Outreach

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Video: ZSR Team at Hit The Bricks 2010

Hi all, If you couldn’t make it to the quad during Hit The Bricks last Thursday, watch all the fun here: Continue reading “Video: ZSR Team at Hit The Bricks 2010” ›

ZSR helps Habitat for Humanity

Yesterday, members of ZSR’s staff answered the call from President Hatch to spend some time helping out at WFU’s Habitat for Humanity Houses. The location of the houses was in the south western edge of the city, so far from city center that even I (a person used to big cities) had to proclaim, “are... Continue reading “ZSR helps Habitat for Humanity” ›

ZSR Library goes to Habitat for Humanity

Hi everyone! Yesterday morning a team of us made our way over to the WFU Habitat for Humanity building site near Kernersville. Different departments on campus have been helping to build the Wake Forest sponsored home. For those of you who could not be with us, I’ve put together a short video of our time... Continue reading “ZSR Library goes to Habitat for Humanity” ›

LSTA Grant “Preserving Forsyth’s Past” Progress Report

As many of you know, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library and the Forsyth County Public library are collaborating on an LSTA grant called “Preserving Forsyth’s Past”. This grant reaches out to small Forsyth County organizations to educate them about how to organize and preserve their organizations’ cultural heritage materials. As part of the grant, four... Continue reading “LSTA Grant “Preserving Forsyth’s Past” Progress Report” ›

Food for Fines Results

It is now 5:40pm on Friday, December 11 and while we’ll still continue taking food donations until midnight or so, our Food for Fines inaugural event is coming to a close. We took in a total of 319 cans of food that will be given to Campus Kitchen and distributed to the clients who use... Continue reading “Food for Fines Results” ›

Thank You!

On behalf of the Staff Association Committee, I would like to say Thank You to all the cash and food donations for the 2009 Turkeypalooza. ZSR staff donated 61 cans of cranberry sauce to Campus Kitchen. Many thanks and Happy Holidays! The Staff Association Committee Continue reading “Thank You!” ›

Food for Fines

Got fines and a desire to help the hungry in our community? The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will accept cans of sealed, non-expired food as payment for overdue fines. For each can of food donated, $1 will be waived from your library fines. (No maximum.) The program will run from November 30-December 11. (The Food... Continue reading “Food for Fines” ›

“Preserving Forsyth’s Past” LSTA Grant Workshop

CoAuthor: Barry Davis Craig and Rachel lead a session on book repair At 9 am on Saturday, November 21, we held the first public training session for the LSTA Outreach Grant at the Central Branch of FCPL. Audra Eagle, Giz and Craig have been working on this training for several months, and held a pilot... Continue reading ““Preserving Forsyth’s Past” LSTA Grant Workshop” ›

Resource Services Members Use LibraryThing to Help Trinity Center

Lauren Corbett first responded to a request for help from Trinity Center’s Director, Ann Dixon-Coppage. Prior to moving to the current location, Trinity Center’s books had been loosely organized, but after the move, workers were having trouble locating titles they knew were in the collection. Lauren realized that LibraryThing would help the workers at the... Continue reading “Resource Services Members Use LibraryThing to Help Trinity Center” ›

Outreach to International Students

Last spring, as I was preparing for my presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, I had an idea about library outreach to International Students.Roz supported my idea, and Carol introduced me to Sam Edwards, International Studies Adviser at the Wake Forest University Center for International Studies.On August 21st, Giz and I gave a... Continue reading “Outreach to International Students” ›