FSU Libraries are an intellectual hub of Florida State University where students and faculty members can utilize the state-of-the-art resources and services. With your support, we can continue to provide tutoring and scholarly services for our students; purchase books, journals, and e-resources for researchers; and make more technological resources available to everyone in the FSU community.
Your gift strengthens the vital center of scholarly life at the University.
FSU Libraries Advancement Board
University Libraries impact every University constituent, whether undergraduate or graduate student, faculty or visiting scholar. Together, we support and enhance intellectual discovery.
Giving Opportunities
Special Collections
FSU Special Collections is home to world-class collections like the papers of Nobel Laureate Paul Dirac, the John M. Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection, and the Napoleon and French Revolution Collection. Giving to this fund helps up acquire, preserve, and provide access to rare and unusual books and original primary source materials.
Heritage Museum
The Heritage Museum, located in Dodd Hall, is the public face for FSU’s rich history. Students, alumni, and community members can immerse themselves in FSU’s story. Funding allows the Museum to open for longer hours, maintain and expand exhibits, and upgrade the facilities. Your gift to the Heritage Museum preserves and celebrates FSU's history.
Library Development
The University Libraries are committed to the success of all its patrons. By giving to the general fund, you help provide technology, collections, staffing, special events, and all the activities that enhance learning and make FSU a leader in scholarship and student success.
Student Internships
At FSU Libraries, we believe in the power of hands-on experience to shape the future of our students. Internships provide invaluable opportunities for students to apply their classroom knowledge in real-world settings, gain professional skills, and build networks that will support their careers.
Florida Book Awards
The most comprehensive state book awards program in the nation, Florida Book Awards recognize and celebrate the best books written about the Sunshine State.
Start a New Fund: University Libraries are a great place to invest in academics at FSU. Here you can support staff excellence, world-class collections, round-the-clock access to research material, safe spaces for study and intellectual pursuits. Please email the Foundation team to create your own investment in FSU with University Libraries.
How to Give
There are many ways to support the Florida State University Libraries. For more information please email Gale Etschmaier, Dean of FSU Libraries, University Libraries, or call Gale Etschmaier.