List of Current Strategic Initiatives

Building a community of STEM Data Scholars at FSU will increase data literacy by allowing the Libraries to expand the reach and impact of research data services across the STEM community. This will be achieved through the creation of a STEM data…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Ensure Equitable Access to Information, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Promote Critical Thinking
The Diverse Voices in FSU STEM project seeks to call attention to the challenges faced by diverse and underrepresented groups in STEM as they progress through their academic career. This program aims to engage the entire FSU community in…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Promote Critical Thinking
Led by the Teaching, Learning & Engagement Instruction & Reference Unit, the Reference & Instruction Librarian and Library Instruction Specialist will use Articulate 360, a suite of e-learning authoring applications, to create online…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Ensure Equitable Access to Information, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Invest in People, Promote Critical Thinking
This initiative seeks to redress inequities and injustice in the descriptive language and narrative framing of archives, special collections, and the institutional repository. In this phase of work, we will apply conscious editing principles to…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Ensure Equitable Access to Information, Invest in People, Promote Critical Thinking
Create a preservation system for born digital and digitized materials to meet the needs of the FSU Libraries Digital Preservation Framework in AWS using Archivematica (AM), an open source software. Enable AM to work with DigiNole to allow for…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Ensure Equitable Access to Information, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Promote Critical Thinking
The development and implementation of GIS and spatial data services within the library are designed to enhance data information literacy and critical thinking skills throughout the FSU community but with a focus on STEM scholars. This will be done…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Promote Critical Thinking
The Human Library Project consists of individuals of various backgrounds that make themselves readily available to scholars on campus, as a “book” to be checked out and interviewed as a means of exploring diversity through open minded conversation.…
Strategic Initiative:
Enhance Research & Scholarship, Ensure Equitable Access to Information, Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community, Promote Critical Thinking