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INFORMATION JASON
Hi.
I'm Jason Anfinsen.
Welcome to my online library.
LIBRARIAN
MUSEUM PROfesh
MUSEUM PROfesh
Jason Anfinsen is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where he serves as the Student Engagement and Outreach Librarian at Murphy Library.
MUSEUM PROfesh
MUSEUM PROfesh
MUSEUM PROfesh
Jason Anfinsen has experience as an arts research librarian at museums across the U.S. He is credentialed with a Graduate Certificate in Museum Theory and Practice from the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University.
BROADCASTER
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BROADCASTER
Jason Anfinsen ignited his colorful career as an on-air radio host in his hometown of West Palm Beach as “Meathead” on South Florida’s Alternative Music station, WPBZ-fm 103.1 “The Buzz” at the age of 18.
PERFORMER
PERFORMER
BROADCASTER
Jason Anfinsen is a trained actor and improviser with experience theater performance and producing experiences on stages in New York, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
ARTIST
PERFORMER
ARTIST
Jason’s art has been featured in the “All Staff Art Show” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Fallon Theatre in Tallahassee, and in the 26th Annual Student Art Exhibition on the Eissey Campus of Palm Beach State College.
WRITER
PERFORMER
ARTIST
As a punk and indie rock music snob, Jason has a history of writing articles, album reviews, artist interviews, and concert documentaries as a musical gonzo journalist.
published
Valuing the Community College Library: Impactful Practices for Institutional Success
Book nerd alert. My first academic book chapter has been published!
Valuing the Community College Library: Impactful Practices for Institutional Success (Eds. Jacobson & Brayton) is now available.
Brief book description - "Sharing the work of our community college libraries—our efforts, stories, and how we’re advancing the institution—and advocating to our peers and administration can boost the libraries’ role on our unique campuses."
Chapter 1.
Nightbrary: A Noisy Approach to Library Programming, College Outreach, and Student Engagement was co-written with Seminole State College library director, Morgan Tracy.
https://tinyurl.com/valuing-book
https://tinyurl.com/valuing-ebook
nightbrary
UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN faculty college 2026
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference
Participating with a cohort of faculty colleagues from UWL
46th Annual Faculty College 2026
Co-creating Healthy Learning Ecosystems
THE OSTHOFF RESORT
at Elkhart Lake, WI
MAY 26-29, 2026
Our theme for Faculty College 2026 is Co-creating Healthy Learning Ecosystems. It recognizes the interconnection and interdependence of multiple university voices to ensure that all of our students experience academic success. Our theme also speaks to trauma-informed pedagogy, meaningful relationships, and evidence-based teaching and learning practices.
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference
Presented at the 2026 The Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) Conference: Library As A Test Kitchen
Build Your Brary:
A motivational engagement and outreach bootcamp for every library.
Tuesday Apr 28th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Villa Gottfried B
Shake up your library programming in this inspirational workshop to maximize engagement and outreach in any library setting. Learn to lead and engage patrons by conceiving and executing new participatory events, partnership programs, and community collabs to elevate the value of your library. Identify key opportunities, develop workflows, and map out a pathway for synergy with library staff, patron groups, community stakeholders, and library enthusiasts. Generate ideas, create activities, organize events, and design meaningful and memorable engagement and outreach programs. You’ll leave with new ideas, new energy, and a new program for your community!
PLANNING @ WAAL 2026
As a member of the Wisconsin Library Association, I am proud to be serving on the planning committee for the 2026 Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) Conference. 2026 WAAL Conference August 3-4, 2026 @ Marquette University
april programs @ uwl
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APRIL 2026 PROGRAMS @ Murphy Library News Blog
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MARCH 2026 PROGRAMS @ Murphy Library News Blog
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february programs @ uwl
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FEBRUARY 2026 PROGRAMS @ Murphy Library News Blog
2026 Student Leadership Summit
UWL Leadership Summit - Leadership without Limits
Learn to Lead in YOUR Library
In this workshop, you will learn how to lead in Murphy Library.
Learn to collaborate with librarians and library staff to lead workshops, design student org display cases, develop activities, organize tabling events, and create student engagement programming in your university library.
Saturday, February 21st
1:10 - 1:55 PM
UWL Student Union Bluffs 3120
EAGLE FEST 2025 @ UWL
As of the fall 2025 academic semester, I am now teaching information as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where I proudly serve as the Student Engagement and Outreach Librarian at Murphy Library.
My first big gig of the new position and school year was Eagle Fest 2025, UWL’s annual “back to school bash” for the entire La Crosse community.
Librarians and library staff working the pop-up Murphy Library outreach table registered 91 new followers on @UWLMurphyLibrary Instagram and engaged 296 students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Our student engagement and outreach team explored censorship at Eagle Fest 2025 by hosting a Banned Books Emoji Title Challenge, where visitors guessed banned or challenged book titles using only emojis.
For the Murphy Library news blog, The Fine Print, I wrote a post on banned books and censorship entitled, “Wait...that book was banned?”
