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Early this year, when the Staff Development Committee put out a survey about what people were interested in covering this year, and one topic people had a lot of interest in was stress management. The committee discussed strategies for how to provide programming in this area and decided to hold two stress management programs (one... Continue reading “End of Semester Stress Relief” ›
The Von Zac Family Singers (Cristina, Craig, Ellen, Heather, Mary Beth, Linda, Prentice (not pictured, sorry!)) Forty five ZSR staffers attended the annual ZSR Holiday Luncheon. It was our third year at Graylyn. The drive into the estate and the walk up to the house are a treat within themselves! The food was simply delicious.... Continue reading “Fun at the 2009 ZSR Staff Holiday Party!” ›
Extended hours this weekend! Friday, the 4th – close at 1 a.m. Saturday, the 5th – 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, the 6th – open at 6 a.m. Wake the Library starts Sunday night. Continue reading “Extended Hours This Weekend” ›
Not to be confused with the “Toolkit”, our excellent collection of short videos, text, and audio that is designed to answer your research questions quickly and effectively. The ZSR Toolbox is literally a toolbox that was donated to ZSR and will now house all the various tools we have for small projects in the Library!... Continue reading “The New ZSR Toolbox” ›
On Wednesday, November 18, Lynn, Mary Beth, Mary, Chris, Travis, and I traveled across town to visit the recently renovated Coy C. Carpenter Library at the Bowman Gray Campus during their celebratory Open House. The renovation project, which began in June 2009, was completed in three stages, and integrated three departments within the Medical Center:... Continue reading “Carpenter Library Open House” ›
With plenty of prodding from Patrick, I am slowly resolving cases where loose journal issues are either tied up in string or are falling over in a cardboard box. One such box contained most of the 1966 issues of Carolina Farmer. When I looked inside, I was surprised to discover four issues of Southern Agriculturist... Continue reading “Found in the Stacks: Antebellum Ag Mag” ›
RITS 2009 Team Portrait L-R: Bobbie Collins, Jean-Paul Bessou, Mary Scanlon, Erik Mitchell, Tim Mitchell, Giz Womack, Roz Tedford, Lauren Pressley, Susan Smith, Kaeley McMahan, Barry Davis, Ellen Daugman, Molly Keener, Kevin Gilbertson Last summer the RITS Team was formed by combining the Research and Information Services and the Information Technology teams. Our initial team... Continue reading “RITS 2009 Team Retreat at Fancy Gap” ›
Molly Keener has recently joined the faculty of the ZSR Library as the Scholarly Communication Librarian. In this newly-created position, she will enhance the library’s partnership with the Office of the Provost to support faculty research and publishing endeavors. Molly will support faculty seeking to: Better manage their copyrights and intellectual property rights, Explore alternative... Continue reading “Meet Molly Keener” ›
Erik submitted the Digital Forsyth project to DuraSpace, an organization formed by Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, whose goal is to”provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.” It was selected as a DuraSpace OA Week Winner. Read Erik’s winning submission. As... Continue reading “Digital Forsyth is Named DuraSpace OA Week Winner!” ›
On Wednesday, October 7th from 4-7pm members of the Communications department, the Documentary Film Program and the ZSR Library work the WFDD “One Day Wednesday” Pledge Drive! Rosalind Tedford, Mary Beth Lock, Mary Reeves, Chris Burris and I joined a team of students and faculty to work the phones. I even got to talk about... Continue reading “Communications, the Documentary Film Program and the ZSR Library work the WFDD “One Day Wednesday” Pledge Drive!” ›