News and more from ZSR Library
The Business Information Commons opened in Farrell Hall in July. Located on the second floor, the Info Commons serves as space for quiet study, group study and research sessions with the librarians. The Info Commons includes a large room with general seating, two study rooms and a workroom with the Bloomberg Terminal. Librarians Bob Hebert... Continue reading “Business Information Commons Opens in Farrell Hall” ›
Lauren Suffoletto The Wake Forest Fellows program is now entering its sixth year. It was established by the President’s Office in 2008 to provide recent WFU graduates with an opportunity to work in higher education administration for a year. ZSR will participate this year for the first time. ZSR welcomed Fellow Lauren Suffoletto to the... Continue reading “First Wake Forest Fellow at ZSR Library: Lauren Suffoletto” ›
These days, most scholars prefer accessing journal literature online. Wake Forest users download more than 100,000 articles each year from JSTOR alone. Despite the undoubted convenience of e-journals, many in the academic community have concerns about the permanence of this online content. As reported in a previous issue, ZSR participates in online initiatives for hosting... Continue reading “Scholars Trust Preserves Print Journals Across the Region” ›
If you have visited ZSR Library over the past few months, you must have noticed some construction activity going on. This report will provide an update on the three major projects that have been taking place recently: New Atrium Windows New and Replacement HVAC units for Special Collections and the 8th floor Preview and Testing... Continue reading “Construction/Renovation Update” ›
The Access Services Team, comprising the staff that provide Circulation, Stacks Maintenance, Interlibrary Loan, Course Reserves, Offsite Storage services and more, had a day long retreat on July 24. The purpose of our team retreat was to allow us to get away from our regular daily work and get some fresh perspective, get questions answered,... Continue reading “Access Services Retreat-July 24, 2013” ›
This post falls into the category of- “Are you kidding me?” I really don’t know any other way to describe it. Last week, my Student Assistant, Megan Blaney, pointed out a high school graduation program in a Bible for which she was constructing an archival box. The program was from a high school in Mooresville,... Continue reading “Hidden in Plain View” ›
Last month, I was happy to announce the availability of Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD), otherwise known as the 1.6-million record bibliographic database I’ve been building on my laptop, and that we’re hosting at http://oatd.org/. It won’t be news to anyone that libraries and grad schools have worked hard over the last decade or... Continue reading “Open Access Theses and Dissertations” ›
Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Director, Special Collections & University Archivist Tanya Zanish-Belcher in her own words… I am so pleased and proud to join the ZSR Library as Director of Special Collections & University Archivist! My professional career path has led me to Winston-Salem after 17 years as Head of Special Collections at Iowa State University. I... Continue reading “Meet the New Director of Special Collections & Archives” ›
On Wednesday, March 6, Derrik Hiatt, Anna Milholland, Ellen Makaravage and I heeded the call of the open house (and the open road), and travelled to Raleigh, NC to see the newly opened James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University. The library is an impressive one with many features befitting a library of... Continue reading “Welcome to the Hunt Library @ NC State University” ›
Two weeks ago, WFU hosted its second TEDx. I was unable to attend the first event last year, but made a point to make it to this year’s event. (and even took a couple of friends with me!) Rather than go into detail on each speaker, I thought it might be useful to describe the... Continue reading “TEDx at WFU” ›