FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Patricia Fiorillo serves as a Special Collections Librarian at Florida Atlantic University Libraries, where she also oversees the coordination of the liaison program and acts as a subject specialist liaison to Anthropology and Social Work. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from Florida Atlantic University, as well as a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University. In her role, she collaborates closely with colleagues to develop and curate information to promoting the mission of the University Libraries' Special Collections.
Fiorillo demonstrates a steadfast commitment to the transformative potential of libraries through her active involvement in professional committees at the local, state, and national levels. Her areas of focus encompass library history, research and instruction methodologies, and community engagement strategies. Underpinning her service and scholarly pursuits is an unwavering belief that libraries possess the capacity to profoundly enhance lives, a conviction that resonates throughout her work.
- 2020: Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) Syracuse University
- 2020: Certificate of Advanced Studies (C.A.S.) Syracuse University
- 2015: Master of Arts (M.A.) Florida Atlantic University
- 2012: Bachelor of Arts. Florida Atlantic University
- Library History
- Community engagement and relationship building strategies
- Fiorillo, P. (2024). [Book Review of Preserving Useful Knowledge: A History of Collections Care at the APS Library, by Wolcott, Renée]. Libraries: Culture, History & Society, 8(2), 159–162. https://doi.org/10.5325/libraries.8.2.0159
- Fiorillo, P., & Gillis, S. (2024). Some Things Never Change: New Technology, Same Principles of Engagement [Conference presentation]. Society of Florida Archivists Annual Conference 2024, Deerfield beach Florida. https://floridaarchivists.wildapricot.org/SFA-AM2024-presentations
- Fiorillo, P. (2025). [Book Review of Libraries in the Manuscript Age eds. Friedrich, M., Déroche, F., and de Castilla, N.]. Libraries: Culture, History & Society, 9(1), 46–49. https://doi.org/10.5325/libraries.9.1.0046
