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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.
LIBRARIAN
PREPARATION
EXPERIENCE
Jason Anfinsen teaches information literacy as an assistant professor in Murphy Library at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he serves as the Student Engagement and Outreach Librarian.
Jason was a faculty Research & Instruction Librarian for almost seven years in the Florida College System, at two finalist schools for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, namely Broward College and Seminole State College of Florida.
EXPERIENCE
PREPARATION
EXPERIENCE
I bring more than nine years of post-MLIS experience as a librarian in public libraries, art museum libraries, and academic libraries.
PREPARATION
PREPARATION
PREPARATION
I am a 3X alumnus of Florida State University and a 2X graduate of the FSU School of Information, with a bachelor’s degree in Social Science, a master’s degree in Library and Information Studies, a specialist degree in Information, and graduate certificates in Reference Services, School Librarian Leadership.
specialist
specialist
specialist
SPLIS / SPECIALIST
(Masters +30)
2020
School of Information.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: Information.
masters
specialist
specialist
MLIS / MASTER OF SCIENCE
2016
School of Information.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: Library and Information Studies.
CERTIFICATES
CERT / GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
2019
School of Information.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: Reference Services.
CERTIFICATES
CERT / GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
2020
School of Information.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: School Librarian Leadership.
CERTIFICATES
CERTIFICATES
CERT / GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
2016
College of Fine Arts.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: Specialized Study in Museum Theory and Practice
undergraduate degrees
BS / BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
2014
College of Social Sciences & Public Policy.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Major: Social Science.
Minor: Communication. cum laude.
AA / ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
2012
Palm Beach State College.
Lake Worth, FL.
Major: Liberal Studies. magna cum laude.
HONORS + AWARDS
Club of the Year
Student Life (Sanford/Lake Mary Campus)
Seminole State College of Florida
Chess Club / Faculty Club Advisor.
Advisor of the Year
Student Life (Central Campus) Broward College.
F. William Summers Award Outstanding LIS Student
School of Information (iSchool) Florida State University.
Mary Alice Hunt Endowed Scholarship
School of Information (iSchool) Florida State University.
Rookie of the Year Award
Miami International University Art & Design.
CCI Graduate Student Leadership Award
School of Information (iSchool) Florida State University.
President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)
Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee, FL.
Outstanding Achievement Award
Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
Florida State University.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Florida State University.
Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society
Florida State University.
Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences.
Florida State University.