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Banned Books Week exhibit – September 2006-featuring the top 10 banned books from the past year. Each year, during the last week of September, the American Library Association (ALA) celebrates Banned Books Week. This is an opportunity to see what books have been banned or censored in various communities across the US, and why. This... Continue reading “Banned Books Week exhibit, 2006” ›
Filippo Brunelleschi: The Man, His Machines and His Dome-This exhibit, accompanied by a ThinkPad playing a video on The Medici, described Brunelleschi’s efforts to build a dome on top of a church in Florence. During this time, the knowledge on how to engineer such an undertaking was all but lost. This exhibit began as a... Continue reading “Filippo Brunelleschi: The Man, His Machines and His Dome” ›
Dr. Harold Tedford lent the library his collection of Mona Lisa “knock offs” and ephemera for an exhibit. These include cars, jewelry, books, etc. The exhibit was very well recieved by everyone. Dr. Harold Tedford lent the library his collection of Mona Lisa “knock offs” and ephemera for an exhibit. These include cars, jewelry, books,... Continue reading “Mona Lisa Emphemera Exhibit” ›
Secrest Series 2006-2007. this exhibit highlighted all the music performing artists coming to Wake Forest this season. The Secrest Series brings internationally known artists to our campus. The Secrest Artist Series was endowed in 1987 by Marion Secrest, a local performing arts patron, in honor of her deceased husband, Willis Secrest. The best of established... Continue reading “Secrest Series” ›
24 Hour Finals Week a Huge Success ZSR tried an experiment this semester by keeping the entire Library open 24 hours during final exams. It was judged a huge success by students who appreciated the study space and the food that was provided. Donations were received by a number of departments and offices on campus... Continue reading “Wake the Library!” ›
The University has announced that 10% of all contributions received under the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence will be earmarked to the Z. Smith Reynolds Library in support of faculty information needs. Faculty library representatives have been invited to submit one-time mini-grant requests to the Library in areas of greatest need. Continue reading “Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence” ›
Sincere thanks go to all faculty members who completed the recent LibQUAL+TM survey on library satisfaction. We participate in this national survey every other year in order to gain feedback on our services, as well as to compare our performance to peer academic libraries. We will get this year’s results in June and will immediately... Continue reading “LibQUAL+TM Survey Completed” ›
In February, 2006, poet Harryette Mullen gave a reading at Wake Forest. This exhibit publicized the event and her writings. Continue reading “Poet Harryette Mullen” ›
This exhibit was produced in February, 2006. It focused on black literature and art, as well as, famous voices. Continue reading “Black History Month 2006” ›
Google’s launch of the Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) service generated a lot of buzz – most of it negative – in the library and academic communities. Journals, listservs, and conferences echoed the cries that a FREE search engine would never equal our more complicated (and expensive) databases in scholarliness or usefulness. Now that 18 months have... Continue reading “Do No Evil with Google Scholar” ›