After more than 30 years in academic library leadership, Gale Etschmaier will retire in June as dean of University Libraries at Florida State University. Since arriving in 2018, she has helped shape the Libraries into vibrant, modern spaces that serve the entire FSU community. Etschmaier brought experience from several universities but said FSU stood out... Continue Reading →
This is the first installment of a series of blog posts that will serve to briefly highlight various materials here at FSU Libraries. Materials are chosen completely on the basis of my personal judgement; generally, it comes down to whether I think they're interesting, helpful, or underappreciated (or some combination of all three). In doing... Continue Reading →
Florida State University Libraries welcomed authors and their families to the Abitz Family Dinner, an annual event celebrating the winners of the 2024 Florida Book Awards. Now in its 19th year, the Florida Book Awards (FBA) remains one of the nation’s most comprehensive statewide book awards programs. This year’s competition saw more than 190 eligible... Continue Reading →
On March 4, 2025, FSU Emeriti faculty, Dr. Marilyn Young and Dr. Michael Launer visited Strozier’s Bradley Reading Room to give a lecture on their latest book, The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, volume 4, co-authored with Dr. David Cratis Williams from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Young, though retired as... Continue Reading →
On March 25 and 26, the Doug Crane workshop will hold its sessions in Strozier Library’s Bradley Reading Room. These sessions are designed to assist library faculty and staff in efficiency and building leadership qualities. Both sessions will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Both sessions are also sponsored by the Panhandle Libraries... Continue Reading →
On March 27, 2025, FSU Libraries will host the Digital Research Incubator in the Bradley Reading Room in Strozier Library. The event will last from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, with lunch provided for those in attendance. Digital Research Incubator is a program that supports the creation and development of digital humanities and scholarship projects.... Continue Reading →
The sixth annual Literature and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Conference (LINC) is being held at Strozier Library from February 27th to the 28th at 12:00 PM and 9:00 AM respectively, in the Bradley Reading Room. Keynote speakers include FSU’s own Dr. Martin Munro and University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dr. Karen Evans-Romaine. The conference is open to the public;... Continue Reading →
In the fall of 2024, Florida State University Libraries embarked on an innovative partnership with an interior design class to reimagine the first floor of the Strozier Library. This project – creating a hypothetical new design of an existing library space – aimed to transform the library’s main floor into a dynamic, multifunctional space that... Continue Reading →
On January 29th, Art in the Library, in collaboration with Opening Minds through Art (OMA), unveiled a new art exhibition in Strozier Library featuring artwork done by people living with dementia. OMA’s program partners undergraduate students with dementia patients, the two working together to produce lovely pieces of art, with the patients’ creativity and specific... Continue Reading →
With immense gratitude, FSU Libraries celebrates this past Giving Tuesday. For those unfamiliar, Giving Tuesday is an annual event held on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, encouraging everyone to donate to a cause, whether it's an institution, individual, or something else, as a demonstration of generosity and thankfulness. FSU Libraries interns with Diracula. This year,... Continue Reading →
