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We upgraded to ILLiad 8 several months ago. ILLiad 8 boasts potential and possibilities for add-ons that can make ILL operations easier, such as searching the online catalog directly from the ILLiad client. When I realized that the default Voyager add-on that ILLiad created does not search the Vufind catalog and it does key word... Continue reading “VuFind Addon for ILLiad” ›
On Thursday, July 29, we were lucky to have two special visitors from the University of Portsmouth in the UK: art professors Claire Sambrook and Maureen O’Neill, creators of the Visual Libraries project. Claire and Maureen obtained a grant to visit us here in Winston-Salem to check on the status of the Leave Your Mark... Continue reading “Community art from the UK to Forsyth County” ›
(From Bobbie) Giz and I met with 26 LENS (Learn, Experience, Navigate, Solve) students on Tuesday, July 13 to introduce them to library resources and on Wednesday, July 14 to assist them with narrowing their topic to a research question and using PowerPoint. To kick off Tuesday afternoon’s activities, students participated in a scavenger hunt.... Continue reading “LENS@WFU” ›
Each summer for the past few years, ZSR has been blessed to host a series of small art exhibits from the Asolare Fine Arts Foundation. This organization has no agenda other than supporting art and artists in our area. This summer, the first installment of work includes paintings by a married couple: Alex Clark and... Continue reading “Asolare Art Exhibit” ›
The LENS summer program is drawing 26 students from several states including Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. These students are on campus to research and study the topic of sustainability. As part of their educational experience, these students will be taking trips to local farms, food markets, and water resources to gain... Continue reading “LENS students tackle sustainability” ›
For the month of July, we have a guest post by Steve Jarrett of Wake Forest University’s Communication Department. His course, Nightmare Cinema, will be offered in the fall semester. Although Hollywood can be bountifully munificent toward those who bask in its glory, it can be, and has been, equally brutal to those whose careers... Continue reading “Films of James Whale” ›
A decade ago, the Z Smith Reynolds Library began sending older, lesser-used print journal volumes to off-site storage. In 2000, the first shipments contained volumes older than 1990. Since then, the serials landscape has changed substantially. A high percentage of the journals acquired by ZSR are now electronic, many of them electronic-only. More and more... Continue reading “Plans to Begin Moving Additional ZSR Journal Volumes to Off-Site Storage” ›
Two new tools for accessing scientific information are now available to patrons. Last spring, Carol, Derrik and I attended a demo of Pubget, which is a free third-party search engine for accessing PDFs of journal articles in the life sciences including PubMed/MEDLINE. WFU has been activated on Pubget, and the unique feature of Pubget is... Continue reading “New Scientific Tools: Pubget and the Neuroscience Information Framework” ›
This month’s film is T.A.M.I. Show: Teenage Awards Music International, Collector’s Edition. The T.A.M.I. Show was recorded at concerts held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29. The resulting film is arguably the first concert movie of the rock era. It has not been available for public viewing due to copyright... Continue reading “T.A.M.I. Show” ›
In our exploration of new and trendy technology, ZSR decided to purchase a GPS unit to be made available for checkout. The model we decided on was a Magellan eXplorist GC, hoping to be able to partner with other campus departments, such as Campus Recreation, in an attempt to provide new and interesting services to... Continue reading “Geocaching, ZSR Style” ›