF African American Studies Program as an adjunct associate professor. She…
Below are collections that have been recently processed, expanded, or revised at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.Hughes, Paul A.: Collection of Caribbean Stereographs / Guía de la Colección de Fotografías Estereográficas del Caribe por Paul A. Hughes, 1898-1908 (significantly expanded and newly…
The Health Science Center Libraries (HSCL) librarians, in collaboration with the Okeechobee County Public Library (OCL), were awarded a Network of the National Library of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region All of Us Community Engagement Project Award to improve access to quality health information in rural county communities through the innovative Little…
In anticipation of its 15th anniversary, the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program is officially documenting its history in the University Archives as well as partnering with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program to collect the stories of individuals and beneficiaries of the early days of the program. This effort…
