News and more from ZSR Library
Just to update everyone on the merger of Reference and Current Periodicals. Over Spring Break I started to shift the Reference collection to take advantage of the space we have made with relocations and weeding. We are consolidating our collection much more than in the past and are not leaving an enormous amount of room... Continue reading “Reference Shifting Has Begun” ›
This week I went to the North Carolina Association of Educational Communication and Technology Conference in Concord, NC. I wrote about the sessions I went to on our professional development blog. While I was only able to spend the day, I found the conference very interesting & was really amazed at how refreshing seeing some... Continue reading “Erik learns more about k-12 education” ›
Wake Forest University will be having a planned outage of phone service from Friday, March 8 at 8pm until Monday, March 10 at 8am. During this time, the library’s usual phone service will be interrupted, and voice mail will not be possible. If you need to reach the library during that time, please note: For... Continue reading “Phone Outage, March 8-10” ›
While at the First-Year Experience Conference (blog post, podcast), I heard several schools talk about their summer reading programs for freshmen. One book came up at several of these sessions, Tracy Kidder’s “Mountains Beyond Mountains.” It is the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man working to stamp out diseases like Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis while... Continue reading “Book Review – “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder” ›
While traveling to the First-Year Experience conference (see my postings on the ZSR Professional Development Blog) I read Robin Wasserman’s book “Lust.” It is the first in a series of books, each based on one of the seven deadly sins. The characters are all seniors in high school living in the fictional town of Grace.... Continue reading “Book Review – Robin Wasserman’s “Lust”” ›
Susan Smith, Head of Information Technology at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, has been selected to receive the 2008 Innovation Award from the Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Susan will receive a prize of $3000 and a plaque at the annual meeting of the American Library Association in Anaheim this... Continue reading “ZSR Librarian Recognized for Innovation” ›
A project called “ZSR Library Inventory” began ever so quietly back on July 19th, 2001 with a hand-held scanner, an Access database, and the tireless dedication of Patrick Ferrell and ZSR student employees. I am glad to report that, a mere six and half years ( and two complete building inventories) later, we have narrowed... Continue reading “ZSR Officially Loses 4,669 Books” ›
Ever wonder what happens to the papers we place in the Cintas Security containers conveniently located on levels 2 (behind Circulation), 4 (in the Reference workroom), and 8 (in room 802)? Well today while walking in to the Library I happened to see the Cintas truck getting ready to load and shred the contents of... Continue reading “Cintas Security Containers” ›
This fall, ZSR awarded a second round of grants based on money raised through the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence campaign. These “Presidential Grants” fund special library purchases and collection development projects. This year, the library received 30 grant requests and awarded more than $110,000. Individual grants ranged from $800 to $20,000, with the average... Continue reading “Presidential Grants 2007” ›
From the Director: Many of you know by now that I have a deep and abiding love and respect for all things related to the good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the last three years, I have tried to encourage meaningful programming at ZSR to honor his legacy and help fulfill his dream.... Continue reading “MLK-ZSR connection” ›