Where can you find giant maps, study space, and books for days?
The first floor, of course! No, not the floor with the coffee shop. The one beneath that.
Take the stairs or the elevator and visit the first floor of the John C. Hitt Library. Follow Carrie Moran in this quick tour of the place that the government documents department calls home.
Hours at the John C. Hitt Library on Gameday, Saturday, November 19 are 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Kickoff at Bright House Stadium is at 8.00 p.m., so hard-working, Library-using, hard-studying, relentlessly researching Knights have plenty of time to meet tailgating friends and see the start of the game. The UCF Knights face the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, under the lights. Go Knights! Charge On!
Friday, November 11, 2016, is Veterans Day, a day to gratefully remember those who have served our country. The UCF Libraries joins in the celebration by saluting five of its own employees. Salute!
Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian, Navy
Michael Jimenez, Payroll Manager, Air Force
Jacqui Johnson, Cataloging Sr. Library Technical Assistant, Navy
Timothy Ryan, Administration Sr. Clerk, Air Force
Andy Todd, Regional Campus Librarian, Air Force
We are so proud of you!
Interested in a history of the holiday? Check out: Veterans Affairs – History of Veterans Day
Congratulations to Adam Manno, student assistant in the library’s Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Service! Adam is the winner of the first awarded Steven Sotloff Memorial Endowed Fund scholarship. The endowment honors the memory of UCF alumnus Steven Sotloff, who was killed after being taken hostage as a freelance journalist by Islamic terrorist group ISIS in 2014. Manno is expected to graduate in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in political science. He has worked in Interlibrary Loan for three years.
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noun: a place in which public records or historical documents are preserved; also : the material preserved – often use in plural
verb: to collect and store materials (such as recordings, documents, or computer files) so that they can be found and used when they are needed
October is American Archives Month. Designed to raise awareness about the importance of archives, archivists around the country use Archives Month to highlight collections in their care. This year, staff of the UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives has curated an exhibit looking at the types of materials we collect, how we preserve and make those materials available, and some of the challenges facing archivists today. Included in the exhibit is memorabilia found in University Archives; examples of analog and digital materials and the challenges facing preserving and making these materials available for research; and various types of ephemeral material found within the department. Cases in the exhibit also highlight conservation work done by departmental staff and various tasks archivists undertake when processing archival collections. The exhibit will be on display October 24, 2016 to January 31, 2017, in the John C. Hitt Library 5th floor exhibit area adjacent to Special Collections and University Archives.