The ZSR Library Blog
Earlier this semester, I completed my first MOOC, An Introduction to the U.S. Food System, offered through Coursera by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While I didn’t learn as much new information as I assume others did (not a criticism of the course, more that I’ve been learning about food issues for... Continue reading “My MOOC Experience” ›
Tanya Zanish-Belcher Director, Special Collections & University Archivist I am so pleased and proud to be joining the ZSR Library as Director of Special Collections & University Archivist! My professional career path has led me here to Winston-Salem after 17 years as Head of Special Collections at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. I look forward... Continue reading “Meet Our New Director!” ›
Special Collections and Archives is overjoyed to announce the completion of the Henlee Hulix Barnette Papers finding aid!!! This finding aid has been a long time coming and we are thrilled to have it finished. Housed in 91 boxes and covering sixteen different series of categories, the Henlee Barnette papers cover many topics of great... Continue reading “The Henlee Hulix Barnette Papers Finding Aid is Complete!” ›
I first found Charles Dickens while at the Worrell House in 1979. I have read many of his works over the years and have enjoyed them immensely. When I started working in Special Collections & Archives, I was very excited to find out that we have some of Dickens’ works in the original parts. One... Continue reading “Finding Charles Dickens” ›
This year, the annual “Earth Day Fair” on Wake Forest’s campus became a themed event to highlight food injustice, and was entitled “Food for Thought”, sponsored by the Sustainability Office at WFU. The fair that was held on Manchester Plaza from noon to 6pm on Saturday, April 20th, was well attended and had local vendors... Continue reading “ZSR @ Food for Thought” ›
For several months, I’ve been working with Wake Forest Professor Roberta Morosini, a Medievalist, on an exhibit about Boccaccio and the “Trecento” (14th century). The exhibit focuses on stories from Giovanni Boccaccio‘s most well known work, The Decameron. The Decameron, which was written in 1350, means ’10 days’ in Greek, and consists of a set... Continue reading “Boccaccio and 14th Century Florence Exhibit” ›
Tom Hayes’s documentary film on the life of his father, Harold Hayes, is titled Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the Sixties. The film, which is currently showing at the River Run Film Festival, takes its name from a 1969 anthology of Esquire magazine pieces. Both works provide a view of the decade as chronicled by... Continue reading “Smiling Through the Apocalypse, edited by Harold Hayes (1969)” ›
On April 20, 2013, from 9 am – 3 pm, the Hunger Advisory Board, along with other groups, is holding a conference on the issue of food justice in Winston Salem, and the greater North Carolina area. The summit is sponsored by Campus Kitchen, the Office of Sustainability and the Chaplain’s Office. The Food Justice... Continue reading “Food Justice Summit Exhibits” ›
Editing Harold Hayes: The Making of a Documentary Filmmaker A Discussion with Tom Hayes Friday, April 19, 2013, 4:00PM / Special Collections Reading Room / Z. Smith Reynolds Library Please join us in the Special Collections Reading Room on April 19 as Tom Hayes (WFU ’79) takes us behind the scenes of his documentary Smiling... Continue reading “Behind the Scenes with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Hayes” ›
On Thursday, Hu, Kevin, Craig, and Rebecca ventured to Benson to represent ZSR in the campus-wide TechXploration, an event that “showcases faculty use of technology andbrings together faculty and staff who want to share their experiences with current technology efforts.” Hu was the acting ambassador for ZSRx and fielded countless questions and received quite a... Continue reading “TechXploration2013” ›