News and more from ZSR Library
Earlier this year, the Carpenter Library decided to do away with its book returns since so few books from their collection actually circulate. They offered the book returns to ZSR for free. Since our book return out front has trouble keeping up in the end of semester onslaught, we decided to take them! The book... Continue reading “Spiffing “new” book returns” ›
For the last few months my parents have been cleaning out and painting their home in Columbia SC. While they have been somewhat cryptic in their motivations I expect that at the least they are motivated to have me re-claim some of my childhood toys (if you want to see a stellar snoopy collection just... Continue reading “I certify on my honor that I have neither given nor received aid on this examination” ›
On Friday, March 26th, Andrea Ellis of the the Professional Development Center led a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator workshop for 18 faculty and staff. The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. Types are indicated... Continue reading “Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ®” ›
On the morning of Thursday, March 4th, Ellen Makaravage and I attended the Gatekeeper’s Workshop: Enhancing our Community through Inclusion. This three-hour workshop was led by Donna Stringer and Andy Reynolds of Executive Diversity Services. No computers were allowed, but the workshop flew by so quickly I barely noticed I was “offline”. (My handwritten notes... Continue reading “Gatekeeper’s Workshop: Enhancing our Community through Inclusion” ›
On Tuesday afternoon, Heather Gillette, Susan Smith and I attended the session held in Pugh Auditorium to hear about the environmental impacts of the new Admissions and Welcome Center currently under construction adjacent to Starling Hall. The session was led by Jim Alty with assistance from Keith Callahan and representatives from Lambert Architecture. The construction... Continue reading “Welcome Center Impacts” ›
Purpose: We are looking for creative student mural ideas to make the wall inside the ZSR East entry an appropriate welcome to ZSR. Details: Two winners will be chosen based on their ideas and sketches submitted with their entry application. Murals will be 4′ x 5′ and will be located on the wall directly inside... Continue reading “Wake This Space: Mural Contest” ›
As anyone who has used either of the older microfilm and microfiche readers or the newer film, fiche and card reader knows, neither of these devices really meets the needs of our users at the service level we like to offer. While attending a recent conference, Roz Tedford saw a demonstration of the Scan Pro... Continue reading “Testing a Potential New Microtext Reader for ZSR” ›
On February 1, 2010, the faculty of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, unanimously adopted an open access policy to guide deposit of the author’s final version of scholarly works in the University’s institutional repository. The policy states: Recognizing that academic scholarship hinges upon the ability to access and utilize research output, the... Continue reading “ZSR Library Faculty Adopt Open Access Policy” ›
On Thursday morning, Lynn, Lauren, MaryBeth, Carol, Scott and Craig visited the building being readied for our off site storage facility. It is located very near Ernie Shore Field in a previously use Reynolds Tobacco Co. building. The exterior is a non-descript, off-white metal monstrosity. Inside, there are numerous large cavernous spaces which will house... Continue reading “Remote Storage Building visit” ›
This morning, Wanda and I and a group of invited librarians traveled to visit our colleagues at UNCG. Their Dean, Rosann Bazirjian, invited us to attend in return for a similar visit to WFU a number of years ago. The attendee list may seem quite random: Lynn, Wanda, Susan, Erik, Derrik, Lauren C, Mary Beth,... Continue reading “Field Trip to UNCG” ›