Murphy Library will host a variety of student engagement and library events to celebrate collections, highlight resources, and promote learning across UWL during Banned Books Week, October 5 - 11, 2025.
PICTURE: From left to right: Shealyn McMahon, Outreach Library Assistant; Jason Anfinsen, Student Engagement and Outreach Librarian; Stryker; and John Jax, Murphy Library Director, at Eagle Fest on Friday, September 5, 2025.
2025 FACRL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
FACRL 2025 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Co-Presented
at the 2025 Florida Association of College & Research Libraries (FACRL) Virtual Conference on From Stress to Success: The Academic Library as a Hub for Student Wellbeing with librarians from Florida International University, University of Central Florida, Florida Atlantic University, University of Florida, and Seminole State College of Florida, on October 24, 2025.
Jason Anfinsen (University of Wisconsin, La Crosse), Jasmine George (University of Central Florida), Jasmine Simmons (University of Florida), Sarah J. Hammill (Florida International University), Leah Plocharczyk (Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter), & Nicole Sotak (Seminole State College)
2025 library CONFERENCES
Build Your Brary Bootcamp
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A Virtual Student Engagement Bootcamp for Every Library Setting
The librarians at Seminole State College Libraries are ready to shake up your library programming! Build Your Brary: Bootcamp is your all-access pass to a fun, creative, and idea-packed virtual experience! Inspired by the imaginative vibes of Lunchbrary and Nightbrary, this event will have you dreaming up fresh ways to connect with students—through games, art, music, and more.
You’ll leave with new ideas, new energy, and a program you can run with!
FLA CONFERENCE X STUDENT ENGAGEGEMENT
Loved presenting on Student Engagement at the Florida Library Association 2025 Annual Pre-Conference. It was my first time collaborating and presenting with colleagues from university libraries, so thank you for the memorable experience. So many great engagement initiatives! Amazing audience. Great group.
florida library association annual conference 2025
Presenting with a panel of academic librarian colleagues from Florida State College and University libraries on student engagement in the academic library at the Florida Library Association (FLA) pre-conference session on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
This 3-hour panel discussion and break-out experiential learning session is a pre-conference workshop event .
Academic Librarian Speakers:
Sarah Hammill, FIU
Jason Anfinsen, SSC
Nicole Sotak, SSC
Jasmine George, UCF
Jasmine Simmons, UF
Leah Plocharczyk, FAU
17th Annual Academic Excellence Symposium
Excellent professional development experience!
Attended the 17th Annual Academic Excellence Symposium @ Daytona State College and supported two librarian colleagues, Nicole Sotak and Elena Soltau (and Biology Professor Simone Nelson), who presented on emerging technologies in library instruction & a.i. in higher education, respectively.
Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC) conference
Traveled as a faculty chaperone with students from the Grindle Honors Institute at Seminole State to the Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 27-29.
The Florida Online Innovation Summit
Attended the 2025 Florida Online Innovation Summit and had a fantastic day of learning and hanging with colleagues from Seminole State.
Recording Available on YouTube
Build Your Brary
THANK YOU to the more than seventeen trillion* (*Inaccurate Estimate) library colleagues from colleges and universities across the country [100+ registered, 60+ attended] who tuned in to experience the online Build Your Brary student engagement bootcamp.
SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA 2025 SERVICE
Campus READ-Aloud
Participated in Seminole State's Campus READ-Aloud event.
Spring 2025 Campus READ book =
The Midnight Library
by author Matt Haig.
Live streamed a reading of
pages 160-184.
Access the video on the
CLUB OF YEAR = chess club
Congratulations to the Chess Club @ Seminole State College of Florida!
Club of the Year at the Sanford/Lake Mary (SLM) campus for 2024-2025.
DJ, Sam, Quinn, and Dani collected the prize at the annual Student Life Awards on April 16, 2025.
Students from the SLM Library formed the SLM Chess Club during Lunchbrary and Nightbrary.
The library serves as club headquarters with numerous chess boards in the Game Gallery section at SLM.
Students hold club meetings and host tournaments during Lunchbrary and Nightbrary.
I proudly serve as the faculty advisor for the SLM Chess Club. Congrats!
seminole state dream gala
Served in my 4th year as an official volunteer with the Foundation of Seminole State College for the school's annual Dream Gala fundraising event, where a whopping $630,000 was raised to supper student scholarships and faculty programs.
2025 Dream Gala Total Raised = $630,000
2024 Dream Gala Total Raised = $609,000
2023 Dream Gala Total Raised = $590,000
2022 Dream Gala Total Raised = $550,000
improv @ sSC
Created a free, drop-in improv workshop series with faculty Theatre Professor Niki Salamon in the Seminole State College black box space - Le Petit Théâtre, where we teach college students the fundamentals of performing improvisational theater.
Back To School 5K
Back To School 5K
Participated in the 2nd Annual "Back To School 5K" to benefit the Seminole State Men and Women's Cross Country teams.