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In March, Susan Smith forwarded me an email noting that it had come through the generic ZSR email. The message was from a teacher at First Assembly Christian School requesting a library session for her 8th grade students. Her students are writing a research paper on a modern US historical event. Taking advantage of the... Continue reading “Exercising The Body As Well As the Mind” ›
As part of my instructional duties, I coordinate library instructional classes and tours for elementary and high school students. In February, I received a phone call from a teacher at Mount Tabor High School requesting an IL session for her students. She wanted me to introduce her students to some of the library resources on... Continue reading “Orville, Wilbur, and Walt, oh my!” ›
On Friday, March 2nd, from 9-11pm, the ZSR Library hosted its second Humans V. Zombies event! Our first event, last September, had 80 students participate and this second event had 103 students participate! For two hours humans chased zombies throughout the 170,000 sq ft. of ZSR. Here are some great photos Susan Smith took at... Continue reading “Return of the Zombies to ZSR!” ›
Rosalind Tedford (left) and Giz Womack with their electronic editions of Steve Jobs. Do you recall your first experience with an Apple® Computer product? If that question brings back interesting memories, then consider picking up the new Steve Jobs biography and joining Z. Smith Reynolds Library faculty in an online book club. As a new... Continue reading “Library Leads Community Book Club” ›
Today, Kaeley, Joy, Molly, Carolyn, Mary Beth, Kevin, Craig, and I got together to discuss Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing To Our Brains. We had enthusiastic and interesting conversations about the book, which broadened to address work, ethics, community values, and built on some of the discussion we had as a... Continue reading “Library folks reading books!” ›
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’ reprised this December” ›
Last Spring we piloted a program that consisted of placing a Reference Librarian in a Residence Hall for a two hour block. (See “Have ThinkPad, Will Travel!) We revisited the program this semester, visiting three Residence Hall on three different days and times before Fall Break (See “Embedded in the Residence Halls: Discovering What Works!)... Continue reading “Embedded in the Residence Halls: Take Three!” ›
In the Spring of 2011, the Research and Instruction Services Team piloted a program to embed a Reference Librarian in residence halls to assist students with research late in the semester. This semester we are increasing the pilot further, setting up sessions in a variety of residence halls at a variety of times to learn... Continue reading “Embedded in the Residence Halls: Discovering What Works!” ›
Mary Beth, Giz (top). Barry, Craig, Anna, Wanda, Susan, Steve, Rachel, Chris: this year’s crew! For the third year, ZSR Library faculty and staff stepped forward to spend a day working at Wake Forest’s Habitat for Humanity House. We had a big crew this year with enough manpower to work on two different houses all... Continue reading “ZSR Rocks Habitat for Humanity in 2011” ›
Wake Forest University is hosting two visiting students from the University of Liberia in order to continue to strengthen the ties between the two institutions after the visit that Lynn and others took there in the spring. The two students, Jacob Jallah and JoeWilson, had an opportunity to visit ZSR this afternoon and it was... Continue reading “Liberian Students visit ZSR” ›