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John S. Walker, who volunteered at ZSR from 2000-2003 in Preservation and passed away in 2005, has donated his books on Japan to the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. A few weeks back, I drove to his home and picked up many boxes of books. Charles Bombeld helped sort through and accept approximately 80 of these... Continue reading “John Walker Gift Books” ›
On Wednesday afternoon Chris Burris, Elise Anderson and I worked the phones at the WFDD pledge drive. We took contributor’s pledges and provided them with information about the thank-you gifts that are available at various donation levels. During our 2.5 hours at the studio, we collected $7,394 in pledges for our NPR station. Why so... Continue reading “ZSR Supports WFDD’s Pledge Drive” ›
ZSR will be blogging our responses to your comments and suggestions in the new ZSR Suggestion Box blog! A few comments from the summer and this semester so far are already up. Check it out. We’d love to hear from you. To leave a comment for us: Visit our comments & suggestions page To read... Continue reading “New Suggestion Box Blog” ›
Like the rest of the campus community, ZSR Library prepared a departmental strategic plan last year. Please read our bold and aspirational vision and let us know if you agree that ten years hence, ZSR will be a virtual and physical space for both students and scholars, rich in resources and alive with learning. Continue reading “ZSR Strategic Plan Released” ›
The ZSR Library has just completed an audit to discover additional ways we can protect our users’ privacy. We agree with the American Library Association that privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free expression.Lack of privacy and confidentiality chills users’ choices, thereby suppressing access to ideas.We are considering changes... Continue reading “We Care About Your Privacy” ›
On Friday, September 28th, seven members of the ZSR staff, Giz Womack, Mary Horton, Lauren Pressley, Chris Burris, Kaeley McMahan, Leslie McCall, and Mary Scanlon, visited the NCSU Learning Commons in the D. H. Hill Library. The website contains detailed information about the services offered by the Commons as well as the blog for the... Continue reading “ZSR Staff Development Field Trip to the NCSU Learning Commons” ›