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Faculty members have made it clear that having the full text of primary source material available digitally is one of the most valuable services the library can provide. Thus, ZSR has made it a high priority to acquire these materials using funds from the Presidential Trust and in collaboration with other libraries. New resources include:... Continue reading “New Databases Offer More Full Text” ›
It’s that time of year again: ALA Midwinter is being held in Philadelphia, PA this time around. Several of the ZSR staff are attending, due to ALA committee participation. Attendees have written about the experience in the ZSR Professional Development Blog. Continue reading “ALA Midwinter 2008” ›
LeVar Burton, actor and activist, will give a presentation at Wait Chapel on Wake Forest University January 21, 2008. Burton is well known for his role as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 series Roots. He also acted a prominent role in Star Trek-The Next Generation and the PBS series, Reading Rainbow. Burton will give a... Continue reading “LeVar Burton exhibit” ›
In Preservation, I cut heavy archival board with a large cast iron machine called a board shear. Mine was made by the Jacques Manufacturing Co, in Worchester, Massachusetts probably in the 1930’s and was originally used for box making. Book binders everywhere have bought these old machines to use in their work since nothing else... Continue reading “Adjusting a Board Shear” ›