Ten Things You Need to Know About
Florida State University Libraries
Julia Zimmerman
Dean of University Libraries
August 2014
http://www.lib.fsu.edu
1. FSU has lots of libraries
Strozier Library
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Dirac Science Library
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Legal Research Center
in the College of Law
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Maguire Medical Library
in the College of Medicine
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Allen Music Library
in the College of Music
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Goldstein Library
College of Communication & Information
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The Engineering Library
FSU-FAMU College of Engineering
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Library and Learning Center
Panama City Campus
http://www.lib.fsu.edu
Ringling Campus Library
Sarasota
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2. Librarians love to work with
faculty
• Library liaisons are assigned to all departments
-- your first point of contact for library info
• They acquire materials for you, provide
reference and research consultations, arrange
library instruction for your classes, and more
• Some colleges and schools have dedicated
libraries for specialized services to their faculty
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2. Easy access to information is our
goal
• FSU has over 3 million volumes and offers
hundreds of databases, over 78,000 e-journals,
and millions of e-books
• Augmented by interlibrary loan services
including RAPID-ILL and
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3. We deliver!
• Library Express Delivery (LED) delivers books
twice daily to departments; articles are scanned
and e-mailed
(http://www.lib.fsu.edu/services/materials/feds)
• Items received through interlibrary loan are
delivered
• Teaching Assistants may also use the service
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4. The Strozier Scholars Commons
• The Scholars Commons (Lower level, Strozier
Library) serves faculty and grad students
• Quiet study areas, collaborative spaces, researchoriented technology tools, and more
• Rooms available for special events and meetings,
including a reading room for faculty and grads
only
• Staff dedicated to your teaching & research
needs
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5. Our welcome gift to you!
• New Faculty Collection Grants: New
tenure-track faculty receive $1000 credit
towards library resources needed for their
teaching and research
• Requests due January 9, 2015
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6. Bradley Research Materials Grants
• All faculty may apply for research
materials grants in which the library
purchases special materials you need for
your research
• A competitive grant process
• Proposals are due late October 2014
• Look for an announcement in early fall
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7. Rare research materials in Special
Collections and Archives
Two locations:
- The Special Collections
Center in Strozier Library
- Pepper Library, political
archive at the Pepper Ctr.
Over 800,000 rare or unique items
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8. DigiNole Commons -- our
institutional repository
FSU’s repository for
published, peer-reviewed
journal articles (pre- and
post-print), other peerreviewed scholarship
(multimedia, artistic),
theses and dissertations,
and more
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/sunburst.html
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9. Opportunities to connect with
the Libraries
• Meet your liaison librarian!
• Attend special events – interdisciplinary
seminars, featured speakers and social
events at the libraries
• Join the Faculty Senate Library Committee
• Join the Friends of the FSU Libraries
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10. We want to hear from you!
Questions or suggestions?
Contact your liaison
or me:
Julia Zimmerman
Dean of University Libraries
644-5211
jazimmerman@fsu.edu
http://www.lib.fsu.edu