Working on exhibits for Dr. Lynn Neal’s course on ‘Religious Intolerance.’ A student furiously cuts a sheet of black foam core with a small knife along a metal ruler. Meanwhile a classmate trims photographs on a large paper trimmer. A third student applies double-stick tape to the back of an image and burnishes it to... Continue reading “Student Exhibits Examine Religious Intolerance” ›
Friday Night Live at ZSR debuted on April 11th at 6pm. Sophomore Thomas Kozak sang and played acoustic guitar. He was periodically accompanied by a violinist, a keyboardist, drummer, and female backing vocals. Most of the songs were his own, but he did manage to throw in a few covers. He did a fantastic job!... Continue reading “Friday Night Live at ZSR Debuts” ›
Journal Citation Reports: Social Science Edition The ZSR Library has upgraded WFU‘s subscription to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) to include over 1700 Social Science journals. With JCR, researchers can track citation trends such as the cited half-life of journal articles and can compare impact factors of journals in the same discipline. Other New Databases Abstracts... Continue reading “Expanded Coverage for Journal Citation Reports and Other Database News” ›
Yesterday I gave a talk on Blended Learning through the ITC. The formal description of the program was “Many students experience a disconnect between their experience in the classroom and their personal interactions on the web. One way to address this is the integration of tools that students already use with regularity. This presentation will... Continue reading “Blended Learning in the Classroom @ WFU” ›
On Wednesday, April 2nd, the Teaching and Learning Center held a session in room 204 on Blogs and Wikis@ZSR. Eight faculty members attended this event where two other faculty members, Professor Christa Colyer of Chemistry and Professor Stephanie Pellet of Romance Languages, presented how they are using Wikis and Blogs from ZSR in their classes... Continue reading “Teaching and Learning Center Session on Blogs and Wikis@ZSR” ›
Paintings of wild flowers made by Mary V. Walcott in 1925. The book, North American Wild Flowers, printed by the Smithsonian Institution in 1925, contains paintings made by Mary Vaux Walcott. These paintings are life-size and are housed in Rare Books in a 5-volume folio. Continue reading “North American Wild Flowers exhibit” ›
Earth Day is April 22. Earth Day is April 22, 2008. An exhibit was created to feature books and DVD’s in the ZSR Library collection. Continue reading “Earth Day Exhibit” ›
A BibID is a unique identifier for each bibliographic record in the catalog. BibIDs have several nifty uses even for people who never use the back end of Voyager. Links to catalog records You can make a short and persistent link to a specific record in the OPAC by using this syntax: http://catalog.zsr.wfu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=123456 In this... Continue reading “Did you know about BibIDs?” ›
To reserve a study room, go to Study Room Reservations. ZSR has implemented a study room reservation system that is completely online to allow students to reserve one of its 7 study rooms. Click on the “Study Rooms” link from the ZSR homepage or bookmark the link. Any currently registered student can choose to request... Continue reading “Need a study room? Reserve Online!” ›
In response to student requests, starting tomorrow, February 17, 2008, ZSR Library is moving to a open 24/5 schedule. This means that each week, the library will open at 10 am on Sunday, and stay open until 7:00 pm on Friday evenings, during the spring and fall semesters. Saturday hours will remain the same as... Continue reading “ZSR Library Goes 24/5” ›