USF Libraries Collections and Services
Librarians Nancy Cunningham & Matt Torrence
Office for Undergraduate Research
Dr. Richard Pollenz
Tutoring & Learning Services
Dr. Patricia Maher

A brief introduction to library collections services spaces and ..special programs and initiatives
Nancy Cunningham - Director of Academic
Services
Matt Torrence - Librarian for Business &
Engineering

USF Libraries & Partner Affiliates
Tampa Library
Nelson Poynter Memorial
Library USF St. Petersburg
USF in Lakeland
Jane Bancroft Cook Library
USF Sarasota
Shimberg Health Sciences
Library
Florida Mental Health Institute
(FMHI) Research Library

 Identifying materials you need
 Copyright guidance
 Research instruction to your students from librarians
 Placing items on reserve for your students
 Scheduling media viewing in the library
 Teaching Assistants as your proxy
 Providing access to your research –
Scholar Commons@USF

 Interlibrary loan
 PRONTO
 Making a purchase request

Adding library support to your
BlackBoard course module
Library course/subject guides
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Log in to your BB course
Select “Tools”
Scroll down to “Library
Course Guides”
View the course/subject guide
Go to the “+” button
Create tool link
Under “Type” select Library
Course Guides
Name the link

 Electronic, book & media in one place
 If you don’t have it, we can get it for you
 Easily transfer reserves to new courses
 Copyright is tracked by reserves system
 Accessible through Blackboard for you and your students

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 Access to collections
 24/5 – books, government docs, reference
 24/7 – databases, e-books, digital collections
 Textbooks on reserve
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 Textbook Affordability Project
Research support from librarians
 Reference desk – online chat – email
 Research consultations
 Subject/course guides
Tutoring, Math Lab, Writing Center
Presentation practices rooms
Laptop checkout
Study rooms ……

Patron Driven Acquisition Direct requests
 Faculty
 Librarians
 Students

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Collection building
 College of Education – Young Adult Literature
Data collection, storage, and access
 Marine Science, Geography, Geology
Documenting
 History, Anthropology – Genocide & Holocaust
Grants
 Marine Science, College of Education, Department of History, FMHI
Information Literacy
 First Year Composition
Open access publications
 Geology, FMHI
Oral history
 History, Communications, etc.

LIBRARY
INITIATIVES
Scholarly Communications
Librarian – Todd Chavez
Scholar Commons
Interdisciplinary Storehouse of
USF’s Knowledge Capital
Repository
Services
Collection
Building
Digital Access
& Preservation
Conference
Management eScience
Services
Publication &
Scholarly
Communication
Social
Interactions
Data
Production &
Curation
OA Publishing
Services
Digital Access
& Preservation
Geoportal &
Data
Repository
Data
Management
Planning
Information
Visualization
Impact
Assessment
Consultation &
Strategic
Planning
Data
Preservation

 Browse department research & scholarship by faculty member or department
 Use Selected Works to create your own profile
 Get your research available through Google
 View your downloads

 Tutoring and Learning Services – 2 nd floor
 SMARTLab
 Dr. Pat Maher
 Office for Undergraduate Research
 Dr. Richard Pollenz
 Career Center
 Job Shop – 1 st floor
 Dr. Drema Howard

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OFFICE FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH:
Overview of Faculty and Student Services and Resources
Richard S. Pollenz, Ph.D.
Director: Office for Undergraduate Research
Associate Dean: Undergraduate Studies
Professor: Dept. Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology

http://lib.usf.edu/undergraduate-research/
The OUR is a unit of Undergraduate Studies

Importance of a UR Experience
• Show increased retention (especially when engaged as freshman/Sophomores)
• Show higher academic performance
• Show decreased time to degree
• Exhibit higher levels of competitiveness for national awards
• Gain increased marketability and competitiveness

Facilitate processes that will allow all UG students in all disciplines an opportunity to engage in a UR experience at least one time during their four years at USF
A “Value-Added” USF Experience

Challenges to Undergraduate Research at USF
Majority of formalized undergraduate research opportunities occur in STEM disciplines
Coordination of university UR efforts within a highly decentralized model
Convincing students of the value of interdisciplinary research projects

