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Good news for Wake Forest researchers: the WFU Open Access Publishing Fund is open again for FY27! After closing early in 2026 due to high demand, ZSR Library and the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP) have refreshed the fund and are ready to support Reynolda campus faculty publishing open access articles, books, and... Continue reading “The Open Access Publishing Fund Is Back for FY27” ›
Welcome back to another installment of 5 Questions! If you would like to choose 5 Questions yourself, feel free to choose 5 from this form. Hannah Reynolds, Wake Forest University Fellow Tell us about what you do at ZSR Library? I’m a part of the Fellows Program at Wake Forest, so I’ll be working on... Continue reading “5 Questions with Hannah Reynolds” ›
The recent report from the Council on Library and Information Resources on the impact of its Recordings at Risk program underscores the urgency of preserving vulnerable audiovisual materials. It also serves as a reminder of how fortunate we were to receive a $50,000 award to digitize the reel-to-reel recordings of the Baptist State Convention of... Continue reading “Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR): Recordings at Risk” ›
Unearthing NC Roots of the Revolution Written by Shannon Bothwell, SCA Volunteer The search for political self-determination and religious liberty motivated many immigrants to the British North American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. While each of the Thirteen Colonies had a unique mixture of cultural, political, and environmental influences, most of the colonies... Continue reading “Faith and Freedom: Exploring the Colonial Baptist Records of North Carolina” ›
Unlock New Resources for Financial Research Elevate your research potential with new datasets available via WRDS. We are thrilled to announce a major upgrade for our research community: the CRSP/Compustat Merged Database is now available! This game-changing addition bridges the gap between CRSP market data and Compustat fundamentals, offering a streamlined, powerful tool for the... Continue reading “New at ZSR – CRSP/Compustat Merged Database” ›
Sauda’s artist’s book, “Lebenslauf” is composed of four individual pieces. Some are ceramic and fragile, which is the main focus I held as I created the box to house these items. I laid out the items and made a rough drawing with the measurements of each item. I ended up cutting out shapes of each... Continue reading “Sauda Mitchell’s Artist Book for Peter Oliver” ›
Re-Introducing LIB100 The Z Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University has been offering iterations of the credit-bearing library research introductory class LIB 100 for over two decades. For the 2025-26 academic year, we filled 22 sections of LIB100 courses with total enrollment around 317 students. This number does not include our other LIB courses... Continue reading “Not the LIB100 You Remember: How AI Has (and Hasn’t) Changed LIB100 ” ›
If you’ve ever wanted to sharpen your finance skills or add a recognized business credential to your resume, we have some exciting news: WFU students, staff, and faculty now have remote access to Bloomberg certifications through Bloomberg for Education — and you can complete them from anywhere, at no cost to you. What Certifications Are... Continue reading “New at ZSR – Access Bloomberg Certificates From Anywhere” ›
Continue reading “Uncover the Mystery: The Tarot Reader Book Event with Finley Turner” ›
The ZSR Employee Association (EA) was developed to promote the welfare of ZSR employees and the library as well as to provide organization for employee activities – over 50 years ago! For fun you can check out the Constitution and Bylaws from 1972. In the last two years, the EA Fund has supported nine employees... Continue reading “Employee Association Benevolence Shared with the Chaplain’s Office” ›