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The Florida State University libraries house one of the largest collections of documents in the state of Florida. In total, Florida State has ten libraries and millions of books and journals to choose from. The Collection covers virtually all disciplines and includes a wide array of formats – from books and journals to manuscripts, maps, and recorded music. Increasingly collections are digital and are accessible on the Internet via the library web page or the library catalog. The FSU Library System also maintains subscriptions to a vast number of online databases which can be accessed from any student account on or off campus.[140] The current dean of the Library System is Julia Zimmerman, and she oversees a staff of 129 and a $15 million annual budget.[141]

The Florida State University Libraries (www.lib.fsu.edu) include 8 libraries on campus:
 * Strozier Library
 * Dirac Science Library
 * FAMU/FSU Engineering Library
 * Claude Pepper Library
 * College of Music Allen Music Library
 * School of Library & Information Studies Goldstein Library
 * College of Law Research Center
 * College of Medicine Maguire Medical Library

The libraries also include The Special Collections and Archives Division

Libraries
Robert M. Strozier Library is FSU's main library and is located in the historic central area of the campus adjacent to landis Green. The library consists of six floors with the main floor being the second floor. The main floor of Strozier Library underwent renovations and opened in 2008. The renovations added smart study rooms, an enlarged computer area, new circulation, a tutoring center, and the nation's first double-sided Starbucks. Strozier is open 24-hours on weekdays during the fall and spring semesters. The library closes early on Friday and Saturday nights and maintains decreased hours during the summer semester.

University Libraries Special Collections has management offices, an Exhibit Room, and a Reading Room in Strozier Library. Its collections comprise more than half a million items. Manuscript collections include Florida political collections, Southern business history, literary manuscripts, and local and regional Florida history. The rare books of Special Collections support a wide variety of disciplines and research interests. The collection includes incunabula, books from small and private presses, first editions, and limited edition works. Notable book collections include Napoleon and the French Revolution, Shaw Childhood in Poetry, Kelmscott Press, Carothers Memorial Rare Bibles, and the works of Lois Lenski. Special Collections, which includes University Archives, Heritage Protocol, and the Claude Pepper Library, welcomes class visits and provides a hands-on learning environment for students. Heritage Protocol maintains the Norwood Reading Room on the second floor of Strozier Library, where rotating exhibits of FSU memorabilia are displayed.

The Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library is the main science library for FSU. Located farther west on campus, Dirac Library is smaller than Strozier at only three stories. The library houses over 500,000 books and provides ninety computers for use by students. The library building is also home to the FSU School of Computational Science and Information Technology.[142] Warren D. Allen Music Library is located in the Florida State University College of Music's Housewright Music Building and serves as a repository for over 150,000 scores, audio recordings, videos, books, periodicals, and more. The library was founded in 1911.[143]

The Florida State University Research Center is the official library of the Florida State University College of Law. Located in B. K. Roberts Hall, the library has holdings consisting of over 500,000 volumes of which contain the basics of US law, English Common Law, and International Law. The library also maintains subscriptions to several law-specific databases which can be accessed by students.[144]

The Claude Pepper Library, housed on-campus in the Pepper Center, was established in 1985 as the official repository for the Pepper Collection, a unique and multi-faceted collection of manuscripts, photographs, audio/video recordings, and memorabilia by and about U.S. Congressman Claude Pepper (1900-1989).

The College of Music Warren D. Allen Library is located in the College of Music and one of the Southeast's major music libraries, contains a collection of recordings, scores, books, and periodicals that support the school's curriculum. The library's Web site is located athttp://www.music.fsu.edu/Quicklinks/Music-Library.