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If you use the east entrance to ZSR, you may have seen three new student murals. Students in ART 211: Intermediate Drawing (Instructor: Alix Hitchcock) executed the murals in fall 2010. These new works join the two murals from the previous year, when ZSR held a student contest. The three new murals are: Untitled by... Continue reading “Three New Student Murals Decorate ZSR” ›
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Administrative Professionals Conference at the LJVM Coliseum Annex. Our audience was made up of Administrative Professionals from WFU, WFU-Health Sciences, WSSU, UNC School of the Arts and Forsyth Technical Community College. We had approximately 240 attendees. I have been on the Administrative Professionals Committee for... Continue reading “Administrative Professionals Conference 2011” ›
Today at 11am while Susan and Erik (and other grant recipients) were presenting the findings of their Summer Grants for Exploration of Educational Technology, Lauren Pressley and I were participating in a panel discussing social media at Wake Forest University with Will Clark and Meghan Haenn. I was going to write up the event, but... Continue reading “ZSR Participates in Panel Discussion on Social Media at WFU” ›
This spring I received several requests asking for library staff to provide tours for elementary and middle school students during the week of April 11 – 15. One of the teachers who requested a tour congratulated us on the ACRL Award and noted that they were looking forward to touring our “wonderful library.” It is... Continue reading “National Library Week draws in the young folks” ›
The Provost, on the day that the ZSR Library won the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, graciously gave us funding to purchase furniture for the patio on the front of the library outside of room 401 (aka the Red Room). The furniture was installed today and is now open for business. The patio will... Continue reading “The patio is OPEN!” ›
Those of you who use the East Entrance to ZSR have seen the three new student murals along that entrance. These murals were done by students in Alix Hitchcock’s Intermediate Drawing 211 class in the Fall of 2010. These three murals join the two murals from the previous year when ZSR held a student mural... Continue reading “Three New Student Murals at ZSR” ›
Well, after a week of recuperation and thought, I decided to take a more creative approach to the description of my time working at the Offsite Storage facility. Everyone else has done a great job of relaying anything I could say in words in previous posts, so instead I will present my experiences in the... Continue reading “Barry’s Week at Offsite Storage” ›
I spent last week working at Off-site Storage. I found it a lot less difficult than previously advertised and even gratifying. I was able to understand the whole process, see it at work and contribute to the operation. I encourage everyone to try it. I did work hard, but not so hard that I was... Continue reading “Remote Storage Experience” ›
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library has won the 2011 ACRL “Excellence in Academic Libraries” award in the university category! The Association of College and Research Libraries gives this prize annually to acknowledge the exemplary accomplishments of librarians and library staff working together to further the educational mission of the institution. ACRL Executive Director Mary Ellen... Continue reading “ZSR Library Wins National Award for Excellence” ›
ZSR Library has been named the 2011 winner of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries award in the university category! The award is given annually by the Association of College and Research Libraries to recognize the accomplishments of librarians and library staff as they come together as a team to further the educational mission of... Continue reading “ZSR Library Wins 2011 ACRL Excellence in Libraries Award” ›