Good luck on finals and have a great winter break. If you’re graduating – congratulations!!

The Gleeson Library is now loaning Video Games for Play Station 3, Xbox 360 and Wii!  We currently have over 50 games and will be ordering more in the coming months.

Video games can be checked out at the Circulation Desk and are loaned for a period of 7 days with a potential for 3 renewals.

You can request a hold or recall of a video game via Ignacio, Gleeson library’s online catalog.

Take a look at all the awesome video games available at Gleeson:

Full list of video games

Video games for Play Station 3

Video games for Xbox 360

Video games for Wii

Or stop by the Circulation desk and request to browse the Video Games.

Some of our future releases will be:

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Final Fantasy XIV

Star Ocean: the force unleashed

Star Ocean: the force unleashed II

Ghost Recon

Medal of Honor

If you have ideas for what we should get next please let us know in the comments.

I left my ‘cart’ in San Francisco

Student assistants (with a little help from their staff friends) in the Access Services Department of Gleeson Library are participating in the 2010 “Unshelved: Pimp my Bookcart” contest.  They created the cable car[t] which represents their love for this city.  It reminds us of a little song by Tony Bennett:

“I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me.
To be where little cable cars
Climb halfway to the stars!
The morning fog may chill the air
I don’t care….”

At Gleeson Library we’re proud to be co-sponsors of International Education Week at USF, a celebration of international culture and education exchange. Thirty-one wonderful images reflecting this year’s theme of “USF in the World” were submitted to the photo contest by USF students and staff engaged in learning and teaching around the world. Cast your ballot by Thursday at noon; the winner will be announced at Culturescape on Friday night.

Back at the library, we’re spotlighting new acquisitions from a grant by the Tokyo-based Nippon Foundation, “100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan.” As explained in the grant announcement: “The Nippon Foundation set in motion a book program, the first step of which was to ask ten experts with extensive knowledge of the country to select 100 books to serve as useful guides for those who want to understand present day Japan.” From foreign policy and economics to the environment, bushido to new Japanese film, the Tale of Genji to pop culture, this collection examines Japan from every angle. All the books are available to check out so please come to the library to see our new acquisitions from the “100 Books” collection on display. Also see IEW’s Facebook page for updates on International Education Week 2010 at USF.