News and more from ZSR Library
This fall marks the 20th anniversary of the Wilson Wing. ZSR will celebrate with a week of commemorative activities in October. Enjoy birthday cake in the Atrium on Tuesday, October 11. On Wednesday, October 12, bring your favorite book and model for your very own READ poster. On Friday, October 14 at 3:30 p.m., a... Continue reading “Wilson Wing 20th Anniversary Celebration Week” ›
The library will host workshops this fall on: EndNote for managing research. JumpStart Search, a new research tool. Zotero, a basic, open-source citation manager. Using Google Docs and Google Sites for collaboration. Creating and editing digital video. View these and other events! Additionally, find supporting documentation for Zotero, EndNote and Google, as well as many... Continue reading “Upcoming Technology Workshops” ›
Do you wish your students would turn in well-researched, perfectly cited papers? Then invite a librarian to your class! Library instruction sessions can be as short as a five-minute advertisement for the Personal Research Session service or as long as a multi-day, in-depth, intensive research program. Librarians can explain research strategies and introduce useful reference... Continue reading “Want Better Student Projects? Come in for Library Instruction!” ›
Copyright law, as it applies to and impacts higher education, currently faces increased scrutiny and challenges from multiple directions. As many campuses quieted for the summer months, copyright discussions heated up, fueled by a lawsuit filed by video producers against UCLA, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal’s discouraging verdict on the first sale doctrine, which... Continue reading “Copyright on Trial” ›
Streaming Media The ZSR Library has added access to hundreds of documentary films, counseling instructional videos, and opera productions, for streaming over the Internet to your computer. These video collections also allow you to create playlists and short clips to share with other users or for classroom use. Another streaming video collection, the PBS Video... Continue reading “Database News” ›
On Friday, September 9th, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted a screening of the film “Zombieland” (courtesy of SAF funds) from 7-8:30pm and then three games of Humans V. Zombies from 9-11pm! Thirty students attended the movie, and eighty students attended the first game of Humans V. Zombies. As usual, it was a team effort... Continue reading “Humans V. Zombies @ ZSR!” ›
Last Friday a number of us got together to poke around in Summon with an eye for how to teach it to our students. Here are some of the things we found: Giz and Bobbie have already taught it! They had some practical experiences to share. So far students and professors seem to like it.... Continue reading “Exploring Summon” ›
Our third Capture the Flag@ZSR event on Friday, September 2nd, was our biggest event to date with around 150 students attending the event! The participants piled into ZSR at 9pm sharp and immediately went through 14 pizzas in about 5 minutes, courtesy of Campus Life and Meghan Haenn, and were ready to get started! Based... Continue reading “Capture the Flag@ZSR, Take Three!” ›
We’re about to embark on another round of Teaching Teaching, the series of workshops on teaching that Roz and I put together in 2008/2009 for librarians interested in spending time on developing their teaching. We’ve had some new folks join us and we’ve had some folks who have been here for some time request we... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching Take 3!” ›
We’re about to embark on another round of Teaching Teaching at Wake Forest University. We’ve had some new folks join us and we’ve had some folks who have been here for some time request we do the series again, so it seemed that it was time to reinstitute it. This class will follow the same... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching take 3!” ›