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Staff Development Committee
The Staff Development Committee is charged with developing and implementing annual staff development plans and activities for the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Committee members representing the Library Teams solicit suggestions and requests for topics. Topics also come from workshop evaluations and the library administration. The staffs of the Professional Center Library and the Coy C. Carpenter Medical School Library are invited to participate in many of the staff development activities.
The Staff Development Committee focuses on providing workshops and training opportunities that can take place in the Library. Other development activities, such as travel to professional conferences and off-site workshops, are available to all staff through the Library's staff development funds request process. Occasionally individual departments organize special informational events that constitute staff development opportunities.
Upcoming
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Introduction to the SMART Boards in the ZSR Library
Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:30 PMThis session will be led by Linda Long, a certified SMARTBoard instructor from OneSource Building Technologies. It will cover the basics of using, supporting and troubleshooting the SMART Boards in the ZSR Library.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- To Be Announced
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 25
- Location:
- To be determined
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Orientation Session for Library Staff with WFU Mastercards
Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:00 PMZSR Staff with a WFU MasterCard are encouraged to attend one of these orientation sessions on using the WFU MasterCard. This session will include information on: Making travel arrangements, Detailed receipts, Taxes, Appropriate uses for the card, Hotel receipts, (what should be included), Having meals charged to your room, Multiple meals (e.g. I’ll pay for yours and get reimbursed), Combining personal and business travel guidelines.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Allison Belton
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 32
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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Emerging Technologies Talks
Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:00 AMInterested in talking about some of the new and emerging technologies that have potential to impact libraries and their work?” Come to this session to learn about biblio social software. We’ll talk about LibraryThing, Goodreads, Shelfari, and the social features in Amazon.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Lauren Pressley
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 32
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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LibGuides at ZSR
Friday, September 19, 2008 11:00 AMLibguides is a new software package that ZSR offers for creating research guides for subjects or classes. They are flexible, allow the incorporation of multimedia, and more interactive than traditional subject guides. Perhaps most interestingly, Libguides gives library staff the opportunity to combine information literacy training with information about the resources recommended for a given subject, creating a space for needs-based-learning. Come to this session for an overview of the system as well as an introduction to creating your own. Bring your ThinkPad![ Register ]- Instructor:
- Lauren Pressley / Mary Scanlon
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 32
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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Creators of Jazz
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:00 PMComposer/Double Bassist Matt Kendrick will give a concert/lecture to introduce the jazz music created by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Professor Matt Kendrick
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 36
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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The Big Read: Fahrenheit 451
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 3:00 PMIn honor of Banned Books Week and the “On the Same Page” book for 2008, Fahrenheit 451, WFU Faculty will discuss issues surrounding books--censorship, burning and banning.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Professor Rian Bowie / Professor Andrew Ettin / Professor John Llewellyn
- Length:
- 2 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 40
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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ZSR Journal Reading Group
Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:00 AMJoin members of the ZSR staff for a monthly discussion on a wide variety of Library and Information Studies issues. Ideas for journal articles for discussion are solicited from the staff at ZSR. The ZSR Journal Reading Group will be convened by the staff member who suggested the journal article for that month. Any library staff member may attend and registration is not required, but registering for a session will add it to the staff development database.[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Lauren Pressley
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 30
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 260
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Press 53 and Swimmers in the Sea
Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:00 AM"Press 53" author Denzil Strickland will speak on his new book, "Swimmers in the Sea."[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Denzil Strickland
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 36
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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The 2008 Election
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:00 PMAllan Louden of the Communication Department will speak on the upcoming presidential election[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Professor Allan Louden
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 36
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204
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Music of Protest
Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:00 PMPat Dixon, along with visiting colleague Andrew Jamison, will present a lecture protest music[ Register ]- Instructor:
- Professor Pat Dixon
- Length:
- 1 hour(s)
- Limit:
- 36
- Location:
- ZSR Library Room 204