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Paintings of wild flowers made by Mary V. Walcott in 1925. The book, North American Wild Flowers, printed by the Smithsonian Institution in 1925, contains paintings made by Mary Vaux Walcott. These paintings are life-size and are housed in Rare Books in a 5-volume folio. Continue reading “North American Wild Flowers exhibit” ›
Earth Day is April 22. Earth Day is April 22, 2008. An exhibit was created to feature books and DVD’s in the ZSR Library collection. Continue reading “Earth Day Exhibit” ›
For Black History Month, one part of the exhibit holds books from the library collection on the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. For Black History Month, the exhibit focuses on literature about the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and the 1960 Sit-ins in Winston-Salem. During these Sit-ins, 12 students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State were arrested.... Continue reading “Black History Month exhibit” ›
Cristina Yu put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008 Cristina Yu and I put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008 Continue reading “Chinese New Year exhibit” ›
It’s not too late to catch the last few programs in ZSR’s Library Lecture Series. “Pietro Bembo’s History of Venice (1551)” Wednesday, March 5, 3:00 p.m., Library Room 204 Robert Ulery, Professor of Latin, Classical languages Based on his recent book, Professor Robert Ulery will speak on “Pietro Bembo’s History of Venice (1551).” Sociology of... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series” ›
Starting Sunday February 17, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be open overnight 5 nights a week. The library will open each Sunday at 10 a.m. and will not close until 7 p.m. the following Friday. Saturday hours, currently 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., will remain the same. The new schedule will remain in effect... Continue reading “Open all night 5 nights a week!” ›
The Library hosted the semi-annual Get Game@ZSR Friday, January 25th from 7-11pm. This installment of Get Game was both an open game night and a Halo 3 tournament. Lynn Sutton, Susan Smith, Erik Mitchell, Tim Mitchell, Kevin Gilbertson, and Caroline Numbers (along with two very dedicated RTAs and John Vientos from Information Systems) were all... Continue reading “Get Game@ZSR” ›
LeVar Burton, actor and activist, will give a presentation at Wait Chapel on Wake Forest University January 21, 2008. Burton is well known for his role as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 series Roots. He also acted a prominent role in Star Trek-The Next Generation and the PBS series, Reading Rainbow. Burton will give a... Continue reading “LeVar Burton exhibit” ›
ZSR Library will launch its fall 2007 lecture series with an observance of “Banned Books Week.” Banned Books Week is a nationwide, annual event to promote free expression that is sponsored by libraries, booksellers, publishers and writers. Charles Sligh, visiting assistant professor of English, and Jessica Richard, assistant professor of English, will read passages from... Continue reading “Fall 2007 Library Lecture Series” ›
Faculty Technology Training Classes this semester range from technology sessions on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Microsoft OneNote to training classes on EndNote, MovieMaker and creating your own WFU Home Page. In addition to classes, ZSR Library also offers Tech Talks on a variety of emerging technologies. Register online for these and other faculty classes. Continue reading “Faculty Technology Training Classes” ›