By: Lori Collins, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor and co-Director, Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information Virtual tours and immersive learning tools such as virtual and augmented reality and 3D modeling are offering new ways to explore, share, and learn about places …Continue Reading
Category: DHHC
COVID-19 in Florida: Collecting & Curating Research
As we embark on the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, one crucial aspect we have seen throughout is the need for information. People want to know about the developments and impacts the pandemic is creating, especially in real time. The USF …Continue Reading
Cuban Pathways Exhibition at the Tampa Bay History Center
On view starting February 11, 2022, featuring preservation work by the USF Libraries DHHCThe Cuban Pathways exhibition opens at the Tampa Bay History Center on Friday, February 11, 2022, telling the 500-year story of Cuba and its ties to Tampa. The exhibit features a Chug Boat digitally scanned and preserved by USF Libraries Digital Heritage …Continue Reading
USF Libraries create history, not just preserve it
More than just booksFrom USF Newsroom, University News: From solving century-old mysteries to changing what we know about Florida’s iconic bird, several resources at the USF Libraries have helped create actionable outcomes. … Continue Reading
Celebrating Black Heritage
Recent collections, archives & projects highlighting local Black history & heritageBlack Heritage Month, also known as African American History Month, allows us the opportunity to deepen our understanding of Black history and culture. Learning history, in its accuracy, allows for a “greater sensitivity to human and cultural diversity,” as stated by our …Continue Reading
GIS Day 2021!
Discovering the world through GISIn celebration of GIS Day, Wednesday, November 17, 2021, the Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information (CDHGI) in the USF Libraries is hosting a GIS Virtual Project Gallery featuring select GIS projects created by students, faculty, and staff of the University …Continue Reading
Library Collections Showcase National and Local Treasures for Parks and Recreation Month
In celebration of July being Park and Recreation Month, we are highlighting our USF Libraries research developed by the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections (DHHC) relating to work in our national, state, and local parks and recreation areas. Parks are home to significant historical and natural treasures that represent collective experiences and memories and are places that preserve and protect heritage, … Continue Reading
USF researcher visualizes discovery of oldest human burial in Africa made by international team of scientists
An international team of scientists has uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa – changing what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens – and a researcher at the University of South Florida Libraries has helped use 3D and advanced imaging technologies to bring the 78,000-year-old remains of a child back to life. … Continue Reading
Awards Season Celebrates Cape Canaveral Docu-Short
Meet the team behind award-winning documentary, "Our Last Chance: Preserving Cape Canaveral"In October 2019, USF Innovative Education’s Digital Learning production team premiered their docu-short “Our Last Chance: Preserving Cape Canaveral,” which chronicled USF Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections’ (DHHC) ongoing preservation work with the cultural resources division of the 45th Space Wing …Continue Reading
The Jackson Rooming House Remembered and Re-envisioned
The history and future of the last-remaining African American boarding house in TampaThe Jackson Rooming House was once a haven for black entertainers, athletes, teachers, clergymen, and visitors to Tampa, Florida. Located a block west of Tampa Union Station along Nebraska Avenue at 835 Zack Street — currently 851 East Zack St. — it …Continue Reading