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For those who are interested, here are some more data that focus on the location and date distribution of matched titles. Distribution of publication dates Distribution of location of matched books location_name count(location_name) Cambria Press 1 Director’s Office 1 Docs Librarian’s Office 1 ER Librarian’s Office 1 ITC Collection 1 Philosophy 1 Romance 1 TLC... Continue reading “More on HathiTrust overlap” ›
Since ZSR library started looking at the HathiTrust as a potential source of out-of-copyright electronic texts people have been asking ‘how does our collection compare to HT?’ The short answer is (based on comparison of valid OCLC numbers) 366,800 out of 8.5 Million titles, or about 29% of our collection, slightly less than was recently... Continue reading “How much overlap do we have with the HathiTrust?” ›
The technology department has implemented the latest version of VuFind (VuFind 1.1) which is an upgraded version of our current VuFind (VuFind 1.0RC2). Although there were important back-end enhancements to VuFind 1.1, this blog post is going to discuss some of the new improvements that impact the front-end of the application. The new features include... Continue reading “New implementation of VuFind (VuFind 1.1)” ›
On the evening of Monday, May 2nd, Wanda, Prentice, Angela and I were on deck to serve 325 Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, bananas, grapes and water to our students! We arrived at 11pm only to be reminded that “Wake The Library” is such a well-planned event that there was little to do prior to the food arriving.... Continue reading “Monday Night’s “Wake The Library”” ›
Across from the circulation desk is a student art installation , the brain child of a grad student from Divinity who belongs to a student group called Mosaic, and an undergrad who is an art student and an intern with Sustainability. In the spirit of collaboration, Shannon Axtell and De’Noia Woods got together and brought... Continue reading “Art installation promotes sustainability” ›
This is Preservation Week. April 24-30 is designated by the American Library Association as Preservation Week. The idea of having Preservation Week is to call attention to the value and care for our cultural resources. Many institutions have crumbling collections with no plan or resources to care for them. The week gives everyone an opportunity... Continue reading “Preservation Week” ›
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is pleased to announce selections for the second annual Senior Showcase program recognizing exemplary senior research theses and projects completed by Wake Forest undergraduates in their final year. Five students have been selected to present their research on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 3pm in the Allen Mandelbaum Reading Room,... Continue reading “2nd Annual Senior Showcase” ›
This semester we have been implementing a new approach to student technology training workshops at ZSR. I’ve been teaching two student assistants, one who has worked for me for four years and one who has worked for me for the last year, how to lead technology workshops for students. We team taught the workshops at... Continue reading “Peer to Peer Student Technology Training Workshops at ZSR (and DDA)” ›
I started to simply send this link to Lib-l, but decided to do a quick Gaz post instead! I recently saw a great video on Cnet Crave that gives a quick overview of using Overdrive to access books from your public library. I thought it might be of interest, especially to those of us who... Continue reading “Using Overdrive to Access Books from Your Public Library” ›
On Monday, March 28th, at the request of one of the Resident Advisers, Leigh Vogedes, Librarians from ZSR took ThinkPads to the lobby of the Babcock Residence and answered a variety of Reference questions from students as they passed. Ellen Daugman and I worked together from 1-2pm and then I covered the desk from 2-4pm.... Continue reading “Have ThinkPad, Will Travel” ›