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If you are working on a research paper or project this semester and would like a bit of help from one of the research experts at the ZSR Library, here’s your chance. We are holding three drop-in research help sessions during the end of the semester paper-writing season in ZSR Library classroom 476: Sunday, April... Continue reading “Sources, Citations and Cookies!” ›
During spring break, The Office of Service and Social Action in Campus Life offers a program known as Wake Alternative Break (WAB). This program provides a number of service trips, both domestic and international. (See this WFU news story to learn about the most recent WAB trips.) Over the past few months, a group of... Continue reading “ZSR Hosts Staycation” ›
Back in the Fall of 2013 (when we were all young and innocent), a young librarian named Billy was approached by a nice library dean and asked if he wanted to conduct a MOOC of his own. He agreed, under one condition: pro humanitate. As such, our (normally shy) hero enjoyed complete autonomy and/or academic... Continue reading “ZSRx Digital Publishing: The Reckoning” ›
My experience as the Wake Forest Fellow at ZSR Library this year has been phenomenal. I have loved every opportunity to work on library events, student outreach, and fundraising initiatives. While it would be difficult for me to pick a favorite, the most memorable moment of the year occurred on Friday evening, February 28th in... Continue reading “An Enchanted Evening: The Dean’s List Gala” ›
Welcome to the Business Information Commons at Farrell Hall! Since July 1, 2013, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library has become the source of library operations and services to the combined School of Business. The Info Commons is a digital library of the future, with no traditional print books or journals. However, the entire collection of... Continue reading “Welcome!” ›
Contact Mary Scanlon 758-4303 scanlomg@wfu.edu 251C Farrell Hall Mary G. Scanlon is the Research and Instruction Librarian for Business & Economics at Wake Forest University. She earned her M.B.A at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and her M.L.I.S at Kent State University. Before coming to Wake Forest, she held a... Continue reading “Meet Mary Scanlon” ›
Contact Bob Hebert 758-4567 hebertb@wfu.edu 251F Farrell Hall Bob Hebert has been assisting Wake Forest graduate business students and faculty with their research since arriving at the University in October 1992. Until the opening of Farrell Hall, Bob worked in the Professional Center Library for Law & Management in the Worrell Professional Center. Bob is... Continue reading “Meet Bob Hebert” ›
The Business Information Commons is both the physical and the virtual home of business information in Farrell Hall. The physical space provides a comfortable, library-like atmosphere for individual study. The website of the Info Commons provides access to numerous business databases and several special services. The Info Commons is also home to business librarians Mary... Continue reading “Library Resources and Services for Business Faculty and Students” ›
Moving my office to Farrell Hall has had many benefits, but chief among them has been the casual interactions I now have with students and faculty due to proximity. The increased frequency of such meetings has led to a corresponding increase in more formal interactions. I would like to highlight three projects I worked on... Continue reading “Supporting Student Research in the WFU School of Business” ›
During the spring semester, 15 second-year MBA students are participating in a book club led by Professor of Management Ram Baliga. Professor Baliga and the students are using Kindle Fire tablet computers, each loaded with copies of eight notable, current business books selected by Professor Baliga. The ZSR Library has loaned the Kindles and Kindle... Continue reading “MBA Students Use ZSR Library Kindles for Spring Book Club” ›