News and more from ZSR Library
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be holding a student focus group about our website on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 3PM to 4PM. We want to ask you a few questions about the new look and evaluate the usefulness of the design changes. If you have a few minutes, we would appreciate your help.... Continue reading “Website Focus Group” ›
In February, I received a request asking for library staff to provide tours for 80 students. The students are participating in the Project Launch Program. For several years now, I have had the privilege of working with this group to coordinate tours. The students are seventh graders from Paisley IB Magnet School, and they are... Continue reading “Annual spring event showcases ZSR” ›
Folksonomies allow users to classify and annotate the wealth of online content. How might this affect your research and collaboration? Continue reading “Tagging for Organization” ›
Shan Woolard from Career Services worked with me to put some books in an exhibit about careers. This is very timely with graduation looming and students preoccupied with ‘what’s next.’ Continue reading “Career Services Exhibit” ›
As you can see, we have updated the look of the library website. We’ve moved some things around and added a few things to the home page but, overall, it should be familiar. So what’s next? Well, first, we want to know what you think of the new look. Like it? Dislike it? Easier to... Continue reading “A new look for the website” ›
On February 26, a request for a library tour/class came in via our library instructional request form on the library homepage. One of the teachers at First Assembly Christian School requested a session for his students on March 10. His students are writing a research paper on a modern US historical event. I have worked... Continue reading “Getting a Head Start on Library Research” ›
Video is popular. Online video consumption is on the rise, and continues to gain popularity. How might this impact your academic life? Continue reading “Finding and Using Academic Videos for Your Class” ›
Each semester I’ve taught LIB100, I try to find a broad,general topic for the class to work from. I like a topic that will have sufficient research that each group can find lots of good material for their group exhibits. Spring 2010 led me to using “Global Warming and Climate Change” as this general topic.... Continue reading “LIB100 Spring 2010 Exhibits cover Global Warming and Climate Change” ›
For the month of March, an exhibit of books on women’s issues has been assembled in honor of Women’s History Month. Continue reading “March is Women’s History Month” ›
Today Christina, JP, Erik, Carol C., Heather and Elise gathered to test the new Vufind RC2 on Amazon EC2 (go cloud!). The system performed admirably & included some nice new features that were not in RC1. For example, in RC2 you have the ability to let your facet limits persist across multiple searches. Searching was... Continue reading “Vufind RC2, Amazon EC2 Rocks(2)” ›