OUR Support to Faculty and Programs
• Training Resources
For faculty and graduate student mentors
• For mentors webpage and guide (in progress)
For beginning and advanced students
• “Getting Started in Research”
• Professional development Workshops
• Posting of UR Opportunities and Screening of Applicants
Recruitment of eligible students
Tracking and assessment
• Class Visitations and UR Training
BCS UR Certificate Program
Business Honors Program

OUR Support to Faculty and Programs
• Listing of Courses that Contain a UR Component
CREATE UR in courses initiative
• UR Student Data, Tracking and Assessment
• OUR funding initiatives
UR Publication Awards
UR Mentoring Awards (beginning Spring 2013)
CREATE Scholars Program
• Partnering with Recruitment Efforts

OUR Tiers of Engagement

Getting Started in Research Workshop
Goals and Outcomes
• Complete a self-assessment on what research means
• Understand the types of research opportunities at USF
• Understand the importance of interdisciplinary research and opportunities that are outside of the discipline
• Understand the importance of ENGAGEMENT with faculty, staff and other students
• Understand responsibilities in obtaining a UR opportunity
• Understand the services of the OUR
• Develop an “Action Plan” for obtaining a UR experience
• Determine library resource competencies and meet USF library staff

Getting Started in Research Workshop
• 25 workshops are scheduled (~30 students/workshop)
Offered All days of the week
2 workshops are held on Saturday/Sunday
• Attendees are added to the Undergraduate Research Interest Group
Access to postings
• OUR collects survey data on all attendees to evaluate the learning objectives and inform practice

I know what I need to do to prepare for and obtain a UR experience
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CREATE Program
The goal of the CREATE program is to promote the integration of research as part of the course curricula or as an option to a subset of students who are enrolled in a course
Research opportunities must involve at least 15 students and may be carried out as groups or may involve individual projects
The OUR will provide up to $1,000 for supplies and 30 hrs of support for a graduate student (2hr/week)

CREATE Program
In both options, students engaged in the research experience will be expected to:
• Pose or work from defined research questions
• Apply defined methods of inquiry relevant to the project/discipline to create original outcomes/products
• Present the outcomes/products to others in formal and informal platforms
The research experiences are not confined by the expectation of the “creation of new knowledge”. At the core of these activities is the development of the student as a researcher or the opportunity to experience the research process and make the connection to how new knowledge that is generated drives the discipline.

CREATE Program Examples
• Research and response to a challenge question in or out of the discipline
• Researching and creating an archive of bibliographical documents
• Creation of web-based sites to disseminate archived information
• Researching and writing a biography
• Survey data collection, analysis and presentation
• Teaching as research projects
• Development of science literacy modules (take on the road)
• Use of performance to “answer” a challenge question or demonstrate a concept (take on the road)
• Use of performance to communicate key course concepts (take on the road)
• Genome annotation

Tutoring & Learning
Services
Patricia A. Maher, Ph. D.
Director

Free service for writers of all levels
Appointments, Appointments, Appointments!
Tutors:
What:
Schedule:
Online:
Graduate students from English, World Languages, etc.
All aspects of writing: from brainstorming to polishing
Online, Phone, or in Person
Smarthinking (Go to Blackboard > Academics Tab)

NEW!
New Math course format LIB 232
SMART Lab
Drop In: Math, Gen Chem, Calc, Physics, Organic
Chem, Stats and more!
Appointments:
Schedule:
Business, Foreign Languages, Test Prep
By phone or in person.
Online Help: Smarthinking (Blackboard > Academics Tab)

 Atomic Learning
 Many software tutorials
 Smarthinking
 Online tutoring/writing support
 Subject “tipsheets”
 Study tips
 And more!

2 Options:
Face to face
Online
Topics:
Memory systems
Test-taking
Time Management
And more, schedule on website

Spring 2011
 78% reported at least 1 grade level gain
 33% reported moving from failing to passing
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REA 2604
Strategic Learning
. . . 1 Credit/Half Semester
REA 2105
Critical Reading & Writing
. . . 3 Credits/Full Semester