News and more from ZSR Library
On Tuesday, September 17th, Mike Causey, an organic farmer with Lodge Dodge Farm, spoke to several staff members of the library about organic farming as sustainable agriculture. The talk was hosted by the Staff Development Committee. Mr. Causey discussed how he came to be an organic farmer and about the products that he grows and... Continue reading “Staff Development Talk: Organic Farming Can Feed the World” ›
Z. Smith Reynolds Library and the Professional Center Library were invited to manage the WFU Lenovo Friends & Family program for this campus. By using a WFU specific portal to Lenovo products, the Wake Forest Community (and their freinds and family) can get discounts on its entire product line, including ThinkPad notebooks. To take advantage... Continue reading “Lenovo Friends & Family Program to Benefit Reynolda Campus Libraries” ›
Historic Images of Forsyth County Available Online Digital Forsyth is a collaborative digitization project by Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library and Coy C. Carpenter Medical Library, the Forsyth County Public Library and Winston-Salem State University’s C.G. O’Kelly Library to preserve Forsyth County’s photographic history and to make it more accessible by providing online... Continue reading “Digital Forsyth” ›
Early on Saturday, August 25th, members of the ZSR staff, along with the ITGs, RTAs, and some members of the IS staff, all met in Brendle Recital Hall for the third annual Technology@WFU. Since 2005, when “ThinkPad Orientation” morphed into “Technology@WFU” in order to better meet the needs of a freshman orientation schedule that had... Continue reading “Technology@WFU 2007” ›
On Thursday, August 2nd, the 2007-2008 ZSR Staff Development Committee had its first event of the year! We loaded up the Student Life Taco Bell Van, Lynn’s truck, and a couple of other cars and headed over to the President’s Home to see “The Garage,” a comfortable lounge/recreation area where student organizations and other groups... Continue reading “ZSR Staff Development goes to the Garage!” ›
We are currently in Montgomery, Alabama and have been on the “Social Stratification in the Deep South” trip since Friday. You can follow our adventures by checking out the course wiki. The South Group After Sunday Services at 16th Baptist Church in Birmingham If you’d like to read about our individual impressions on the course... Continue reading “Lynn and Susan’s Adventure in the Deep South” ›
On Wednesday April 25th the Blue Sky Committee presented the results of their work to a packed LIB204. We based our report on the four major areas identified by the Environmental Scan Committee. We presented ideas about Library Resources, Library as Place, Library Services and Library Technology. We also listed personnel issues that will need... Continue reading “Blue Sky Presents Report” ›
Maya Angelou On April 12, 2007, WFU honored Dr. Maya Angelou with a reception to celebrate her gift to the library. With the Film and Theatre Media Manuscript Collection, Dr. Angelou has given the library her extensive works in cinema, television and theatre. The collection encompasses her work as writer, director, producer, editor, and featured... Continue reading “Maya Angelou Honored at Reception” ›
In this last column under the old GAZ format, I am still mindful of salary issues, given President Hatch’s email to staff last week regarding salary pools. As everyone on the ZSR staff should know by now, I place a very high priority on achieving fair and equitable salaries for all classifications of library staff.... Continue reading “From the Director” ›
In September 2006, I received an email message from John Ake concerning a teacher in Surry County who wanted to bring her middle school class to the library. The group from J. Sam Gentry Middle School in Mt. Airy would be dropping by after their visit to the ACC Tournament on March 2. After I... Continue reading “Spring Weather Draws Students to Campus” ›