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Book Covers and More! Have you noticed something different in our catalog records lately? Book cover images are just the beginning. Click on the “more information on this title” link and you might find Summaries & annotations First chapter & excerpts Book reviews from Library Journal and Choice Cover images and other special features are... Continue reading “Coming to a Catalog Near You…” ›
Join us the week of June 11th for a series of Faculty Technology Training Classes. We will have something for everyone. Sessions will range from multimedia classes on topics such as “Using Windows MovieMaker to Edit your Digital Movies” to Technology Talks on topics like “Open Source and Free Alternatives to Common Software you need... Continue reading “Faculty Technology Training is Year Round” ›
On April 12, 2007, the ZSR Library honored Maya Angelou for her gift of the papers from her films. These manuscripts, photos, personal notes, playbills, etc. are a huge and valuable collection that will assist researchers in the future. On April 12, 2007, the ZSR Library honored Maya Angelou for her gift of the papers... Continue reading “Maya Angelou’s Writings Exhibit” ›
On Friday, February 9th from 7-11pm, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted its fourth Get Game@ZSR event. This open video game night drew a good crowd of students along with some University faculty and staff and their kids. It was our largest group thus far. We tried some new marketing tactics and the new game... Continue reading “Get Game @ ZSR” ›
March is Womens’ History Month! The 2007 Womens’ History Month exhibit focuses on North Carolina women- artists and writers. Continue reading “Womens’ History Month 2007” ›
“Wake the Library” Graffiti Wall “Wake the Library makes exams my favorite time of year” was the high praise that came to us from a student during ZSR‘s second all-night study period during exams. Library staff volunteers stayed up for five nights and fed students pizza and coffee. A graffiti board was added to the... Continue reading “Second Successful Wake the Library Event” ›
Flow House in Vienna If you are teaching a course or conducting research abroad, you and your students can benefit from the new ZSR Abroad portal page. Gathered together in one convenient location are the key library services and resources you’ll need while abroad. Need to put something on reserve for a course? Course reserves... Continue reading “ZSR Abroad” ›
Using the idea of a “tag cloud” from social software web sites, I singled out terminology I found in the index of Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings. These terms, in a visible way said very much about the content of the Civil Rights Movement, and made the backdrop for the Black History Month exhibit in... Continue reading “Black History Month” ›
Walter Matthau in “Awake and Sing!” courtesy of Theatre in Video Featured Changes C19: The Nineteenth Century Index searches the following sources simultaneously: Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, American Periodicals Series, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, ArchivesUSA, and Palmer’s Index to the Times. Digital National... Continue reading “New Electronic Resources” ›
Drs. Tedford, Wilson, and Sligh during their Banned Books readings in the fall ZSR‘s Spring Lecture Series is in full swing. Come hear your colleagues or volunteer to give your own talk. Upcoming speakers include: Tony Parent: Rebels in the Reel (Real): Hearing the Rebellious Message in Slave Corn-husking Songs, February 7, 3:00 pm, Library... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series” ›