News and more from ZSR’s Special Collections & Archives
September 20: 3-4:30, Homecoming Open House We welcome alumni, family, and friends to visit our collections and see where Wake Forest’s history “lives.” Visitors will also be able to view a special exhibit: “The Book as Art Object: Local Artists Share Their Work,” in addition to popup exhibits for the Class of 1959 and Wake... Continue reading “WFU Homecoming Events in Special Collections & Archives” ›
September 10 from 4pm-6pm in the ZSR Library Special Collections & Archives Research Room (ZSR625) for an Artist Demo (4:00-5:00) and Exhibit Reception (5:00-6:00) “The Book as Art Object: Local Winston Salem Artists Share Their Work.“ Books are familiar tools for providing readers with emotional comfort, intellectual content, and soaring inspiration, but are and can... Continue reading “Artist Demo and Exhibit Reception: The Book as Art Object” ›
September 9th from 4-6pm in ZSR Library Room 624 In partnership with Piedmont Publishing and in preparation for the second volume of Winston-Salem Memories, Special Collections & Archives will host a community public scanning session. Brooke Horn, Piedmont Publishing Acquisition Editor, will digitize items brought to her by students, faculty, and staff. Items will be... Continue reading “Winston-Salem Memories II Scanning Session” ›
In partnership with the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors, ZSR Library Special Collections & Archives will host festival author Rajia Hassib in the Special Collections & Archives Research Room (ZSR625) on Friday, September 6th starting at 4:00 pm. Rajia Hassib’s first novel, In the Language of Miracles, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice... Continue reading “Rajia Hassib: Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors” ›
New (fiscal) year, new… collections management tool. As I mentioned in my recent post about newly processed collections, SCA and especially I have been busy adopting a new tool to help us manage our materials. Our collections management covers physical control of collections: how many boxes or oversize objects make up a collection, where all of... Continue reading “Updating Tools and Testing New Ovens: Changes to Collections Management in SCA” ›
Summer greetings! We’ve been working away at collections all semester, per usual, but this summer, Special Collections and Archives has had an exciting (to us) change: we’ve upgraded the software that we use to track and describe our materials, from the once-popular Archivists’ Toolkit software to the newer, more fully supported ArchivesSpace program. For now,... Continue reading “Newly Processed and Recently Updated Collections, Spring 2019” ›
Congratulations to the SCA (Special Collections & Archives) UNCG (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) MLIS (Masters in Library and Information Studies) graduates Ashelee Gerald Hill and Finley Turner! Graduating in May 2019 and May 2018 respectively, Ashelee and Finley have also been working part time in Special Collections & Archives, proving themselves invaluable information... Continue reading “Congratulations to the SCA UNCG MLIS Graduates!” ›
Every late spring I submit an annual report for our North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection to the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions (ALABI) in preparation for the annual meeting. The reports for 2017 and 2018 follow and a special thanks to Rebecca, Beth, Kevin, Mel, and Stephanie, who all contributed to this... Continue reading “North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection Annual Reports for ALABI” ›
On April 24th at Archdale Public Library and April 25th at Sheppard Memorial Library in Greenville , I taught back-to-back book repair workshops. These workshops are sponsored by the North Carolina State Library and are funded using LSTA Grant funding. The participants are primarily from public libraries and are eager for any knowledge they can... Continue reading “Spring 2019 Book Repair Workshops” ›
Busy Weekend for Special Collections & Archives! This past weekend, Special Collections & Archives participated in two different outreach events around the Triad. We started the weekend on Saturday in Greensboro at the Greensboro History Center, and finished up on Sunday in Winston at Bailey Park. For those who didn’t make it out to the... Continue reading “Triad History Day and the Garden Party to Honor Dr. Maya Angelou” ›