The 20th Anniverary of the Wilson Wing of the ZSR Library
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The 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible
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Welcoming New Graduate Students
August is the season for orientations, and for the second year running, I was invited to participate in two graduate student orientation sessions. The first took place earlier this month on the Bowman Gray Campus (BGC), where I spoke to approximately 65 new students. If you didn’t already know, Wake Forest’s Graduate School of Arts... Continue reading “Welcoming New Graduate Students” ›
Presenting at the WFU Writing Program Faculty Retreat
On Thursday, August 18th, I had the opportunity to talk with the WFU Writing Program Faculty as part of their two-day workshop/retreat. Prior to my presentation I was able to sit in on a discussion with eight of the writing program faculty and five faculty from various disciplines to discuss writing issues. The issues discussed... Continue reading “Presenting at the WFU Writing Program Faculty Retreat” ›
Humans vs. Zombies
With the popularity of our Capture the Flag game, we’ve added a new event for the second Friday of the semester! Join us for a game of Humans vs. Zombies in the ZSR Library! We will use Nerf Dart Blasters to ward off the Zombies in ZSR! Come battle the undead with us on Friday,... Continue reading “Humans vs. Zombies” ›
Capture the Flag, Fall 2011
Friday. September 2. 9PM. ZSR Library. Capture the Flag returns! Be there. Continue reading “Capture the Flag, Fall 2011” ›
Update on Current Periodicals
Since 2009, I have been managing the Current Periodicals collection in the Reference Dept. Over the summer, I led the planning and shifting of the Current Periodicals collection in addition to making enough space for business print periodicals, which will be moved over from the Professional Center Library. I worked with Chris Burris, Bob Hebert,... Continue reading “Update on Current Periodicals” ›
August Web Committee Update
Since there is so much happening throughout the building, the web committee thought it would be nice to share monthly updates about what we’re doing. This month, there are three big projects on the table: Summon, getting user feedback, and new parts of the website. As we know, ZSR is adopting Summon. This search interface... Continue reading “August Web Committee Update” ›
ZSR Zephyrs Compete in 2011 Staff Summer Olympics
ZSR Zephyrs 2011: Erik Mitchell (doing his farewell tour), Gretchen Edwards (bringing a new generation of spirit to the team), Rebecca Petersen (a new speed rival to Erik), Susan Smith (oldest Zephyr around), Mary Beth Lock (major cheerleader and team Pollyanna about our weekly chances at winning), and Barry Davis (sport photographer and voted most... Continue reading “ZSR Zephyrs Compete in 2011 Staff Summer Olympics” ›
Light @ the End of the Gov Docs Tunnel (almost)
Those of you with really great hearing might have heard me breathe a heavy sigh of relief this past Thursday when we dropped off the 23 boxes of Gov Docs at the UNC library. The delivery represented the end (more or less) of the VERY long Gov Doc weeding process that began back in 2004.... Continue reading “Light @ the End of the Gov Docs Tunnel (almost)” ›