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Some of you may recall that In the Spring of 2010 the Library had a contest to select two murals for the East Entrance. This Fall we took a different approach and teamed up with professor Alix Hitchcock to have some of her students do murals in the East Entrance to ZSR as part of... Continue reading “Two New Murals at ZSR!” ›
The new Documentary Film program at WFU has proved to be a natural match for our archival collections. Students from Dr. Cara Pilson’s graduate research seminar and first year seminar have frequented Special Collections for instruction and research this semester. The FYS: History Through the Lens of Documentary Film students, pictured above, are working on... Continue reading “Wake Forest History on Film” ›
On Tuesday, November 23, Scott Adair, Travis Manning, Ellen Makaravage and Mary Beth Lock attended onsite training to be certified in using the forklift in our Off Site Storage facility. The morning included classroom instruction where we learned about safety procedures and maintenance schedules, then was followed by a hands-on training on the forklift itself.... Continue reading “High Bay Forklift training” ›
Got fines and a desire to help the hungry in our community? The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will accept non-expired, unopened canned goods as payment for overdue fines. For each can of food donated, $1 will be waived from your library fines. (No maximum.) Only canned goods will be accepted. The program will run from... Continue reading “Food for Fines, Fall 2010” ›
Tuesday evening I went to the START Gallery in Reynolda Village. The gallery was hosting an opening reception for the “I See” exhibit, which runs through November 27th. If you’re not familiar with START, it provides an avenue for WFU students to display their art in a professional setting close to campus. The “I See”... Continue reading “Video Art in START Gallery” ›
Over the last few months the University has been testing WebEx, a real-time collaboration tool that includes video, audio, desktop, and application sharing. I have used WebEx a few times in my Information literacy course this semester already and found generally positive student reception to it. They indicated that while WebEx had a bit of... Continue reading “Bringing speakers to ZSR through WebEx” ›
This second A.R. Ammons exhibit only contains his poetry. The words speak volumes about his life and concerns. Ammons’ poetry is very accessible and so for this exhibit-which is in the room where 20 of his paintings now live-I decided to let Archie’s words do the talking. Continue reading “Ammons Poetry” ›
Over 200 audio files of A.R. Ammons reading his poetry are now available in ZSR;s newest digital collection, the A. R. Ammons Audio Collection (http://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/jspui/handle/10339/30030). The first and longest set of readings were performed in 1975 and professionally recorded under the auspices of Thomas F. Gossett, former professor of English at Wake Forest University, and... Continue reading “ZSR Special Collections Makes Over 200 Audio Recordings of Ammons Reading His Poetry Available Online” ›
*Note: most of this post is duplicated at the ZSR Professional Development blog. From 10 am this morning until 3 pm this afternoon, Z. Smith Reynolds Library was inhabited by 50 excited archivists and librarians (from across the state and as far away as Texas) to learn about Archivists’ Toolkit. The workshop, sponsored by the... Continue reading “Hosting the NCLA Archivists’ Toolkit Workshop” ›
According to the May 7, 1927 Old Gold and Black, available in DSpace, the incoming Freshman class of 1927 was the largest class to date, with 118 men. They expected respect. What they got was the traditional treatment by the upperclassmen, including hazing and freshman rules. The “Freshman-Sophomore Smoker” was a men’s meeting group where... Continue reading “Freshman-Sophomore Smoker” ›