From the Dean
Welcome to NPML [Bull]etin, the inaugural issue of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library newsletter. I am pleased to share with you our news, highlights, and upcoming events.
One of our favorite times in the Library is the beginning of the academic year when faculty and students return, and the building is full of life. We’ve been gearing up throughout the summer to support your success at USFSP.
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- The CITL Week of Teaching is slated to take place August 15-16, with a variety of workshops.
- Textbook affordability continues to be one of our top priorities. Faculty and students, check out our Textbooks on Reserve Guide to see if your print or electronic textbook is available.
- Want to build a robot? Visit the Student Tech Center on the first floor of the Library and check one out.
- USFSP now has 41 courses that have received Quality Matters Certification, with 20 more slated for this fall.
- You asked. We delivered. Study rooms on all floors now have light-filtering shades so you’re not blinded in the late-day sun.
- Need help? Remember that the Library is your partner in teaching, learning, and research. Visit Five Ways to Reach a Librarian.
Cathi Cardwell
Dean of the Library
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In Review
Meet our New Faculty & Staff
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Science Librarian, Research & Instruction
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Student Tech Center Manager, Systems
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Head of Special Collections & University Archives
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Newest Guide Dog Pup, Conway's half-sister
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Scholars Corner
Are you looking for additional ways to increase the visibility and impact of your scholarship? The
USFSP Faculty Author Gallery
highlights your scholarship and research interests to potential collaborators and graduate students. Each profile includes extensive data showing which works are getting the most interest and where those readers are located.
Not all researchers have the extensive online resources that we enjoy at USFSP and may not be able to get easy access to scholarly materials. Many publishers allow you to add the full-text of your accepted manuscript to an institutional repository such as Digital USFSP Your subject librarian is here to help you determine if you have the legal right to add full-text, and we have noticed that those who add the text are seeing the most activity in their account. For example, since adding her manuscript to Digital USFSP, Sharon Segrest’s article on implicit bias has been downloaded 165 times in 25 countries.
Collect all of your academic information in one place with one personalized URL, by including your ORCid and links to your research website and Google Scholar or LinkedIn profiles. Add information on your teaching, service, grants, and awards. Check out your own collection in
Digital USFSP
to organize your articles, presentations, images, research data, learning objects, and more. For additional information on how you can access your statistics and enhance your site, just contact
your USFSP librarian.
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Tapestry
The library celebrated LGBTQ+ Pride this summer with two exhibits, on the Life & Trials of Oscar Wilde, and another on LGBTQ+ political candidates.
The Diversity Committee seeks participation from student groups interested in creating future diversity related library exhibits, as well as community volunteers to serve as Human Books for our next Living Library event.
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Did You Know?
Researcher Profiles are an easy way to promote your research and increase its impact. A researcher profile helps you to:
• Display all of your research and publications in one place
• Allow researchers from around the world find your publications
• Locate potential collaborators and other researchers doing similar or complementary work
• Track citation counts and international impact
Where to begin?
Common places to set up researcher profiles include:
Examples: Alejandro Brice or Thomas Ainscough
• And available through the USFSP Library:
Follow these key steps for maximum impact:
• Sign up with ORCiD and use it with each new publication
• Keep your profile up-to-date
• Work with your librarian to add and open access, full-text version of each work to your USFSP Faculty Profile (copyright permitting)
• When creating a new profile, only include what you want to be shared publicly.
• Before adding full-text copies to any site, ensure that you have copyright permission.
For more information, visit:
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Spaces
STEM Support in the Student Technology Center
The STC is very excited to announce new STEM materials into its digital makerspace this Fall.
A variety of electronics and robots offerings, these devices can be checked out to sample and experiment. Virtual reality goggles, Holograms, Snap Circuits, and electronics kits are quick adventures to undertake in a short time. Or, start more involved experiments with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Breadboards, and building and coding robots!
Other exciting things the STC offers include the ability to reserve the facilitated student learning room and get involved with interactive sessions. There is a Mystudio Video booth, and student tech help is available during STC hours.
The STC is a great place to meet for singular or group projects. It is a fun, collaborative environment with now even more technology to explore.
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Events
Canvas Open Labs -
August 20 - 24
DIY Bookmarks
- August 22, 9am - 2am
Harry Potter Trivia
- August 28, 6pm-7pm
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop
- August 31, 8:30am - 4:30pm
"Florida Man" Poems Book Talk
- September 5, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Transfer Student & Librarian Meet Up
- September 11, 4pm-5:30pm
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Exhibits
Life & Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Library Atrium, July 1 - September 21
LGBTQ+ Political Candidates
- Library Atrium, July 1 - September 21
Hurricane Preparedness
- Library Atrium, May 1 - September 21
Florida Least Terns
- Library Atrium, May 1 - September 21
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