Smathers Libraries in the News
The Independent Florida Alligator 11/08/07"UF Library hosts ‘Alice in Wonderland’ event to promote children's literature"
The Independent Florida Alligator 11/01/07"Library to extend hours during exam week"
The Independent Florida Alligator 10/24/07"Exhibit displays 'Alice in Wonderland' memorabilia"
The Independent Florida Alligator 10/18/07"A team of three librarians has been heading an initiative to start a virtual library in Second Life,..."
Gator Times 9/17/07 "The University of Florida Libraries now has over 1,000,000 pages in the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)."
Gainesville Sun 9/05/07"A new spin on library orientation. University of Florida librarians host "Mystery in the Stacks," a mystery-themed scavenger hunt, to help new students become more acclimated to the university's library system."
University of Florida News Service 4/16/07 Judith Russell, former superintendent of documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office, has been named the University of Florida's new dean of university libraries, effective May 1.
The Independent Florida Alligator 4/13/07 "Creative Cakes Encourage Reading
The Competition Was Sponsored By Smathers Libraries"
The Independent Florida Alligator 3/23/07 "Words on Wall Leave Mark on Local History
A Local Project Will Document It."
The Independent Florida Alligator 1/29/07 "Library May Boost UF's Status"
Gainesville Sun 1/27/07 "Author Michael Connelly, UF alumnus and author of the best-selling Harry Bosch detective series, spoke to an audience of about 230 students, faculty, staff, donors and other guests at the dedication of the University of Florida's newly expanded Library West on Friday, saying that libraries gave him the inspiration to be the author he is today."
Gainesville Sun 1/22/07 "After 22 years, Dale Canelas retires this month as director of the University of Florida's libraries with the longest tenure of anyone to have held the post"
Gainesville Sun 1/7/07
Joel Buchanan of the Smathers Libraries Department of Special and Area Studies Collections displays a portrait of A. Quinn Jones from the libraries' collections.
