The ZSR Library Blog
L to R: Perry Ransbottom, Erin Cassidy, Dain Finke, Tim Brady In April, ZSR hosted the third annual Senior Showcase, a program honoring exemplary senior research theses and projects completed by Wake Forest University undergraduates. Four outstanding students presented their research in the ZSR Auditorium to a large audience of students, faculty, staff and family... Continue reading “Senior Showcase Returns” ›
The new Zeutschel Special Collections is proud to present the newest addition to our arsenal of digitization equipment, the Zeutschel 12000! After a two day training, we are ready to use the new machine for digital projects, ILL requests, and user initiated scans. All are welcome to come visit our new digitization lab and have... Continue reading “New Book Scanner In Special Collections” ›
On Thursday, May 3rd, Mary Beth Lock and I carried out a crazy plan to make the shipping crate for the new Zeutschel book scanner into a temporary study room in the ZSR Atrium. (Please note, Rosalind Tedford was involved in our initial planning and Dean Sutton, while not sure what we so giddy about,... Continue reading ““The Study Box” @ ZSR” ›
On the evenings of February 23rd and April 3rd, a total of around 300 faculty, students and staff participated in a campus deliberation on “Imagining a Different Campus Culture”. Rosalind Tedford and I, along with 20 other faculty, students and staff, volunteered to be moderators for these discussions and received moderator training prior to the... Continue reading “Imagining a Different Campus Culture-Deliberation Results Now Available!” ›
L to R: Perry Ransbottom, Erin Cassidy, Dain Finke, Tim Brady The Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted its third annual Senior Showcase on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Honoring Wake Forest students in their final year who are nominated by faculty advisors for exemplary research theses or projects, the Senior Showcase was originally proposed by a... Continue reading “Senior Showcase 2012” ›
Secotan priest In 1590 the Frankfurt printer and engraver Theodor deBry published a folio edition of Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia with engraved illustrations based on John White’s watercolor paintings. DeBry’s engravings were the first images of indigenous North Americans that most 16th century Europeans had ever... Continue reading “A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1590), by Theodor deBry, Thomas Hariot, and John White” ›
After Angela Mazaris spoke to a ZSR Staff meeting, I talked with her about working together for an exhibit in ZSR. In January, I attended her class in Tribble and spoke to them about how to put together a good exhibit. Months passed. Winter became spring, then a sudden flurry of activity that bordered on... Continue reading “LBGTQ Exhibits in ZSR” ›
On Thursday I had the opportunity to attend the 2012 Administrative Professionals Conference at WinMock in Bermuda Run, NC. WinMock is a beautiful old barn that has been renovated to hold conferences, weddings, etc. Our audience was made up of Administrative Professionals from WFU, WFU-Health Sciences, WSSU, UNC School of the Arts and Forsyth Technical... Continue reading “Administrative Professionals Conference” ›
Project Launch is a year-long enrichment program in partnership with Paisley Magnet School. A culminating session includes a visit to Wake Forest. This year the campus tour was scheduled for Friday, April 27. In setting up the library tour, the coordinator asked if we could arrange to do a little activity with the Project Launch... Continue reading “Spring Event Highlights the Wonderful Resources of ZSR” ›
Fourth grade students from Millennium Charter Academy in Mt. Airy visited the library on Wednesday, April 25. Hu and I were standing outside the library when the bus carrying 64 students plus their teachers arrived on campus. Although the day was cool and damp, our young visitors were eager to start on their adventure. The... Continue reading “Soaking Up The Spirit of WFU” ›