Digital Dialogs

Welcome to Digital Dialogs at the University of South Florida!

Welcome to Digital Dialogs!  This blog features topics in four topic sections designed to help you discover ways to incorporate digital collections, many of which are primary resources, into your projects.  We also cover tools that you could use to create multimedia projects of your topic, and provide examples of exhibits and other projects that have been created here at the University of South Florida Libraries.
  • Collections of Interest—highlighting digital collections at the USF Libraries
  • Featured Projects— recent and existing digital projects at the USF Libraries or that incorporate USF Libraries materials
  • Tools of the Trade—tools you can use to create and augment your own projects
  • Across the Academy—trends, news, and projects affecting, inspiring, or connected to our work
We look forward to developing an online resource that will invite conversation, encourage collaboration, and inspire your next digital exhibit or research project.

Latest Dialogs

Exploring St. Petersburg with the Francis G. Wagner Photograph Collection as a Guide

Reading Time: 7 minutes This post was guest authored by Alexandra Vargas-Minor, Florida Studies Curator & Campus Archivist at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, USF Libraries – St. Petersburg campus.   As the incoming Florida Studies Curator & Campus Archivist at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, …Continue Reading

Pets in the Archives: Horses and roosters too!

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is a pet? A companion. A friend. A member of the family. They provide so much comfort and enhance our lives on a daily basis. As proud pet moms, the authors of Digital Dialogs would like to celebrate National Pet Day …Continue Reading

Annual Vote for Public Domain Digitization: 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s that time of the year: Public Domain Digitization! We’ve pulled a list of titles from our collections that will fall into the public domain on January 1, 2025, and now we need your help selecting the 25 items that we will scan to celebrate Public Domain 2025. 

Take your Poet to School: John Keats

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was guest authored by Jason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian at USF Libraries.   This week is  “Take your Poet to School” week, a week celebrating the reading, writing, and history of poetry across the globe. During the week, …Continue Reading

Baking the Archives: A Pie for Pi Day 

Reading Time: 7 minutes As someone who works in data analytics and visualization, I had to honor Pi Day in some way. Pi Day serves to raise awareness of the importance, beauty, and relevance of mathematics and its role in shaping our world. Pi, or π, …Continue Reading

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