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LeVar Burton, actor and activist, will give a presentation at Wait Chapel on Wake Forest University January 21, 2008. Burton is well known for his role as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 series Roots. He also acted a prominent role in Star Trek-The Next Generation and the PBS series, Reading Rainbow. Burton will give a... Continue reading “LeVar Burton exhibit” ›
New 46″ Sharp LCD Monitor and TV in ITC Screening Room With classroom, meeting room and group study space at a premium in the library, we have been slowly trying to upfit the ITC screening room so it can offer flexibility for a variety of uses. Last year we replaced the furniture but weren’t funded... Continue reading “ITC Updates Equipment and Adds A Public TV” ›
Social Stratification in the Deep South: 2007 Participants On the Road in the Deep South ZSR Director Lynn Sutton and Head of Information Technology Susan Smith accompanied Sociology professors Earl Smith and Angela Hattery on their two-week summer course called “Social Stratification in the Deep South.” The class traveled throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi while... Continue reading “Embedded Librarians” ›
On Thursday, the reference department initiated service via txt messaging. By doing so, we’ve joined a small handful of academic libraries making this format available to patrons. In order to txt the reference desk, patrons should dial 265010, enter our IM screen name “askzaklive” followed by their question and press enter. The question will arrive... Continue reading “cn i hlp u? The reference desk initiates text messaging service.” ›
We have just initiated a brand new service: text messaging reference service! Got a question? Need help with research? Text us! How to Send a Text Message to Us Our number is 265010 Type askzaklive and send your message! Let us know what you think! Continue reading “New Text Messaging Reference Service!” ›
ZSR Library is sponsoring a second round of Presidential Trust grants to fund one-time special purchases and collection development projects. Grants are particularly useful for new faculty who work in areas of research that are new to this campus. Last year, the Library received 29 proposals and awarded just over $50,000 in grants. The grants... Continue reading “Apply for a Presidential Trust Collection Development Grant” ›
ZSR Library will launch its fall 2007 lecture series with an observance of “Banned Books Week.” Banned Books Week is a nationwide, annual event to promote free expression that is sponsored by libraries, booksellers, publishers and writers. Charles Sligh, visiting assistant professor of English, and Jessica Richard, assistant professor of English, will read passages from... Continue reading “Fall 2007 Library Lecture Series” ›
Faculty Technology Training Classes this semester range from technology sessions on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Microsoft OneNote to training classes on EndNote, MovieMaker and creating your own WFU Home Page. In addition to classes, ZSR Library also offers Tech Talks on a variety of emerging technologies. Register online for these and other faculty classes. Continue reading “Faculty Technology Training Classes” ›
The ZSR Library has just completed an audit to discover additional ways we can protect our users’ privacy. We agree with the American Library Association that privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free expression.Lack of privacy and confidentiality chills users’ choices, thereby suppressing access to ideas.We are considering changes... Continue reading “We Care About Your Privacy” ›
On Friday, September 21st from 7-11pm, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted its fifth Get Game@ZSR event. This open video game night drew a good crowd of 32 students, along with five University staff and guests. Once again, we held the event in the atrium. We had five screens and projectors in the atrium, one... Continue reading “Get Game @ ZSR-The Fifth Time is the Charm” ›