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ZSR takes the stewardship role of its book collection seriously. However, faculty engaged in long-term research projects may need books longer than the one-year checkout and one-year online renewal. Hauling all of your books back to the library for on-site renewal can be an onerous task. Therefore, to balance collection oversight with faculty convenience, the... Continue reading “ZSR Renews – In Your Office!” ›
On Thursday, August 29 eight women of the ZSR Library swung hammers, raised walls, and lugged lumber as part of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County’s Labor of Love Building Blitz. Two special builds took place during Labor of Love – the Hospice Healing Build and the Women Build – and this year the ZSR... Continue reading “ZSR at Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2013” ›
This time of year brings my annual recap of Capture the Flag @ ZSR, but this year is different! I’m recapping four different student events held in July and August. First, in July, we hosted the new student athletes, the Bridge students and numerous summer school students for our first Capture the Flag and Humans... Continue reading “Big Games at ZSR!” ›
The Z Smith Reynolds Library is continuing its textbook pilot program into a second year. The pilot began in the fall of 2012, as a result of a strategic initiative to help address the of the financial burden that textbook purchases place on students. Our textbook pilot, through an arrangement with the bookstore, enables us... Continue reading “The Textbook Collection continues, Fall 2013” ›
Each academic department and many interdisciplinary programs have an assigned library liaison. Your liaison strives to make your experience using library services as easy as possible. For faculty, this means Buying Materials. Each liaison manages the materials budget for their assigned departments. E-mail any specific book or video requests to your liaison, and they’ll see... Continue reading “Liaisons: Your Link to the Library” ›
Looking for something interesting to watch during your summer break? Take a look at these recent additions to our Film Collection! Barrymore: At the height of his remarkable career, John Barrymore was the most celebrated entertainer of his generation. The reigning king of both Broadway and Hollywood, his decline and fall from grace was the... Continue reading “New Films: Picks for Summer 2013” ›
It’s that time of year, when we (ideally) have more time to kick back and read for pleasure, rather than for a deadline. Here are some recommendations from those of us here at ZSR, as well as some links to new book lists from around the web. If you have recommendations of your own, please... Continue reading “Summer Reading 2013” ›
It is summer and time for the Asolare Art Foundation exhibits, which are always diverse and a real pleasure. The current exhibit, true to form, is a delightful one. It is entitled: “The Interlooking Eye” and features a group of self portraits in a wide variety of styles. An additional feature of this show is... Continue reading “The Interlooking Eye self-portrait art exhibit” ›
Over the course of the last few years, several publications that had lived in the Mandlebaum Room on the popular magazine shelves either ceased publication or were cancelled. That left us ten slots to fill with new titles. The Research and Instruction team looked at usage data for our current popular titles and print periodicals... Continue reading “New Popular Magazines In Mandlebaum Room” ›
In March and April, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library conducted a successful mini-MOOC (massive, open, online course) for 700 Wake Forest University parents and alumni. ZSRx: The Cure for the Common Web was designed as a free, open, online course for the external Wake Forest University community. The course engaged participants in a fun, collaborative,... Continue reading “ZSRx Mini-MOOC is a Great Success!” ›