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The 89th Academy Awards were announced on Sunday, February 26, and we have several of those films in our collection! Here is what we have available now, with more on the way! Arrival Winner – Best Sound Editing Nominee – Best Picture Nominee – Best Director, Denis Villeneuve Nominee – Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee – Best... Continue reading “ZSR and the 2017 Oscars” ›
In Special Collections & Archives, we are happy to host interns, particularly graduate students who are earning degrees in library science or one of our affiliate fields (museum studies, public history, and the like). In my experience, students in particular ask great questions about the daily life of archivists and the nature of our work,... Continue reading “Graduate Students on Spring Break, the Internship Edition” ›
Students are currently in the ZSR Digitization Lab working on the library’s latest digitization project, featuring historic photographs of Wake Forest University’s deep history. Digitization of the University Archives Photograph Collection began in February, and captures images of people, places and events dating back as early as 1881. The photos in this collection will include past... Continue reading “Sneak Preview: New Digital Collection to Illustrate Wake Forest History” ›
The next phase of renovation plan for the ZSR Library building has begun! To kickoff our upcoming summer renovation projects, ZSR Library relocated approximately 5,000 linear feet of material over Spring Break. The recent relocation of materials included: Moving the collection on the 8th floor of the Reynolds wing (the call numbers that start with Ds) down... Continue reading “Books Are Moving! ZSR Summer Renovation Projects Begin” ›
Pauline Bewick (b. September 4, 1935) Pauline was born in Bat Cottage, Corbridge, Northumberland, the second daughter of Alice Bewick (known as Harry). Pauline Bewick describes a delightful childhood and remembers walking to school barefoot as a girl. Each student had to bring a piece of “turf” (peat moss) for the fire at the school.... Continue reading “Pauline Bewick, Irish Art Treasure” ›
Special Collections & Archives would like to continue highlighting the extensive work that our student assistants do on a daily basis. Senior Kelli Johnson has worked in Special Collections & Archives for four years. Here’s a little something she wrote describing the work she does in Special Collections & Archives. I’m Kelli Johnson and I’m... Continue reading “What Are You Working On? With Kelli Johnson” ›