FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Julia Zimmerman Dean of University Libraries

FSU HAS MANY LIBRARIES.

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

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

WE DELIVER Library Express Delivery (LED) delivers books to your department twice daily; we will scan and e-mail articles Items received through interlibrary loan are also delivered All faculty are eligible for the service (and grad students with departmental assignments) Sign up at: https://www.lib.fsu.edu/form/led-registration

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES HAS OVER 800,000 RARE OR UNIQUE ITEMS Two locations: The Special Collections Center in Strozier Library Pepper Library, a political archive at the Pepper Center

OUR WELCOME GIFT TO YOU New Faculty Collection Grants: New tenure-track faculty may order up to $1000 in library resources needed for their teaching and research Requests must be submitted by January 2019

BRADLEY RESEARCH MATERIALS GRANTS A competitive grant program through which the library acquires special materials needed by faculty for research Open to all faculty Look for an announcement in early fall

THE SCHOLARS COMMONS IN STROZIER LIBRARY The Scholars Commons (Lower level, Strozier Library) serves faculty and grad students with: Quiet study areas, collaborative spaces, research-oriented 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

OFFICE OF DIGITAL RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP WORKS WITH FACULTY ON: Data management plans, required by many granting agencies Digital research projects in the humanities and other disciplines Depositing articles in DigiNole Commons, FSU’s institutional repository Finding open-access publishing opportunities and hosting open-access publications https://www.lib.fsu.edu/drs

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 Follow us on social media Facebook and Instagram: @FSUlibraries Twitter: @FSUlibrary

Dean of University Libraries WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Julia Zimmerman Dean of University Libraries 644-5211 jazimmerman@fsu.edu

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