News and more from ZSR Library
On Wednesday, January 22nd, I attended an ASERL webinar led by Cable Green on “CreativeCommons: Open Education, Open Access, and Librarians.” I am a huge fan of Creative Commons, I always have a CC sticker on my laptop! This was a great review of the organization and the licenses, but I also learned about many... Continue reading “ASERL Webinar: “Creative Commons: Open Education, Open Access, and Librarians”” ›
In February, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library will offer a free, open, online course called ZSRx: Digital Publishing. This informal, three-week course will explore the “past, present and future perfect tenses” of e-books, self-publishing and the digital publishing landscape. Anyone interested in the intersection of books, technology and commerce will surely find this a fascinating... Continue reading “ZSRx Offers Online Course on Digital Publishing” ›
For the past two years, the ZSR Library has offered two class packs of tablets, each consisting of five Apple iPads. These iPads have already been successfully used for a variety of projects, often outside of the classroom. The library just added a third class pack of 20 Kindle Fire HDs. These Kindles use “whispercast”... Continue reading “Tablet Class Packs” ›
Winners of the 2013 Senior Showcase (L to R): Liu Cheng, Music; Alexander Pronko, Biology; Lani Domagalski, Politics & International Affairs; Jonathan Barker, Philosophy. On April 22, ZSR will host the fifth annual Senior Showcase to celebrate outstanding research and artistic theses or projects completed by Wake Forest undergraduates. Since 2010, the Showcase has featured... Continue reading “Senior Showcase 2014” ›
The ZSR Library Lecture Series will resume on Thursday, January 23, at 3 p.m. with Nancy Aguillon ’13. She received the WFU/WSSU Martin Luther King, Jr. “Building the Dream” Award in 2013. Two lectures are scheduled for February. Student Government President Jacqueline Sutherland and Blythe Riggan (The Nyanya Project) will speak on their experiences in... Continue reading “Spring 2014 ZSR Library Lecture Series” ›
Zotero: Introduction to Collecting, Managing and Citing Your Research Sources: Interested in an easy-yet-powerful alternative to EndNote for managing your citations? Come to a Zotero workshop. Using BrowZine to Browse Scholarly Journals: Want to browse journals in your discipline on that new iPad, Android, Kindle Fire HD or other tablet? Register for a BrowZine workshop... Continue reading “Upcoming Workshops @ ZSR” ›
New Databases New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics: A searchable database containing the full text of the 2008 New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, plus ongoing quarterly updates. InfoTrac Newsstand: Full-text access to more than 1,100 newspapers, including the New York Times (1985-present). Also includes selective coverage of the Winston-Salem Journal (1997 to June 2011) and other... Continue reading “Database News” ›
Recently, I have been working with Phoebe Zerwick to install an exhibit called “The Story of My Life” which Phoebe created along with photographer Christine Rucker and journalist Michelle Johnson. The exhibit follows the lives of six adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, telling their stories through photographs, written and spoken word, and various visual... Continue reading “The Story of My Life Exhibit” ›
As 2013 draws to a close, it’s customary to see “Best of _____” lists for every category to appear. We wanted to share ten lists of the “Best Books of 2013” with you, and maybe you’ll find a few that will spark interest with your own favorite authors, genres and styles. The New York Times... Continue reading “Ten Lists of the Best Books of 2013” ›
ZSR is a building full of avid readers and you can often catch ZSR library faculty and staff chatting about books before meetings, at parties, during lunch, in our sleep 🙂 In an effort to extend those conversations to the wider world, ZSR has launched our own account on Goodreads, the social reading site, where... Continue reading “Read with ZSR on Goodreads!” ›