News and more from ZSR Library
Nerds just wanna have fun, right? Right. Friday, September 9th at 7:30 pm the ZSR hosted the pilot program Find Your Nerd Herd. The menu: S’more roast The fun: Cornucopia of games generously donated by ZSR staff. Corn hole. A button maker, coloring pages, and letterpress stationery by Craig Fansler (stamps provided of course). The outcome: The surprise of the evening... Continue reading “Find Your Nerd Herd” ›
Renegade Ninja Cowgirls: Kelly Petersen and Millicent Greason Hand-painted signs in the exhibit After the 9/11 attacks, Kelly Petersen and Millicent Greason hand-painted thoughtful signs to positively influence the mood of our city. For months, following the attacks, these signs magically appeared every few weeks around Winston-Salem. I was one of those people positively affected... Continue reading “A Local Response to 9/11” ›
The Summer of 2016 found ZSR full of zombies! Starting with the “alumni edition” of Humans v Zombies (HvZ) where 220 alumni and their children, along with faculty and staff and their children in early June! Later in June ZSR hosted 100 students participating in the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute for Youth (BFTF)... Continue reading “A Summer of Zombies at ZSR!” ›
If you use MLA style, then you should know about the significant changes in the new MLA Handbook, Eighth edition and its approach to citing sources. MLA has shifted from a fixed set of rules to a system based on general principles to use with any type of source. ZSR librarians have created a local... Continue reading “Radical Changes to MLA Handbook Eighth Edition” ›
In addition to the MLA classes, ZSR will offer 13 weekday Zotero workshops this fall geared to faculty. In addition, encourage your students to attend one of six Zotero workshops on Sunday afternoons. Each Sunday session will be preceded by “The Right Way to Cite,” which will take students through the basics of both MLA... Continue reading “Fall Workshops for Faculty and Students” ›
Susan Southard, Book Talk and Signing: Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War. Friday, September 9, 3:30 p.m., ZSR Special Collections (Room 625, Reynolds Wing) Allan Louden, Political Ads in the Age of the Internet and Trump. Tuesday, September 13, 3 p.m., ZSR Library Auditorium (Room 404, Reynolds Wing) David Coates, America in the Shadow of Empires.... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series Fall 2016” ›
Please take a look at the improved, streamlined webpage for Course Reserves. Faculty may now add items to Course Reserves up to 60 days before classes begin. Also, check out the Course Reserves tool available in Sakai. After you set up your account and courses in Course Reserves, you can add the Course Reserves tool... Continue reading “Course Reserves Updates” ›
New & Enhanced Databases The Chronicle of Higher Education now allows domain access. You can create an account and password with your WFU or WakeHealth email address and bypass proxy or VPN authentication. Ancestry.com has billions of records of census data, vital records, directories, photos and more. It replaces Fold3. Dictionary of Old English A-G... Continue reading “Database News” ›
Looking for a great summer read? Check out these recommendations from ZSR librarians and staff members! For additional recommendations, check out our Goodreads bookshelves or consider one of the suggested titles from the University’s summer academic program, Project Wake: Citizenship (listed below)! Seraphina by Rachel Hartman – This is a captivating story with intricate characters, many of whom... Continue reading “ZSR Summer Reading” ›
In the last few days, there have been some newsworthy examples of Famous People having their social media accounts hacked. The Twitter account for actor Jack Black’s band Tenacious D was taken over and posted fake reports that Black had died (not true). The Twitter account for model and reality TV star Kylie Jenner was... Continue reading “Jack Black, Kylie Jenner, and Mark Zuckerberg Remind You to Change Your Passwords” ›