Uncover the Mystery: The Tarot Reader Book Event with Finley Turner
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Employee Association Benevolence Shared with the Chaplain’s Office
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” ›
Mapping the Revolution: Cartography and Colonialism in 18th century North America
Join us for an in-depth and up-close look at colonial and revolutionary era maps! This event will include a tour of the Special Collections and Archives exhibit, Reading the Revolution: Print Culture in 18th Century America, along with additional cartographic materials from the 17th and 18th centuries. Exhibit curator and Special Collections Librarian Megan Mulder... Continue reading “Mapping the Revolution: Cartography and Colonialism in 18th century North America” ›
North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection, Annual Report (2025)
The North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection had another productive year for 2025. Among its activities were the following: Access: Marcia Phillips, our PT Metadata Technician (former member of the Baptist State Convention of NC History Committee/Coordinator of the Davie Co. Public Library Martin-Wall Local History Room) reviewed and updated 1,598 metadata records for the CLIR-funded... Continue reading “North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection, Annual Report (2025)” ›
Wake Up to Zines: Celebrating Zines & Zine Pedagogy at Wake Forest – A Recap!
On Friday, April 24th, the campus community came together to explore the intersection of independent publishing, student agency, and radical pedagogy in the two part event “Wake Up To Zines.” Sponsored by the Dr. Samuel T. Gladding Fund, which vitalizes humanities programming at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, and the Program for Leadership and Character’s... Continue reading “Wake Up to Zines: Celebrating Zines & Zine Pedagogy at Wake Forest – A Recap!” ›
Starting with Values: Introducing Our AI Engagement Framework
Over the past several months, the ZSR AI Engagement Task Force has been working through a question that almost every academic library is sitting with right now: how do we want to engage with artificial intelligence in a way that is honest about what these tools are, faithful to our values, and useful to the... Continue reading “Starting with Values: Introducing Our AI Engagement Framework” ›
Commemoration of the Enslaved, 2026
The Wake Forest University Commemoration of the Enslaved was held last week outside of Wait Chapel. The program included prayers, music, a reading of the names of those who were enslaved, and a solemn acknowledgment of those whose names remain unknown. Now in its eighth year, this meaningful event brought together more than 200 students,... Continue reading “Commemoration of the Enslaved, 2026” ›
George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a Women’s Crusade and the Biblical Recorder
The beloved home of George Washington almost slipped away from American tradition when the death of his great nephew who had inherited the farm and house at Mount Vernon left a desperate widow, Jane Washington, trying to sell the first presidential home in our country’s history. It was in derelict condition and in dire need... Continue reading “George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a Women’s Crusade and the Biblical Recorder” ›
2026 ZSR Virtual Summer Book Club
ZSR’s virtual summer book club is back in 2026. Campus community members are invited to join alumni, parents, and other library friends in reading two books touching on the theme of public health: Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green and Year of Wonders: A Novel by Geraldine... Continue reading “2026 ZSR Virtual Summer Book Club” ›
From the Page Updates and What’s Ahead
We are continuing our crowdsourced transcription work with From the Page. If you’re new to ZSR, or need a refresher, From the Page is an online platform that takes the difficulty out of transcription work by enabling institutions and organizations to easily crowdsource and collaborate with volunteers on transcription projects. Our first projects began with... Continue reading “From the Page Updates and What’s Ahead” ›
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