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Zotero: Introduction to Collecting, Managing and Citing Your Research Sources: Interested in an easy-yet-powerful alternative to EndNote for managing your citations? Come to a Zotero workshop. Using BrowZine to Browse Scholarly Journals: Want to browse journals in your discipline on that new iPad, Android, Kindle Fire HD or other tablet? Register for a BrowZine workshop... Continue reading “Upcoming Workshops @ ZSR” ›
Recently, I have been working with Phoebe Zerwick to install an exhibit called “The Story of My Life” which Phoebe created along with photographer Christine Rucker and journalist Michelle Johnson. The exhibit follows the lives of six adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, telling their stories through photographs, written and spoken word, and various visual... Continue reading “The Story of My Life Exhibit” ›
In the next few months, ZSR will host several exhibits I wanted to mention. In addition, I was invited to participate in the Letterforming exhibit at Scales Fine Arts Center. Currently, there is an exhibit based on the classwork of Lynn Book called Everyday Innovations. Lynn’s class on Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise uses journaling to... Continue reading “ZSR Fall Exhibits” ›
For this year’s Hit The Bricks fundraiser ZSR fielded a team of 10 players, each of whom ran at least 45 minutes straight in order to raise awareness and money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Drive. Lauren Suffoletto getting started with her laps The team included Craig Fansler, Patrick Ferrell, Joy Gambill, Bill Kane, Rebecca... Continue reading “ZSR Zeyphrs Hit The Bricks, 2013” ›
This week (September 22-28, 2013) is Banned Books Week, a week set aside to take note of books that are banned across our country. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read for everyone without censorship. Because we had a book banned right here in North Carolina, I chose to focus our exhibit on The... Continue reading “Banned Books Week @ ZSR” ›
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore was written by San Francisco writer Robin Sloan. It created quite a buzz when it was written and that buzz found its way into ZSR Library. I first heard of the book from Kevin Gilbertson, who mentioned he thought I might like it because of the content, which included books, bookbinding... Continue reading “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore exhibit on Twitter” ›
ZSR will celebrate the sixth International Open Access Week, October 21-27, by hosting three events to engage faculty, students and staff around this year’s theme, “Redefining Impact.” Brown Bag Lunch Discussion Monday, October 21, at noon in Room 203B. Register Curious about Open Access? Want to learn more about the WFU Open Access Fund to... Continue reading “Celebrating Open Access Week” ›
Charlie Lovett, author of the bestselling novel The Bookman’s Tale, speaks in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections Research Room as part of the Library Lecture Series. During the first week of September, the ZSR Library Lecture Series hosted two writers for book talks and signings. The first talk featured Charlie Lovett, author of... Continue reading “Fall 2013 Library Lecture Series” ›
In addition to “Zotero: Introduction to Collecting, Managing and Citing Your Research Sources” and “Google Apps for Instruction,” ZSR will offer three brand-new workshops this semester, “Using BrowZine to Browse Scholarly Journals,” “Using JournalTOCs and RSS,” and “Zotero: Advanced Features and Workflows.” To learn more about these workshops or to register, please follow the links... Continue reading “Upcoming Workshops @ ZSR” ›
It is summer and time for the Asolare Art Foundation exhibits, which are always diverse and a real pleasure. The current exhibit, true to form, is a delightful one. It is entitled: “The Interlooking Eye” and features a group of self portraits in a wide variety of styles. An additional feature of this show is... Continue reading “The Interlooking Eye self-portrait art exhibit” ›