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The Gleeson Library participated in University Health Promotion Services‘ Stress Less Day on  April 4th.  Some people played Jenga or got a manicure other folks just relaxed and pet the dogs brought in from the SPCA.

Photos by Matthew Collins and Shawn Calhoun and Shawn Calhoun respectively.

Gleeson Library is co-sponsoring two different free film events on campus in the next few days. On Monday, April 8, join us in the Rare Book Room at 6 p.m. for a delightful look at some very young Muslim scholars in Koran By Heart. And screening at Presentation Hall this Thursday through Saturday is USF’s 11th Annual Human Rights Film Festival, opening with  a selection of shorts produced by USF students. Issues highlighted in the festival range from free speech to drug trafficking. We share with the festival organizers a belief in the power of film to educate and encourage citizens to take action, and are pleased that several of the festival films this year are new library holdings.

Access to Gale Databases has been restored. All is well.

The Gleeson Library joined the Bike Repair Day in the Gleeson Plaza with a Bicycle Bookmobile.  The Bike Repair Day is hosted by ASUSF Sustainability Committee. the first Tuesday of each month in the regular semester. 

KUSF provided music, there was a bike repair station, a bake sale, The bicycle powered smoothie blender and the Gleeson Library Bicycle Bookmobile checking out a variety of cycling related books.

Several Gale databases (including Gale Virtual Reference Library, Opposing Viewpoints and Literature Resource Center) are temporarily unavailable because of a global service outage. Gale is working on resolving the issue, but has not provided an estimate of when service will be restored. Here are some suggestions of other online resources to use during this outage:

• For research in literature and language, try MLA International Bibliography http://www.usfca.edu/Library/databases/MLA_International_Bibliography/
• For encyclopedias, try Sage Knowledge http://www.usfca.edu/library/sageknowledge/
• For hot topics and viewpoints try CQ Researcher http://www.usfca.edu/Library/databases/CQ_Researcher/

Please call the Reference Desk (415.422.2039) if you’d like additional assistance.