Skilltype, the talent management platform for libraries, is proud to announce a new partnership with the University of South Carolina Libraries to manage skill development across their staff.
After serving in increasingly responsible roles since he joined the department in 2013, Dr. Michael Weisenburg has been promoted to Director of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Digital Humanities Working Group, an offshoot of USC’s Humanities Collaborative that’s supported by the Digital Research Services team at University Libraries, has developed a range of resources for faculty who want to explore the ways computational tools can enhance their research.
“Women in Science Fiction: From Frankenstein to Dungeons and Dragons,” an exhibit at Thomas Cooper Library curated by Rare Books Librarian David Shay, explores the rich history of female Science Fiction writers through University Libraries’ collections of works spanning from the 1600s through the present.
A new open access agreement between the Carolina Consortium and Springer Nature will allow current USC Columbia corresponding authors to publish articles in hybrid journals in eligible Springer Nature journals at no cost.
A special collection in USC's music library, a professor's innovative approach to teaching opera and a talented group of students have all come together to create a striking new exhibit in the School of Music.
A scholar's long history of research in University Libraries' Special Collections is helping to shed new light on the works of one of America's most celebrated authors through the publication of new volumes of his correspondence.
Three USC Ph.D. candidates are the winners of University Libraries' inaugural Graduate Student Data Visualization Awards.
African American representation in comic books has a long and complex history. The Gary Lee Watson Comic Book Collection allows comic book researchers and enthusiasts a glimpse into that history.
While researching in the University Library Archives, Marsha Gordon discovered twentieth century author Ursula Parrott. Gordon's new book "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" brings Parrott back into the conversation, almost a hundred years after her career took off.
University of South Carolina Libraries has added The Wall Street Journal to the roster of publications it makes available to USC students, faculty and staff free of charge.
Some 600 students a semester will save more than $100 thanks to a new subscription to The Sports Business Journal (SBJ) recently acquired by University Libraries.
To celebrate Love Data Week 2024 (Feb. 12-16), University Libraries is offering a week full of free online workshops. Register now to save your space!
A new publishing agreement with Sage, a global academic book and journal publisher, will further expand open access publication opportunities for University of South Carolina Columbia faculty and affiliated researchers.
A new service offered by University of South Carolina University Libraries provides support to researchers across all disciplines who are working with advanced or complex data.
When Lara Rodriguez Sieweke began her doctoral research into how interpretations of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories might be impacted by the ways the stories were presented in various magazines, she knew that viewing the actual magazines, rather than digitized versions of them, would be important.
When poet Atsuro Riley arrived at USC University Libraries on October 11 for the 2023 Fall Literary Festival, it was his first time setting foot on campus since he graduated from the School of Journalism 40 years ago.
October 23 - 29, 2023 International Open Access Week 2023, now in its 16th year, is an opportunity for students, researchers, and librarians to join together to discuss potential benefits and implications of the broad adoption and growth of open access on a global level.
The history of LGBTQ+ culture and activism at the University of South Carolina is both richer and more complex than many realize. Special Collections at USC University Libraries explores that
Strong research skills are critical to the success of graduate students.
Great writers, readers, fans and friends will gather in-person and online for three Wednesday nights this Fall for the University of South Carolina Fall Literary Festival.
Dr. Nathan Saunders will be the next director of the South Caroliniana Library.
Congratulations to the four USC faculty members who are recipients of this year's University Libraries SCoer awards: Michael Grant, College of Education, Jin Liu, College of Education, Hengtao Tang, College of Education and Kasie Whitener, Darla Moore School of Business.
From undergrad assignment to world-renowned collection, Richard Layman's gift sheds light on hard-boiled detective novelist
University of South Carolina Columbia faculty, staff and students will be able to publish open access at no-cost beginning July 1.