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” ›
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” ›
*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” ›
A discussion of environmental racism will be held on November 11th and moderated by Provost Jill Tiefenthaler. Two prominent speakers join the Wake Forest campus community to discuss environmental injustice and its effects on community well-being in the United States and abroad. Dr. Julianne Malveuax, president of Bennett College for Women, and Simran Sethi, associate... Continue reading “Environmental Racism and Justice Exhibit” ›
I assembled a group of books from the ZSR Library collection about service and volunteering for different causes. There are a number of WFU News Service pieces about WFU students performing service-so I thought this exhibit would be timely. I printed two accounts of current students and their service projects and placed the accounts in... Continue reading “Volunteering at Wake Forest” ›
Greg Mortenson speaks in Wait Chapel on November 12. On his national tour for the paperback release of his bestseller, “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace Through Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” which he co-authored, Mortenson will speak at 6:45 pm. His first book, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One... Continue reading “Greg Mortenson Exhibit” ›
The day was beautiful for Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s 3rd annual Wake the Library 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run held on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Once again it was held as part of WFU’s Homecoming Weekend. Over 260 people came out to participate in both WTL5K events. The success of the day was thanks... Continue reading “3rd Annual Wake the Library 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run” ›
This fall, I had the pleasure of teaching LIB100 with Audra Eagle Yun, our Project Archivist. Audra and I met several times over the past summer to discuss our course and how we’d approach it. One of Audra’s ideas was to use primary source material from Special Collections. Great idea, I thought-but how would we... Continue reading “Information Literacy, Primary Sources and The Dolmen Press” ›
As a way to highlight some of our valuable and unusual materials in Special Collections, we’ve created an exhibit on the main floor of ZSR. We moved an exhibit case from the old Archives Reading Room to a location across from Circulation. Thanks to the help of Vicki Johnson, Audra Yun and Rebecca Peterson, we... Continue reading “Special Collections Cabinet of Curiosities” ›