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ZSR Special Collections holds many of the printed works of The Cuala Press. This exhibit by Carolyn Jones, tells the story of how the sisters of well known Irish writer, William Butler Yeats created this uniquely Irish press. The two sisters, Susan Mary Yeats and Elizabeth Corbet Yeats – known as Lily and Lolly created... Continue reading “The Cuala Press and the Yeats Sisters” ›
We like to think that ZSR has special powers…like helping students with research, having a great collection of films and many other scholarly assets. We like to call it-The Power of Z! Check us out! Continue reading “The Power of “Z”” ›
Each year, The Secrest Series brings great music to Wake Forest. this exhibit shows the schedule for 2010-2011 Continue reading “Secrest Series exhibit” ›
As part of the Voices in Our Time series, famed legal author, John Grisham is speaking at Wake Forest’s Wait Chapel on September 14th at 4pm. Continue reading “John Grisham” ›
Guest post by Jermyn M. Davis (’10) Class of 2014, Welcome to Wake Forest. As one of Wake Forest’s newest alumni, I know you have chosen the right place to spend your next four years. During your time here, seek new ways to challenge yourself and make the most of each opportunity. Most importantly, your... Continue reading “Find a place on campus and make it your own.” ›
Earlier this month, ZSR’s Twitter account was born! Chris Burris has been updating regularly about events, resources, and announcements. We already have fourteen followers after just twelve days of tweeting! I took a look at a post from 2009 that attempted to list all the libraries on Twitter, and found a few university libraries that... Continue reading “The Web Committee checks out Twitter” ›
On Tuesday Aug 17, the Bridge opens our new Digital Media Lab. The lab, funded and managed by the ZSR library, Office of Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and the Chambers family fund, provides an environment where students, faculty and staff can explore new digital media and technologies. The lab contains 7 Mac Mini desktop machines, five... Continue reading “Launch of new Digital Media Lab” ›
We are spreading the word about the four iPads (which will grow to well over a dozen in October!) the Flip cameras, the Kindle, Nook and Sony reader, the pocket projector and more that are all available for checkout at the Bridge in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library! Events like the RA Resource Fair, Campus... Continue reading “Spreading the Word about New Equipment for Checkout at ZSR!” ›
Asolare Art Foundation installed an exhibit of children’s art in August, 2010. Continue reading “Asolare Art- Children’s Art exhibit” ›
This past week, Mary Beth Lock, Mary Reeves, Steve Jarrett and myself made the quick jaunt down I40 to visit the newly completed auditorium/viewing room at Elon University’s College of Communication. Colleagues at Elon were kind enough to let us take a look at their facility so that we could get a mental image of... Continue reading “ZSR Visits Elon U. and its new Auditorium” ›