During September 2014

Here @ ZSR

ZSR Delivers – What’s in a name?

For years, the ZSR Delivers service has brought books and DVDs to faculty and staff offices. ZSR Delivers runs twice daily (weather permitting) Monday through Friday. Now the library is broadening the ZSR Delivers brand to include Interlibrary Loan and Offsite Storage retrievals. Need a book from another library? Use ZSR Delivers. Need a DVD... Continue reading “ZSR Delivers – What’s in a name?”

Digital Publishing @ Wake: Your Local Online Publishing Alternative

Are you interested in exploring alternative forms of publishing for your manuscript or course materials? Since 2011, Digital Publishing @ Wake, led by Bill Kane, has converted previously unpublished materials into e-books, which are primarily hosted on a scalable digital publishing platform called Tizra. Tizra now contains over 12,000 distinct pages in an eclectic database... Continue reading “Digital Publishing @ Wake: Your Local Online Publishing Alternative”

Library Lecture Series

Najla Said Book Talk and Signing: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m. ZSR Library Auditorium (Room 404, Reynolds Wing) Lev Grossman Book Talk and Signing: The Magician’s Land Friday, September 5 at 3 p.m. ZSR Special Collections Reading Room (Room 625, Reynolds Wing) Kate Bruce,... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series”

Upcoming Technology Workshops

Zotero: Introduction to Collecting, Managing and Citing Your Research Sources Four dates and times available Multiple Locations Zotero is a powerful open-source citation manager and research tool that integrates directly into the Firefox, Chrome or Safari browser. Participants will learn how to install Zotero and start using it to cite sources and create bibliographies in... Continue reading “Upcoming Technology Workshops”

Database News

NC LIVE eBook Collection The statewide library consortium NC LIVE recently released this collection of more than 1,000 e-books from a variety of North Carolina publishers. The collection includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry. All the books can be read online or downloaded to a... Continue reading “Database News”

Sustainability Exhibit: Make Every Bite Count

The Sustainability Office has a Fall Speaker Series which is exploring the farming and food we eat: how it is grown, who grows it, and issues surrounding this topic. I worked with Program Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, Hannah Slodounik to put up an exhibit in ZSR to promote the series called “Make Every... Continue reading “Sustainability Exhibit: Make Every Bite Count”

ZSR Hosts Biggest HvZ Event to Date!

Thanks to some heavy marketing of Humans v Zombies during orientation (an OG&B ad, a mention at Project Wake: Civility, and a mention at Faculty House Calls) along with our huge HvZ event in mid-August for Worldwide Wake and SPARC, there was quite a large group of students eager to participate in Friday night’s Humans... Continue reading “ZSR Hosts Biggest HvZ Event to Date!”