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Special Collections and Archives is pleased to announce the completion of the Wayne E. Oates papers. Thanks to the hard work of Cindy Good and Sarah Appleby, this 14 linear foot collection has been arranged and described, and the finding aid can be seen here. This collection contains the professional and personal papers, sermons, correspondence, and... Continue reading “The Wayne E. Oates Papers processing is complete!” ›
The work of a Floyd, Virgina collage painter, Lore Deighan, is now being exhibited at the entrance of ZSR Library. Lore is a 2006 graduate of Virgina Commonwealth University with a concentration in painting and printmaking. Lore currently teaches at a private elementary school and is gallery coordinator of Hayloft Gallery of the Jacksonville Center... Continue reading “Lore Deighan – collage painter, art exhibit in ZSR” ›
Last Friday, August 10, Judge Orinda Evans issued her final ruling in the GSU e-reserves copyright infringement case. In her final court order, she dismissed the plaintiff publishers’ proposed injunction, which would have placed severely burdensome oversight and reporting requirements on Georgia State, and found GSU to be the prevailing party in the case. Judge... Continue reading “GSU is the prevailing party” ›
Monday, August 6th the Research and Instruction Team took a day out of ZSR for a team retreat.We had the full twelve (!) person team in attendance (not an easy feat to accomplish) including Bob Hebert (who is transitioning to RIS over the next year), Charles Hildebrandt and our newest RIS member, Kyle Denlinger who... Continue reading “RIS on Retreat!” ›
The Fries Woolen Mill Diary is story within a story. Two men are responsible for this one folder “collection” being a part of the WFU archives, Francis Levin Fries and Wallace Barger Goebel. Separated by almost one hundred years, Fries was instrumental in the creation of the original diary and Goebel is responsible for the... Continue reading “Featured Collection: Fries Woolen Mill Diary (MS39)” ›
On Thursday, August 2nd, BLINC (Business Librarianship in N. Carolina) held its quarterly workshop in ZSR. BLINC is a state-wide professional association comprised of business librarians in public, academic and special libraries. We’re a section of NCLA. Among the group of roughly 20 who attended was Jill Robinson Morris, Asst. Director of NCLive, Mark Stewart,... Continue reading “BLINC comes to ZSR” ›
Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) is considered by many to be the most important Irish artist of the 20th century. Like his brother, the poet William Butler Yeats , Jack Yeats was a key figure in the Celtic Revival movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jack Yeats is best known for his long... Continue reading “Life in the West of Ireland, by Jack Butler Yeats (1912)” ›
Several RIS team members (and many others around ZSR!) have been involved in outreach programs this summer. In July, Bobbie provided a library tour for students participating in the Great American Writers’s Camp (see the post “Creative Writing Adventure Draws Students to Campus“). Additionally, Sarah, Mary and I gave a tour of ZSR to a... Continue reading “Summer Activities at ZSR!” ›
by Kevin Gilbertson and Carolyn McCallum Earlier this year, Carolyn and I embarked on an ambitious project to revise VuFind’s format facet. This facet – Book, eBook, DVD, etc. – powers the main search box on the library’s homepage and provides enhanced browsing in the catalog itself. While the immediate reason for the project was... Continue reading “Improving the Format Facet in the Catalog” ›
With the 2012 Summer Olympics underway, many eyes and ears are turned toward London, anxiously awaiting news of much hoped-for victories. But for many involved in scholarly publishing, our attention has been drawn across the Atlantic for some weeks now, as open access news has been coming from both the UK and the EU throughout... Continue reading “Rising awareness” ›