The ZSR Library Blog
On Friday, September 9th, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted a screening of the film “Zombieland” (courtesy of SAF funds) from 7-8:30pm and then three games of Humans V. Zombies from 9-11pm! Thirty students attended the movie, and eighty students attended the first game of Humans V. Zombies. As usual, it was a team effort... Continue reading “Humans V. Zombies @ ZSR!” ›
Last Friday a number of us got together to poke around in Summon with an eye for how to teach it to our students. Here are some of the things we found: Giz and Bobbie have already taught it! They had some practical experiences to share. So far students and professors seem to like it.... Continue reading “Exploring Summon” ›
We are so happy to have our students back for the semester and are eager to show the world what we are working on. Pictured is student assistant Palmer Holton holding pulp fiction from the Clarence Herbert New Collection (MS577). This collection contains a wide variety of materials including photographs, maps, manuscripts, and printed materials.... Continue reading “What Are You Working On? With Palmer Holton” ›
Our third Capture the Flag@ZSR event on Friday, September 2nd, was our biggest event to date with around 150 students attending the event! The participants piled into ZSR at 9pm sharp and immediately went through 14 pizzas in about 5 minutes, courtesy of Campus Life and Meghan Haenn, and were ready to get started! Based... Continue reading “Capture the Flag@ZSR, Take Three!” ›
We’re about to embark on another round of Teaching Teaching, the series of workshops on teaching that Roz and I put together in 2008/2009 for librarians interested in spending time on developing their teaching. We’ve had some new folks join us and we’ve had some folks who have been here for some time request we... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching Take 3!” ›
We’re about to embark on another round of Teaching Teaching at Wake Forest University. We’ve had some new folks join us and we’ve had some folks who have been here for some time request we do the series again, so it seemed that it was time to reinstitute it. This class will follow the same... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching take 3!” ›
God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Rare Books Collection On exhibit in the Special Collections Reading Room, September 2011-January 2012 Title page from the 1612 octavo edition of the King James Bible The title of this exhibit, God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us, comes from the dedication of the... Continue reading “God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the ZSR Library Rare Books Collection” ›
In August of 2010, Sarah Jeong began creating a formal Library orientation program for international graduate students and teamed up with Giz Womack based on his role as Instruction and Outreach Librarian. In the beginning, the program included a 15 minute presentation at orientation and an optional library instruction session. This year that program grew... Continue reading “Library Outreach to International Students” ›
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) is now best known as portrait painter of some of the most famous figures of Renaissance Europe, including Erasmus, Thomas More, and King Henry VIII of England. But as a young artist in his native Basel, Holbein also worked as an illustrator, producing drawings that would be reproduced in woodcuts... Continue reading “Images of the Old Testament, by Hans Holbein (1549)” ›