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ZSR’s virtual summer book club is back in 2026. Campus community members are invited to join alumni, parents, and other library friends in reading two books touching on the theme of public health: Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green and Year of Wonders: A Novel by Geraldine... Continue reading “2026 ZSR Virtual Summer Book Club” ›
National Library Week is here! Z. Smith Reynolds Library is joining libraries across the country in celebrating the ways libraries transform lives, strengthen communities, and support learning. This year’s National Library Week theme is “Find Your Joy.” It invites all to reflect on what sparks joy in the library, whether that is discovering a new... Continue reading “National Library Week 2026” ›
The ZSR Library has entered a year-long trial of Consensus through April of 2027. Consensus is an AI-powered search engine that instantly finds, analyzes, and summarizes peer-reviewed research. Consensus currently searches 250+ million peer-reviewed academic papers, pre-prints, and conference proceedings. Its corpus includes articles indexed in Semantic Scholar, Open Alex, ArXiv, PubMed, CrossRef, and ORCID... Continue reading “Consensus Trial through ZSR” ›
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, faculty, staff, and guests gathered in ZSR Library to celebrate faculty authors and artists from across the Reynolda campus who published books or produced creative works in 2025. This was the first time that ZSR had hosted an event like this since 2019, and we were excited to bring it... Continue reading “Recap: 2026 Faculty Authors & Artists Celebration” ›
Last week I had the incredible privilege to share stories from North Carolina’s wonderful libraries with Congressional Offices in Washington, DC as part of the American Library Association’s 50th National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). As Chair of the North Carolina Library Association’s Library Advocacy and Legislation Section (LALS), helping to plan for this event and... Continue reading “ZSR Represented at 50th Annual National Library Legislative Day in DC” ›
Special Collections & Archives is excited to participate in two upcoming events this month by sharing curated pop-up exhibits. At Soul Sessions, visitors will have the opportunity to explore selections from SCA’s African American/Black Arts Poetry Pamphlet Collection, highlighting powerful voices and creative expression from the Black Arts Movement and beyond. For the Chris Paul... Continue reading “Soul Sessions & Special Screening of Chris Paul Finding Your Roots Episode” ›
As a result of our participation in a collective spend offer through ASERL (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries) with AM (Adam Matthew), we are pleased to share that ZSR now provides perpetual access to all titles published in AM Primary and AM Archives Direct between 2017–2021. AM is highly regarded for its digitized primary source... Continue reading “New AM (Adam Matthew) Primary Source Collections Available through ZSR!” ›
Link: youtube.com/live/KRDZ66qIFik?feature=share Senior Planner for Historic Preservation, Michelle Michael, will discuss the historic preservation program in Wake Forest, NC, the challenges, and opportunities around preserving the historic college town, telling the whole history of the Town, and planning for the future in Wake County, one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Michelle Michael... Continue reading “Preserving Historic Wake Forest, NC – 70 years post college” ›
Save the dates for the number of Spring events at ZSR. For more upcoming library events, check out our calendar or follow us on our social media channels! Exhibit Opening in February Reading the Revolution: Print Culture in 18th Century America (February – December 2026) January Collaborative Bookmaking: Finding New Ways to Tell a Family’s... Continue reading “Save the Dates! Spring Events in ZSR” ›