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Florida State University has launched its first on-campus Little Free Library, a weather-proof kiosk that allows the community to exchange books through a “take-a-book, share-a-book” system. (Laura Pellini\/FSU Libraries)\t\t<\/p>\n\t\tFlorida State University has launched its first on-campus Little Free Library, a weather-proof kiosk that allows the community to exchange books through a “take-a-book, share-a-book” system. (Laura Pellini\/FSU Libraries)\t\t<\/p>\n
Florida State University has joined a global movement of community-driven book sharing with the launch of its first on-campus\u00a0Little\u00a0Free\u00a0Library<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Part of a worldwide network of \u201ctake-a-book, share-a-book\u201d\u00a0kiosks,\u00a0these small, weather-proof boxes act as neighborhood book exchanges where anyone may take a book or leave one for the next reader. This new installation, a collaborative effort between\u00a0FSU Libraries<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0FSU Student Union Board<\/a>,\u00a0hopes\u00a0to\u00a0build a sense of\u00a0community\u00a0and encourage leisure reading among students in a low-pressure, accessible way.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all about increasing access and connecting with students where they actually live and gather, and this\u00a0little free\u00a0library is a great extension of our mission because it creates a unique connection where you\u2019re taking part in another person\u2019s experience when you take a book,\u201d said Crystal Matthews,\u00a0FSU Libraries\u00a0student\u00a0engagement\u00a0librarian.\u00a0<\/p>\n To celebrate the installation, the university held a grand opening ceremony on\u00a0April\u00a08\u00a0at the new home of the Little\u00a0Free\u00a0Library in the courtyard of the\u00a0Askew Student Life Center<\/a>. The event marked the library\u2019s official addition to the Little Free Library world map, joining the existing location at the\u00a0FSU Panama City Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n FSU Libraries and the Union Board launched a Little Free Library to foster student community and accessible leisure reading. (Laura Pellini\/FSU Libraries)Emily Lopez, FSU Libraries student engagement coordinator, looks through the new Little Free Library. (Laura Pellini\/FSU Libraries)<\/p>\n The initiative\u00a0seeks\u00a0to expand the reach of the library\u2019s mission beyond its physical\u00a0walls and into the spaces where students live and gather.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cReading is such a powerful way of sharing\u00a0ideas, and\u00a0having a place on campus where you can shrink this large environment down to pick up a favorite story or even a textbook makes the university feel a lot more like home,\u201d said Jules\u00a0Johannemann,\u00a0chair of the FSU Union Board.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Little\u00a0Free\u00a0Library\u00a0operates\u00a0on\u00a0an\u00a0honor system where anyone can take or leave a book for others to enjoy.\u00a0These outreach efforts are designed to offer a break from academic studies, allowing students,\u00a0faculty\u00a0and staff to step away from their busy schedules and rediscover the joy of reading for pleasure without the pressure of deadlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOn a large campus, building this kind of community is vital; I\u2019ve seen students walk into our events stressed by exams and projects, telling us that having these resources available at the perfect time means the world to them,\u201d said Emily Lopez,\u00a0FSU Libraries student engagement\u00a0coordinator.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information, visit the\u00a0FSU Libraries<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0FSU Student Union<\/a>\u00a0webpages.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State University has launched its first on-campus Little Free Library, a weather-proof kiosk that allows the community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[103727,50913,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-231827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-askew","tag-fsu-libraries","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}