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The Power of “Z” -this exhibit highlights the services offered at the ZSR Library-in graphic novel style. First on the Moon exhibit-highlights the 40th anniversary of the first man on the moon. The great American painter, Andrew Wyeth, died in early 2009. This exhibit reviews his life and work. Continue reading “Welcome Back-New ZSR Exhibits-Fall 2009” ›
As the Toolkit continues to grow and have more applications, Kevin and I are taking a day to focus some energy on getting it in tip-top shape for the new school year. For new folks to ZSR: the Toolkit is a service we provide to allow users to find help they need through our website.... Continue reading “Toolkit Day!” ›
The familiar hype cycle report from Gartner has been released for 2009. The NY times published a nice summary article that highlights some of the findings (including where Gartner stands on Twitter). Of interest to the library techies may be the report on cloud computing. Cloud technologies on the rise include Cloud-based email and enterprise... Continue reading “Gartner Hype Cycle report looks at cloud computing” ›
On Monday Barry re-assembled the equipment in the Multi-media lab following a several week-long refurbishment of the space. The lab has been re-configured just a bit to make better use of the space but everything else is pretty much as it was. Shortly though we will be installing a brand-new digitization machine procured as with... Continue reading “Multi-media lab back in business” ›
Michael Alexander’s ink paintings are now on display at the entrance of the ZSR Library. These loose sumi-e style paintings are beautifully rendered. There is also a description of Alexander’s painting style and tools. Please visit these delightful paintings. Continue reading “Asolare Art Foundation- Michael Alexander” ›
Serendipity was my tried and true method of research as an undergrad. It was a perfect method – lacking structure, motivation, and purposeful direction I used what information fell into my lap to write research papers :). This morning, the NYT published a short piece on the role of serendipity in online information seeking this... Continue reading “Serendipity re-appears in online search” ›
What is a poster session? Surely, many have wondered what a poster session actually is. This week, ZSR has begun placing poster sessions from our staff in the exhibit cases on Reynolds 4. This will give the curious a chance to see many posters developed and presented by ZSR at a variety of conferences across... Continue reading “Poster Sessions Highlighted” ›
ZSR wikis have a new feature! We have added support for embedding mathematical formulas (using TeX syntax) into our wikis. If you currently have a ZSR wiki or if you plan on requesting one and want to use this feature, please let us know. For more information on using the <math> tags and TeX syntax,... Continue reading “ZSR adds support for embedding mathematical formulas in a wiki” ›
Painting by Shanta Hauser Wire sculpture by Daniel Whitmer Continue reading “Asolare Exhibits- second installment” ›
Lauren Pressley and I led six workshops over three consecutive days this week on web 2.0 topics. These sessions came out of discussions with various members of the campus community who expressed an interest in learning more about everything from social networking applications to creating a podcast. The six workshops were: An Introduction to Web... Continue reading “Web 2.0 Workshops at ZSR” ›