USF Libraries support the research and reference needs of one of Florida’s premier research universities. With extensive print and electronic holdings, collections of distinction, and myriad student and faculty services, they serve nearly 50,000 students and three million visitors annually.
The Libraries connect the virtual and physical world in order to fuel research and discovery for a global society. They serve a focal point of activity, providing a technology-rich environment to enhance learning and scholarly discourse. They serve as the university’s intellectual center…where students and faculty harness the power of knowledge to make the world a better place.
An investment in the Libraries will impact the entire University and reach global communities. A gift to the Libraries is a gift to the whole University.
The USF: Unstoppable campaign constitutes a collaborative effort that recognizes their centrality to the teaching, research, and public service missions of the University. It involves campus and interdisciplinary partnerships between the Libraries and colleges, central administration, and the University of South Florida Foundation. Great libraries enhance success in recruiting great faculty and students. The Libraries serve as vital partners in the physical and virtual academic enterprise of the University.
You are invited to invest in our future success as the Libraries strive toward a higher level of academic excellence. By strengthening research collections and services, the Libraries will continue to support the University of South Florida’s world-class educational, research, and service missions, which depend on ready access to a comprehensive record of human knowledge. Help sustain and enhance these extraordinary resources. Join in shaping and building the future.
The Libraries provide alumni and the Tampa Bay community with an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the intellectual heart of the University in two important areas: collections and programs of national distinction and faculty support.
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For Research, Discovery and Serving a Global Society
Collections and Programs of National Distinction. The Libraries serve as an intellectual center that fuels discovery, generating and promoting new ideas necessary to sustain prosperous communities. Special Collections preserves cultural legacies and shares them with researchers. Digital technologies offer an extraordinary opportunity to provide global access to unique materials via the Internet.
The Libraries strive to The Libraries strive to grow special collections of national distinction, expand general collections in multiple languages and formats that support the university’s academic and research programs, and increase digital access to materials in the following areas:
Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Established in 2008, The Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center crosses international boundaries to engage scholars, policy analysts, activists, educators and students in a collaborative approach to genocide education and prevention. The Center seeks philanthropic partners to help it achieve the powerful mission at its core.
Environmental Sustainability.The USF Libraries is proud to serve as a repository for the latest data and research on the ongoing changes in the global climate. As a worldwide resource for environmental science, the USF Libraries seeks partnerships with benefactors equally concerned with the future of our planet.
Children’s and Young Adult Literature.Beginning with dime novels, progressing through boys’ and girls’ series of the 20th century and into the young adult novels of today, the USF Libraries Special Collections provides scholars an important opportunity to study the comprehensive history of literature for American youth. We welcome your investment in this powerful academic and cultural resource.
Florida Studies. The USF Libraries Florida Studies Initiative draws upon its extensive collections and expertise on Florida’s history and culture, with a particular focus on the Tampa Bay Region and its relationship to the Caribbean Basin. We seek financial partnerships with those who wish to preserve the rich traditions of this dynamic and remarkable state.
In support of the University’s strategic goals, the USF Libraries can, with your support:
- Acquire and make accessible published and unpublished information resources in print and electronic formats to expand world-class interdisciplinary research, creative, and scholarly endeavors.
- Offer collaborative physical and virtual space to bring information specialists, scholars, educators, students, analysts, and activists together for purposeful discussion and plans that lead to global solutions for global challenges.
- Engage local, regional, national and international audiences through public programs that educate and empower citizens to strengthen and sustain healthy communities and to improve the quality of life.
- Support USF faculty and student efforts for competitive undergraduate, graduate and professional programs that encourage interdisciplinary inquiry, intellectual development, knowledge and skill acquisition, and student success through a diverse, fully- engaged, learner-centered campus environment.
The USF Libraries has a clear vision for today and for its future. We hope you will join us on our journey. Working together, we will be unstoppable.
Library Campaign Objectives
Academic Program Enhancement................................................$8 million
Endowments for Faculty, Collections and Research ...............$4 million
TOTAL...............................................................................................$12 million
