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Link to ZSR’s Anti-Racist Pedagogy Research Guide Some context In Spring 2021, I completed an instruction internship at ZSR as my capstone field experience for UNC Greensboro’s Library & Information Science master’s program. Creating an antiracist pedagogy research guide was one of the capstone goals I set with my site supervisor, Amanda Kaufman, ZSR’s Learning... Continue reading “Introducing ZSR’s Anti-Racist Pedagogy Research Guide” ›
Exam week is just around the corner! To support and motivate our students during this stressful time, we’re asking University community members to share their favorite quotes and words of encouragement. Your words of encouragement will be displayed throughout ZSR Library and shared with students during exam week. Thank you for supporting our students! Go... Continue reading “Share Words of Encouragement for Finals Week!” ›
ZSR Library invites all Wake Forest faculty teaching divisionals, first year seminars, and introductory writing courses to join us in a 3-day workshop on advancing the information literacy skills of students taking introductory courses. Faculty who would like to further develop or engage with information literacy concepts or skills in their courses are encouraged to... Continue reading “Call for Applications: Faculty Workshop on Integrating Information Literacy Skills in Introductory Courses” ›
Spring has sprung! And last Thursday afternoon, amid the budding campus landscape, we met to welcome a new cohort of ZSR Library Ambassadors. This was a very special moment, as it was the first time since moving to virtual meetings and programs last spring that we were able to congregate in person (in accordance with... Continue reading “New Ambassadors Meet & Greet” ›
Ryan Ramsey, ‘03, was our Wake connection when the University awarded Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and African American to be Librarian of Congress, an honorary doctorate. Join us On April 15th at 4:00 PM in a conversation with Ryan and ZSR Ambassador Rebecca Walker, as we learn about Ryan’s journey from Wake Forest... Continue reading “A Conversation with Ryan Ramsey, ‘03 Chief of Staff, Library of Congress” ›
Sometime in the year 2017, a slightly younger me came to join the Wake Forest community for the first time. In true Work Forest fashion, much of my time was spent at the ZSR. The library gave me a place to meet and bond with my first friends as freshmen, and sometimes we would get... Continue reading “Guest Post from ZSR Ambassador, Kendall John” ›
In the Fall of 2018, the ZSR Library began partnering with the Graduate School and Graduate Programs in Biomedical Science to offer graduate students a “Thesis Boot Camp” and in the Spring of each year since then, we’ve also offered a “Shut Up and Write” session over Spring Break! We held our 2020 “Shut Up... Continue reading “Graduate Student Thesis Research Retreat-Spring ’21” ›
During times of more restricted access where COVID protocols impact library operations and access, there are still many ways you can get help from the library. Requests & Pickup Request items from the library catalog. They will be pulled and put in the smart lockers, in the 24/7 room at the front of the library... Continue reading “ZSR Services Available During Restricted Access” ›
A few days before Ellen Makaravage’s retirement on January 29th, the Communications Committee thought we would ask her 5(ish) questions about her years at ZSR! 1. What brought you to Wake Forest University? My husband, Jim, was transferred to Winston-Salem with Piedmont Airlines in 1987. Less than a month later, it became US Air. I... Continue reading “5(ish) Questions with Ellen Makaravage” ›
In tumultuous times, especially with social media so full of mis- and disinformation, people often lament about how they don’t even know where to go or how to get news and information they can trust. This is doubly true when social media and news websites are so full of clickbait headlines and outrage in the comments... Continue reading “News You Can Trust: ZSR Resources for Getting News Straight to Your Inbox” ›