1. Ten Things You Need to Know About Florida State University Libraries
Susannah Miller
Interim Dean of University Libraries
August 2018

2. 1. FSU has many libraries
Strozier Library

3. Dirac Science Library

4. Legal Research Center in the College of Law

5. Maguire Medical Library in the College of Medicine

6. Allen Music Library in the College of Music

7. The Engineering Library FSU-FAMU College of Engineering

8. Library and Learning Center Panama City Campus

9. Ringling Library Ringling Campus, Sarasota

10. 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

11. 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

12. 4. We deliver!
Library Express Delivery (LED) delivers books to your department twice daily; we will scan and articles
Items received through interlibrary loan are also delivered
All faculty, TAs, GAs, and RAs are eligible for the service
Sign up at

13. 5. 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

14. 6. 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 2019

15. 7. 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

16. 8. The Scholars Commons in Strozier Library
The Scholars Commons (Lower level, Strozier Library) serves faculty and grad students
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

17. 9. 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

18. 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

19. We want to hear from you! Questions or suggestions? Susannah Miller
Interim Dean of University Libraries