Digital Library Center – New Equipment!

It’s been a bustling year at the Digital Library Center, and we’re excited to share some recent upgrades to our digitization toolkit. The DLC has welcomed three new pieces of equipment, promising improved capacity, image quality, and speed. iXH Camera System In 2023 we seized the opportunity to upgrade our aging IQ180 overhead camera system

Why choose FSU? Let 2002 explain.

We’re just coming off Spring Break here at FSU’s main campus in Tallahassee and over that week, I saw huge tour groups all over campus as students from all over the country came to see if FSU was the school for them on their next big adventure following high school. It has been many a

Under Lock and Key: The Chained Book

One of our most interesting books from the late medieval/early modern period is our copy of Sermones discipuli. The materiality of this book is impressive, with it’s heavy covers, brass cornerpieces and brass bosses. However, one of the more interesting elements lies at the top of the book, where a heavy metal ring is attached

Dog Days of Summer

Summer is now well underway, with the start of session B this last week for students. July brings some of the hottest days to Tallahassee, with many of us looking forward to the weekend for a chance to cool off at our favorite beach or pool. FSU students and faculty have long sought out the

Digitizing the Leon County School Board Minutes

Through a community partnership with the Leon County School District office, Florida State University is digitizing and providing public access to the district’s collection of School Board Minutes which record the history of the school board from 1877 to present. The FSU Digital Library Center has been hard at work digitizing these minutes, which come

New Digital Collection: 17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents

A series of over 600 documents have now been digitized by the Digital Library Center into DigiNole, FSU’s digital library! The 17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents collection features manuscripts from 1618-1981 relating to international names and local celebrities. Some recognizable names apart of this collection include: General George Washington, Albert Einstein, and Mrs. Bram Stoker,

New(ish) Additions to the Digital Library

When you’re in the thick of things and just excited to cross off one project on your list and start another, you sometimes forget to celebrate and share what you did just accomplish. A lot of our bigger projects added to the Digital Library get their own post here at Illuminations (exhibit A New Digital

New Digital Collection – Ulysses B. Roach Diaries

The Digital Library Center has recently digitized a set of diaries and farm accounts from Ulysses B. Roach, a farmer and plantation owner in Jefferson County, Florida. The diaries give us a detailed glimpse into the day-to-day life of Roach, who meticulously documented the weather and the quality of his crops. Ulysses B. Roach wrote

17th Century Contracts: A Glimpse Into Our New Collection

Object FSU_MSS_1948-003_B001_F001 via Florida State University. As a digital library intern for the past two semesters with Special Collections, I have been working on digitizing the 17th-20th Century Correspondence & Documents collection. To celebrate the approach of the end of this project and the midpoint of this semester, I wanted to highlight the first item

The Great Immersive Bake Off!

Hello there! My name is Amanda Brito, and I am the Immersive Scholarship graduate assistant in the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship. I am currently a second year MA student in Art History with a concentration in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies. My research focuses on Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean visual culture with