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A BibID is a unique identifier for each bibliographic record in the catalog. BibIDs have several nifty uses even for people who never use the back end of Voyager. Links to catalog records You can make a short and persistent link to a specific record in the OPAC by using this syntax: http://catalog.zsr.wfu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=123456 In this... Continue reading “Did you know about BibIDs?” ›
To reserve a study room, go to Study Room Reservations. ZSR has implemented a study room reservation system that is completely online to allow students to reserve one of its 7 study rooms. Click on the “Study Rooms” link from the ZSR homepage or bookmark the link. Any currently registered student can choose to request... Continue reading “Need a study room? Reserve Online!” ›
In response to student requests, starting tomorrow, February 17, 2008, ZSR Library is moving to a open 24/5 schedule. This means that each week, the library will open at 10 am on Sunday, and stay open until 7:00 pm on Friday evenings, during the spring and fall semesters. Saturday hours will remain the same as... Continue reading “ZSR Library Goes 24/5” ›
For Black History Month, one part of the exhibit holds books from the library collection on the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. For Black History Month, the exhibit focuses on literature about the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and the 1960 Sit-ins in Winston-Salem. During these Sit-ins, 12 students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State were arrested.... Continue reading “Black History Month exhibit” ›
Cristina Yu put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008 Cristina Yu and I put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008 Continue reading “Chinese New Year exhibit” ›
It’s not too late to catch the last few programs in ZSR’s Library Lecture Series. “Pietro Bembo’s History of Venice (1551)” Wednesday, March 5, 3:00 p.m., Library Room 204 Robert Ulery, Professor of Latin, Classical languages Based on his recent book, Professor Robert Ulery will speak on “Pietro Bembo’s History of Venice (1551).” Sociology of... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series” ›
Starting Sunday February 17, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be open overnight 5 nights a week. The library will open each Sunday at 10 a.m. and will not close until 7 p.m. the following Friday. Saturday hours, currently 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., will remain the same. The new schedule will remain in effect... Continue reading “Open all night 5 nights a week!” ›
Want to Help Your WFU Libraries at the Same Time? Lenovo offers discounts to the Wake Forest community (and their friends and family) on Lenovo’s entire product line including ThinkPad laptops. To take advantage of these special prices visit: WFU Lenovo Friends & Family. 5% of each sale goes directly to support your campus libraries:... Continue reading “Need a New Computer or Accessories?” ›
The Library hosted the semi-annual Get Game@ZSR Friday, January 25th from 7-11pm. This installment of Get Game was both an open game night and a Halo 3 tournament. Lynn Sutton, Susan Smith, Erik Mitchell, Tim Mitchell, Kevin Gilbertson, and Caroline Numbers (along with two very dedicated RTAs and John Vientos from Information Systems) were all... Continue reading “Get Game@ZSR” ›
On Tuesday, Dan Johnson, graduate student and new father, took time from his busy schedule to teach a Zotero workshop for the ZSR staff. Dan is such a fan of this product that he volunteered for this assignment! Having ditched EndNote, Dan uses Zotero exclusively to manage his thesis citations. A Firefox extension, Zotero is... Continue reading “An Introduction to Zotero” ›