News and more from ZSR Library
ZSR has received a wide variety of films recently that can be seen on our New Films page. I would like to suggest a number of these fascinating titles for your possible viewing pleasure; ones with which you might not be familiar. Documentary Features A Great Day in Harlem (1994). DVD 12376. The story of... Continue reading “Summer viewing recommendations from ZSR!” ›
Applications are now being accepted for 2014-15 Special Collections and Archives research grants. The Provost’s Grant for Library Research and the ZSR Travel Grants provide financial support for visiting researchers who wish to use Wake Forest’s manuscripts, rare books, or archival collections. Since its inception in 2009, the ZSR Special Collections and Archives grants program... Continue reading “Grant Funding Supports Research at ZSR Special Collections and Archives” ›
These Chinese literary works are among the 27,000 titles that will be preserved in the ZSR off-site facility. Libraries have an obligation to preserve the written record for the benefit of humanity. At ZSR, that obligation is most keenly felt in cases where a ZSR book is one of the last remaining extant copies. The... Continue reading “Protecting Rare Volumes by Moving to Storage” ›
Continuing in its ZSRx series of open, online courses for the Wake Forest community, the ZSR Library is excited to announce its newest course, ZSRx Tweets, a three-week guided exploration of Twitter, the popular social networking service. In this free course, Wake Forest Fellow Laura Chin will help you to get started with Twitter and... Continue reading “ZSRx Tweets” ›
L to R: Ryan Whittington, Christopher Earle, David Inczauskis, Rachel Cumbest On April 22, the ZSR Library hosted the fifth Annual Senior Showcase before a large crowd of students, faculty, staff and parents. The Showcase was proposed in late 2009 by a graduating Wake Forest senior who was impressed by his peers’ research, yet was... Continue reading “Senior Showcase 2014” ›
L to R: Michael Riley, Rogan Kersh, Andy Chan On March 20, the ZSR Library hosted a two-hour conversation entitled “The Big Disruption: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education.” Dean Lynn Sutton moderated the discussion featuring panelists Provost Rogan Kersh, WFU Vice President of Career Development Andy Chan and Michael Riley ’81, who is editor... Continue reading ““Big Disruption” Event Fills Pugh” ›
ZSR Library just bought three additional Archives Unbound collections. Each product contains small, targeted collections of primary-source documents. Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s Indian Trade in the Southeastern Spanish Borderlands: Papers of Panton, Leslie and Company Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life Artemis Primary Sources is a new way to search... Continue reading “Database News, May 2014” ›
Preservation Week is celebrated by libraries all over the country. Libraries present events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections. Preservation Week was created in 2010 because some 630 million items in collecting institutions require immediate attention and care. Many libraries have no... Continue reading “Preservation Week 2014” ›
This semester, I’ve been working with Dr. Sharon Raynor whose Writing 111 students have been using war letters from Special Collections for the past year. There couldn’t be a better advocate for including Special Collections materials in the classroom than Sharon Raynor. After hearing Tanya speak about our collections during New Faculty Orientation, Dr. Raynor... Continue reading “Writing 111 Exhibits in ZSR” ›
By Lauren Suffoletto When I began planning Friday Nights @ ZSR with several library colleagues, we knew that it would be an experiment. The series has promoted fun events after hours in the library throughout the spring semester. We knew that there was potential for the library to think outside the box, and bring new... Continue reading “Folk Night @ ZSR” ›