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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” ›
On Friday, September 21st from 7-11pm, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted its fifth Get Game@ZSR event. This open video game night drew a good crowd of 32 students, along with five University staff and guests. Once again, we held the event in the atrium. We had five screens and projectors in the atrium, one... Continue reading “Get Game @ ZSR-The Fifth Time is the Charm” ›
The forerunner of todays comic books and graphic novels, the dime novel explored themes of adventure. During the Civil War, Dime Novels were perhaps the most popular form of reading for soldiers on both sides. The ZSR Library has an extensive Dime Novel collection in the Microtext Department that is well worth exploring. Continue reading “Dime Novels exhibit” ›
Frank Lloyd Wright designed many of the most innovative and beautiful structures in America. His techniques and design were groundbreaking. His idea of incorporating the design into the environment was a new idea, is still used widely. Continue reading “Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit” ›
Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, physician, and Nobel Laureate is the topic of this exhibit. He was a man who simply gave his entire life to the service of others. In recent years, Schweitzer has been somewhat forgotten for the exemplary human being he was, and this exhibit focuses on his life and service. Continue reading “Albert Schweitzer exhibit” ›
From June-August, 2007, the exhibit cases were filled with a variety of art from Asolare Fine Arts Foundation. This group, centered near Salisbury, NC, supports local artists of all kinds. We were privileged to have paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings on view this summer. Painting by Daniel Whitmer Paintings by Daniel Whitmer, NCSA graduate and... Continue reading “Asolare painting and sculpture” ›
The 1st Dr. Elizabeth Phillips Award for the Best Essay in Women’s and Gender Studies prompted an exhibit. Dr. Phillips, Emeritus Professor of English, was one of the first female professors, and the first female department head at Wake Forest. Phillips is a noted author and poet. She taught at Wake Forest from 1957-1989. The... Continue reading “Dr. Elizabeth Phillips exhibit” ›
‘In His Image: The Face of Alexander during the Hellenistic Age’ exhibit The library has prominent and secure exhibit space that is available for a variety of purposes. Our exhibit space can also be used for classroom projects. Over the past ten years, several academic classes have used a library exhibit as a final class... Continue reading “ZSR Exhibit Spaces Available for Faculty” ›