Being, Thinking, Doing: Success in College and Beyond by Mary Stewart Florida State Open Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Being, Thinking, Doing: Success in College and Beyond, a new open textbook by Florida State University Professor Emerita Mary Stewart. This student-centered textbook is designed to help students build foundational skills that will promote academic... Continue Reading →
Library Listicle News Recap: The Athletic Edition
Highlighting articles for students, by students!
Whose Data Is It, Anyway? Best Practices for Responsible Data Use
By: Mila Turner, Social Science Data & Research Librarian In an era where data fuels decisions across industries, research, and public policy, the international community asks a crucial question through its Love Data Week 2025 theme “Whose data is it, anyway?” which challenges us to think beyond access and usage to consider data justice and... Continue Reading →
SPARC Executive Director Speaking at FSU Libraries for Open Access Week
Heather Joseph, Executive Director of Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources (or SPARC) is coming to speak at FSU Libraries for Open Access Week. Open Access Week is an annual event organized by SPARC, a non-profit advocacy organization, dedicated to perpetuating the free open access of scholarly materials to those who wish to view them. Every... Continue Reading →
When Social Movements Collide: Open Access for Climate Justice
This week is Open Access Week 2022, to celebrate this year's theme of climate justice read up on how these two social movements are colliding.
Who Has Access? The New OSTP Memo’s Rippling Effects on Publicly Funded Research
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy made groundbreaking progress toward open access- read more about what this means as students and researchers.
FSU Libraries Participates in Big Deal Report
FSU Libraries participated in the recently published Ithaka S+R report, “What’s the Big Deal? How Researchers Are Navigating Changes to Journal Access.”
Open Access at FSU Libraries: A Year in Review
Open access is a global movement to freely publish research in online repositories and open publications instead of the costly subscription-based publishing models that have dominated the scholarly publishing industry for decades. Paywalled research is only available to those who can afford to pay subscription costs, leaving many researchers and institutions around the world unable... Continue Reading →
FSU Libraries Announce Alternative Textbook Grant Recipients
FSU Libraries is proud to announce the winners of our 2018-2019 round of Alternative Textbook Grants. The grant program, launched by the Libraries in November 2016, awards successful applicants with $1,000 to support the adoption or creation of open or library-licensed course materials that are available at no cost to students. These high-quality materials are... Continue Reading →
So FSU passed an open access policy… what does that mean for me?
Perhaps you are a new professor at Florida State University. And perhaps you have some articles you would like to publish. However, there are a few things getting in your way: Publishing contracts often confusing and restrictive, leaving faculty with little control over their work once it has been published The journals you would like... Continue Reading →
