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In September 2006, I received an email message from John Ake concerning a teacher in Surry County who wanted to bring her middle school class to the library. The group from J. Sam Gentry Middle School in Mt. Airy would be dropping by after their visit to the ACC Tournament on March 2. After I received the email, I contacted Sharon Snow and Vicki Johnson to assist with the group. On the afternoon of March 2, several staff members provided tours for 190 people; including adults and chaperones. We divided the group into six groups of 30-32 students.

To accommodate the large group, I set up informational stations in the library where students would stop and a staff person would share information about that area. Caroline Numbers, Megan Mulder, Julia Bradford, and Mary Horton provided information about their respective areas. Lauren Pressley and I were stationed in Rooms 204 and 476 to give them a quick overview of reference sources. Six staff (Elise Anderson, Prentice Armstrong, Chris Burris, Jim Galbraith, Carolyn McCallum, and Giz Womack) were responsible for moving their group to the next designation on the tour route. From comments that I have received, it appears that everyone enjoyed the tours. Hopefully, our library tours will serve as a recruitment tool, and our visitors will add Wake Forest to their list when it comes time to select a college.