Ten Things You Need to Know About
Florida State University Libraries
Julia Zimmerman
Dean of University Libraries
August 17, 2015
http://www.lib.fsu.edu
1. FSU has many 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
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Ringling Library
Ringling Campus, Sarasota
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2. Librarians are partners in teaching
and research
• Subject librarians, your first point of contact for
library info, are assigned to each department
to:
 Acquire materials for teaching and research
 Arrange library instruction for your classes
 Create customized course research guides
 Provide research and data consultations
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3. Easy access to information
is our goal
• FSU has over 3 million volumes and offers
hundreds of databases, over 80,000 e-journals,
and millions of e-books
• Full range of interlibrary loan services
including RAPID-ILL and
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4. We deliver!
• Library Express Delivery (LED) delivers books to
your department twice daily; articles are scanned
and e-mailed to you
• Items received through interlibrary loan are also
delivered
• All faculty, TAs, GAs, and RAs are eligible for the
service
• Sign up at https://www.lib.fsu.edu/form/ledregistration
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5. Bradley Research Materials Grants
• All faculty may apply for research
materials grants
• The library purchases special materials
you need for your research
• A competitive grant process
• Look for an announcement in early fall
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6. Over 800,000 rare or unique items
in Special Collections & Archives
Two locations:
- The Special Collections
Center in Strozier Library
- Pepper Library, a political
archive at the Pepper
Center
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7. Our welcome gift to you
• New Faculty Collection Grants: New
tenure-track faculty may receive up to
$1000 for library resources needed for
their teaching and research
• Requests must be submitted by January
2017
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8. The Scholars Commons
in Strozier Library
• The Scholars Commons (Lower level, Strozier
Library) serves faculty and grad students
• Quiet study areas, collaborative spaces, researchoriented technology tools, and more
• Rooms for special events and meetings, and a
reading room for faculty and grads only
• Librarians and staff dedicated to your teaching &
research needs
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9. DigiNole Commons -- our
institutional repository
FSU’s repository for
published, peer-reviewed
journal articles (pre- and
post-print), working
papers, conference
posters, theses and
dissertations, and more
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/sunburst.html
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10. How to connect with the Libraries
• Get to know your subject librarian!
• Attend special events at the libraries –
interdisciplinary seminars, featured
speakers and social events
• Join the Faculty Senate Library Committee
• Join the Friends of the FSU Libraries
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We want to hear from you!
Questions or suggestions?
Julia Zimmerman
Dean of University Libraries
644-5211
jazimmerman@fsu.edu
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