Profile: Julia Zimmerman, Florida State University Dean of Libraries, Closes the Book on 48-Year Career
From Florida State University:
Nearly a half-century after landing her first job at Strozier Library, Florida State University Dean of Libraries Julia Zimmerman will finish her career right where she started.
Zimmerman, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from FSU in 1970, will retire from Florida State in June after more than a decade of leading University Libraries to a new level of excellence.
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140 employees and an annual operating budget of more than $18 million. In addition, collections have grown to more than 3 million volumes, with a website offering access to nearly 900 databases, 86,500 e-journals and more than a million e-books.
The numbers are staggering, but Zimmerman is most proud of the personal service FSU Libraries offers.
“We’ve created a culture of service that matches any library in the country,” Zimmerman said. “Our focus on the user and our research into users’ needs has laid the groundwork for exceptional services to the university community.”
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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