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President Jimmy Carter and writer Maya Angelou will speak at the Southeast regional gathering of the New Baptist Covenant April 24 and 25 at Wake Forest University. Angelou, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest, will deliver the opening address. Carter will give the closing address. Continue reading “Jimmy Carter and Maya Angelou exhibits” ›
With “Cloud Computing” popping up all over the place, I figured we could use an emerging tech talk on the topic. Today, 13 of us got together to discuss the topic. We started with a brief overview of what cloud computing is, talking about some services we’re all familiar with that fall into the category.... Continue reading “Emerging Tech Talk: Cloud Computing” ›
This spring ZSR awarded a third and final round of grants funded by the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence. These “Presidential Grants” support special library purchases and collection development projects. This year the library received 35 grant requests and awarded approximately $70,000. Individual grants ranged from $400 to $10,400, and the average grant was about... Continue reading “Presidential Grants 2009” ›
Since the fall, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library has assumed responsibility for copyright compliance for faculty using electronic Course Reserves. Prior to this development, faculty were expected to clear copyright themselves, which burdened faculty and resulted in uneven compliance. Because copyright law is difficult to interpret, the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) guidelines were developed... Continue reading “Copyright Clearance: Spring 2009” ›
Last fall, ZSR librarians began teaching 200-level research classes in an extension of our popular LIB100 program. These classes are intended for students who are majoring or minoring in a broad discipline area. The courses emphasize subject-specific research resources and methods. In the fall, we taught LIB210 Social Science Research and LIB220 Science Research, and... Continue reading “200-Level Library Classes a Success” ›
Again this summer, Wake Forest University will sponsor the Cherokee CCAT (College Careers and Technology) program on campus, and ZSR librarians will participate. The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians invests a portion of their casino earnings into education and infrastructure initiatives on the Qualla Boundary. Among these are two programs that involve Wake Forest:... Continue reading “Cherokee High School Students to Return to Campus” ›
New Database The ZSR Library now subscribes to Europa World Plus, the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. This resource contains political and economic information covering over 250 countries. Each country entry contains statistics, lengthy historical essays, and contact information for governments and agencies.... Continue reading “Database News” ›
This is just a space in case you have questions or comments on active learning! Do you do anything interesting with your classes that you would like to share? (We’d like to hear it!) Continue reading “Day 10: Question?” ›
So I didn’t do too much in class on Friday. This was because I felt that if we were taking a day to do active learning, it should be as active as possible, with as little from me as possible. I tried to slip entirely into a facilitator role. Some noted that physical things are... Continue reading “Day 10: The Meta” ›
Our tenth day focused on active learning, something several people had requested to know more about. Active learning is an umbrella term that includes many different schools of thought within education, and I’ve tried to incorporate some level of it into each class we’ve had. Since you’ve been in a class that’s been lead by... Continue reading “Day 10: Active Learning” ›