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As previously announced, ZSRx: The Cure for the Common Web was a great success. Designed as a free, open, online course marketed to Wake Forest alumni and parents, hundreds in the WFU community enjoyed its close, personal learning experience. Based on this success, ZSRx will expand into a series of courses offered throughout the year.... Continue reading “ZSRx: The Open, Online Learning Community at Wake Forest” ›
On Thursday, August 29 eight women of the ZSR Library swung hammers, raised walls, and lugged lumber as part of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County’s Labor of Love Building Blitz. Two special builds took place during Labor of Love – the Hospice Healing Build and the Women Build – and this year the ZSR... Continue reading “ZSR at Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2013” ›
This time of year brings my annual recap of Capture the Flag @ ZSR, but this year is different! I’m recapping four different student events held in July and August. First, in July, we hosted the new student athletes, the Bridge students and numerous summer school students for our first Capture the Flag and Humans... Continue reading “Big Games at ZSR!” ›
In March and April, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library conducted a successful mini-MOOC (massive, open, online course) for 700 Wake Forest University parents and alumni. ZSRx: The Cure for the Common Web was designed as a free, open, online course for the external Wake Forest University community. The course engaged participants in a fun, collaborative,... Continue reading “ZSRx Mini-MOOC is a Great Success!” ›
Remember that time ZSR offered an online information literacy course? No, not that one. This one. The one we designed to be MOOC-like, free and open to anyone, focused on general web literacy skills, in the hopes that *maybe* 100 people would want to sign up. No? Well, let me tell you about it. Let’s... Continue reading “ZSRx: The MOOC that wasn’t a MOOC” ›
This year, the annual “Earth Day Fair” on Wake Forest’s campus became a themed event to highlight food injustice, and was entitled “Food for Thought”, sponsored by the Sustainability Office at WFU. The fair that was held on Manchester Plaza from noon to 6pm on Saturday, April 20th, was well attended and had local vendors... Continue reading “ZSR @ Food for Thought” ›
On Friday, February 8th, the Library hosted the fourth Humans v Zombies event, and the zombie horde is growing! We held our first event in the Fall of 2011, one year after we began hosting games of Capture the Flag as part of freshman orientation! As you can see from the chart below, Humans v... Continue reading “Humans v Zombies-The Zombie Horde is Growing!” ›
On Friday, January 18th, the Library hosted another successful “Capture the Flag@ZSR”. We had 45 participants who were excited, energetic and ready to play! We also had one virtual participant, John Walsh, who checked in from the Flow House in Vienna via Facebook Video! We played three games, one with human flags, and a good... Continue reading “Capture the Flag, Spring 2013” ›
Pictured:Emily West, John Walsh, Tyler Keith (top row); Courtney Abernathy, Jenny Miller, Mary Beth Lock, Nella Hendley, Nora Kane (bottom row) Not pictured: Jesus Vega, Melissa Simonelli, Rosie Faccone, Liz Hughes, and Kaley Pelingra. In the Fall, 2011 semester, the Library Ambassadors began as a class project by a student who was interested in increasing... Continue reading “Meet the Library Ambassadors, 2013” ›
Got fines and a desire to help the hungry in our community? The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will accept non-expired, unopened canned goods as payment for overdue fines. For each can of food donated, $1 will be waived from your library fines. (No maximum.) Only canned goods will be accepted. The program will run from... Continue reading “Cans for Fines, Fall 2012” ›