During September 2009

Here @ ZSR

September 15: Active Learning in One-Shot Sessions

Roz on her Junk Science BI Uses the Wellness blog at Time Magazine Found an article on body image Had students read and summarize She knew the cited study in it was Open Access, so as long as they got to it through Google Scholar, the students could read the full text She then gave... Continue reading “September 15: Active Learning in One-Shot Sessions”

Big Read Exhibit 2009-Their Eyes Were Watching God

As part of a collaborative effort with the Forsyth County Public Library, ZSR created an exhibit for The Big Read. The book title this year is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Continue reading “Big Read Exhibit 2009-Their Eyes Were Watching God”

Google Sites, Google Gadgets, and Biomechanics!

On Wednesday, September 9th, and Thursday September 10th, Barry Davis and I led Google Sites workshops for two sections of Dr. Marsh’s Biomechanics class. Each Fall these two Biomechanics classes are broken into groups that must conduct research and post their hypothesis, methods, results and more on the web. In the past this was an... Continue reading “Google Sites, Google Gadgets, and Biomechanics!”

From the Suggestion Box: More Movie Suggestions

Suggested movies: Nos Jours Heureux, directed by Olivier Nakache, with Guillaume Cyr, Julie Fournier, Marilou Berry, Jean-Paul Rouve, Lannick Gautry. And Le Péril Jeune (Good Old Daze), directed by Cédric Klapisch, with Romain Duris, Elodie Bouchez, Caroline Damiens, Joachim Lombard, Hélène de Fougerolles) Thank you for your suggestions. I will pass them along to our... Continue reading “From the Suggestion Box: More Movie Suggestions”

New catalog reactions and status

It has been just over 2 weeks since we pulled the trigger and switched our catalog view over. We have gotten lots of great feedback and ideas for improvement and I thought I would take a moment to gather this feedback together and talk about next steps. General Impressions Comments from our patrons have varied... Continue reading “New catalog reactions and status”

From the Suggestion Box: A Recent Comment

I am working in the basement next to what looks like a closet number 152A. I just literally watched a cockroach run from under that door INTO my backpack. I’m not one to really get bothered by stuff like that but I feel like someone else might. And it was pretty disgusting. Thanks for letting... Continue reading “From the Suggestion Box: A Recent Comment”

ZSR Library at the WFU Habitat for Humanity House

Heather Works on Trusses at the WFU Habitat House As part of the Wake Forest University/Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Habitat Build, ZSR Library sent a crew of 10 to work on the site on Wed. September 9. Volunteers from all 4 library teams were represented and worked together so well that the Habitat... Continue reading “ZSR Library at the WFU Habitat for Humanity House”

September 8: Facebook, Twitter, and LibGuides as Course Pages

Giz on Facebook He’s working with four classes that are using Fan pages to share information/host class discussions/etc Good idea to use consistent naming principles to make it easier to locate the course pages Students have to become a fan to have the information show up in their feeds Professors have to have an understanding... Continue reading “September 8: Facebook, Twitter, and LibGuides as Course Pages”

Student Focus Group on Our New Catalog

The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be holding a student focus group on our new catalog on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 1p.m. to 1:30p.m. We want to evaluate the usefulness of the new catalog and gather suggestions for improvement. If you have a few minutes, we would appreciate your help. Please visit the Circulation... Continue reading “Student Focus Group on Our New Catalog”

GoogleBooks Legal discussions continue

The NYT has a interesting update on the status of the GoogleBooks legal issues this morning. There are some curious tidbits in the article including a mention of a “book rights registry” that Google asserts will coordinate rights payments to publishers. Of note, the article also mentions the Europeana Digital Library, a multi-institutional repository of... Continue reading “GoogleBooks Legal discussions continue”