faculty salaries

USF System operating budget: http://usfweb2.usf.edu/bpa/opbudgets.htm (but web version my not include faculty salaries)

Florida Government salaries (including USF) searchable by name (relatively current but date of update not listed: http://www2.tbo.com/news/databay/fact-finder/

Full USF operating budget available on CDROM in special collections.

Uploading files with graphics in Google portfolios

Some students are using Google Docs as the portfolio. There may be problem when uploading files with graphics. When you get to the choose file screen, there is a checkbox that asks if you want to convert the format to Google Docs from Word,Excel, or whatever. The default is ‘yes.’ You save disk space by checking it, but you loose graphics.

If the student unchecks the box before uploading, it should work.

More on saving MS Word files

If there is a problem saving Word files in the Info Commons (may see message about "Normal Template"), try this work-around:

1) Copy the content from MS Word to Notepad, or send in an email for safekeeping.
2) Close MS Word, and reopen it with the Shift key down. This opens Word with all macros DISABLED.

Finding online videos in the USF OPAC

To locate online videos in the USF book catalog, go to the Advanced Search screen and select "video (all formats)" from the format pull-down menu. Type in a keyword and, when you get to the search results, narrow the results by selecting "online resource" in the left side format menu. If you need a demo, ask Tina or Jerry. There is a growing collection of these resources that faculty and students may find useful.

Oil Spill info

1. USPSP SEAS (Student Environmental Awareness Society) is organizing beach cleanups and other activities for USFSP students
For more information (and contact info) http://www.stpt.usf.edu/coas/espg/seas/index.htm

2. We have heard that Florida Fish and Wildlife – is providing Haz Mat training for the oil Spill Response today. They also have a webpage for oil spill volunteer opportunities -- http://www.volunteerflorida.org/


USF Marine Science http://www.marine.usf.edu/

Locating course reserves

In the USF catalog (http://usf.catalog.fcla.edu/sf.jsp ), if you choose the ‘Course Reserves’ option from the brown tabs, rather than the ‘Course Reserves’ on the upper left under the brown tabs, you’ll get different options for searching Reserves (http://reserves.catalog.fcla.edu/sf.jsp ).

There is a line of Browse options with drop down menus for Instructors, Course Titles, and Course Numbers. The old reserve searching (http://sf.aleph.fcla.edu/F/?func=file&file_name=basic-u-sfu30&local_base=u-sfu30 ) required entry of some type. So, if students don’t remember the instructor’s or the course’s name, the browsing may help trigger a useful memory.

laptops in group study rooms

Instructions for connecting in the group study rooms -- It is also available on the web by navigating to the Systems area, Computing Resources, Student Use Computing, and reading the section on the Group study rooms (link below)

http://www.nelson.usf.edu/systems/studentareas.html