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This spring, I spent a week traveling from east to west across North Carolina teaching book repair at public libraries. I visited libraries in Burgaw (Pender County), Burlington (Alamance County) and Shelby (Cleveland County). The attendees are always fun and their questions come tumbling out throughout the day. Public libraries have few resources and little... Continue reading “Spring Book Repair Workshops” ›
As was reported on Inside WFU last week, the campus has undertaken a large scale project to add actual addresses to every building on campus. This is both to aid in wayfinding, and perhaps more importantly, to allow for emergency vehicles to respond more quickly should there be a medical, fire, or other emergency on... Continue reading “New Address for Z. Smith Reynolds Library” ›
ZSR Library faculty and staff are leaders in creating innovative programs, courses, and events. The pandemic made this work more challenging so to help continue this important work, the ZSR Dean’s Office started offering innovation grants to ZSR faculty and staff in the fall of 2020. Supported by unrestricted gift funds, these grants have made... Continue reading “ZSR Innovation Grants Awarded 2022-2023” ›
Welcome back to another installment of 5 Questions! If you would like to choose 5 Questions yourself, feel free to choose 5 from this form. Kristen Morgan, Assistant to the Dean Tell us about what you do at ZSR Library? Manage the Dean’s calendar, expense reports, purchase requisitions, invoices, travel budgets and forms, onboarding and... Continue reading “5 Questions with Kristen Morgan” ›
We’re thrilled to announce our latest additions to JSTOR’s Open Community Collections, soon to be rebranded as JSTOR’s Shared Collections beginning in July. As one of the program’s charter contributors, we initially shared our World War I poster collection in 2020. This month, we’ve included an array of captivating materials from our Special Collections and... Continue reading “ZSR Expands JSTOR’s Shared Collections” ›
Each spring, ZSR Library celebrates the achievements of our employees at the annual Employee Recognition & Awards Luncheon. At this year’s event on May 17, six colleagues were recognized for their contributions to ZSR this past year in one of four awards categories: Outstanding Staff Employee of the Year: David Link, Public Services Outstanding Faculty... Continue reading “Celebrating Our 2023 ZSR Library Employee Awards Winners” ›
My name is Kate Trathen, and in January I started working as the Richard Burr Congressional Collection Archivist at ZSR Library. I am a Raleigh native, and I received my Masters of Library Science with a concentration in Archives and Records Management from UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to starting at Wake Forest, I was the Electronic... Continue reading “Planning and Processing of the Richard Burr Collection” ›