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On Thursday, August 18th, I had the opportunity to talk with the WFU Writing Program Faculty as part of their two-day workshop/retreat. Prior to my presentation I was able to sit in on a discussion with eight of the writing program faculty and five faculty from various disciplines to discuss writing issues. The issues discussed... Continue reading “Presenting at the WFU Writing Program Faculty Retreat” ›
With the popularity of our Capture the Flag game, we’ve added a new event for the second Friday of the semester! Join us for a game of Humans vs. Zombies in the ZSR Library! We will use Nerf Dart Blasters to ward off the Zombies in ZSR! Come battle the undead with us on Friday,... Continue reading “Humans vs. Zombies” ›
Friday. September 2. 9PM. ZSR Library. Capture the Flag returns! Be there. Continue reading “Capture the Flag, Fall 2011” ›
In December 2010, ZSR Library released a new interface for finding aids describing archival collections from Special Collections and Archives. We announced the new interface in a blog post, where we listed some of the great features of zsr.wfu.edu/findingaids: A look and feel like the ZSR website Fully searchable contents, including container lists Browse by... Continue reading “Society of American Archivists features ZSR Special Collections” ›
The Special Collections and Archives Department has four new finding aids available online! The Germaine Bree papers finding aid Maya Angelou Film and Theater Collection finding aid Gertrude and Max Hoffman papers finding aid Inventory of the Thomas F. and Louise Gossett Papers. Many thanks to student assistants Kathleen Hill, Rachel Ernst, and Carolyn Jones... Continue reading “New Finding Aids Available for Researchers” ›
As many of you already know the Office of Academic Advising has been very busy during these last two weeks registering our incoming class of new students. In addition to the staff of the OAA, 15 other members of the WFU community also volunteered to assist in the registration process. Roz and I were two... Continue reading “A New Approach to Freshmen Registration at WFU” ›
Since 2009, I have been managing the Current Periodicals collection in the Reference Dept. Over the summer, I led the planning and shifting of the Current Periodicals collection in addition to making enough space for business print periodicals, which will be moved over from the Professional Center Library. I worked with Chris Burris, Bob Hebert,... Continue reading “Update on Current Periodicals” ›
Z. Smith Reynolds Library has contributed its four collections related to the Civil War to the digital collections portal “Civil War in the American South.” The portal includes digital collections from the Civil War Era (1850-1865) held by members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). The collections contributed by ZSR are: Confederate Broadsides... Continue reading “ZSR contributes to ASERL Civil War portal” ›
Since there is so much happening throughout the building, the web committee thought it would be nice to share monthly updates about what we’re doing. This month, there are three big projects on the table: Summon, getting user feedback, and new parts of the website. As we know, ZSR is adopting Summon. This search interface... Continue reading “August Web Committee Update” ›
ZSR Zephyrs 2011: Erik Mitchell (doing his farewell tour), Gretchen Edwards (bringing a new generation of spirit to the team), Rebecca Petersen (a new speed rival to Erik), Susan Smith (oldest Zephyr around), Mary Beth Lock (major cheerleader and team Pollyanna about our weekly chances at winning), and Barry Davis (sport photographer and voted most... Continue reading “ZSR Zephyrs Compete in 2011 Staff Summer Olympics” ›