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Banned Books Week 2011
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of... Continue reading “Banned Books Week 2011” ›
Presidents’ Leadership Conference
This is my 5th Presidents’ Leadership Conference at Wake Forest, a retreat weekend sponsored jointly by the President of Student Government and the President of the University. This year, we returned to Smith Mountain Lake, Va, which is a beautiful setting in the Blue Ridge area. Operating under a theme of “Courageous Leadership,” the speakers... Continue reading “Presidents’ Leadership Conference” ›
“Don’t You Step on my Blue Suede Shoes” (coauthored by Bobbie Collins and Giz Womack)
This fall a First-Year Seminar (FYS) sparked a cross-team collaborative effort between RITS and Special Collections. When Jenny Puckett requested an instructional session for her FYS (Modern Wake Forest: A Living History), Vicki Johnson, Giz Womack, and Bobbie Collins combined their expertise to create a LIBGuide for the course. Due to the nature of this... Continue reading ““Don’t You Step on my Blue Suede Shoes” (coauthored by Bobbie Collins and Giz Womack)” ›
Embanet and Counseling
Yesterday at noon, Roz, Susan and I attended the meeting held at DeTamble Hall in Tribble about the coming online Master’s program created by Counseling and developed and managed with the help of Embanet. The program will launch in Summer, 2012. Jennifer Collins related that, while the institution does have the best teaching faculty, they... Continue reading “Embanet and Counseling” ›
It Was A Simpler Time?
While accessioning materials into the University Archives today, I came across the Wake Forest University Civil Defense Manual from 1966. A small but very detailed document outlines the shelter locations, the supplies (food, sanitary, and medical), locations of telephones in the shelters, and locations of janitor’s closets with hoses for filling water drums. The Wake... Continue reading “It Was A Simpler Time?” ›
Liberian Students visit ZSR
Wake Forest University is hosting two visiting students from the University of Liberia in order to continue to strengthen the ties between the two institutions after the visit that Lynn and others took there in the spring. The two students, Jacob Jallah and JoeWilson, had an opportunity to visit ZSR this afternoon and it was... Continue reading “Liberian Students visit ZSR” ›
Class 1 & 2
We kicked off Teaching Teaching last Friday with an overview of Instructional Design. I used the very same powerpoint from the first class, which you can see here: What is Instructional Design? View more presentations from Lauren Pressley I am scheduled to be out of town on Friday, so we also discussed how to use... Continue reading “Class 1 & 2” ›
Revitalized Spaces: Auditorium, DVD Room and More
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library proudly announces the opening of a new 118-seat auditorium on the fourth floor of the Reynolds Wing. The auditorium comes equipped with a DVD and Blu-ray player, taking optimal advantage of the high-definition projector and surround sound speakers. Standard classroom controls include a touch panel for projection from a laptop... Continue reading “Revitalized Spaces: Auditorium, DVD Room and More” ›
JumpStart Ignites Your Research
JumpStart Search is the latest multi-search product offered at ZSR. Unlike previous so-called “federated search” offerings, JumpStart pre-indexes source materials and returns lightning-fast results. JumpStart Search includes the ZSR online catalog, most major journal publishers and many citation databases, so you may use it to discover new resources. Find JumpStart Search on the library homepage... Continue reading “JumpStart Ignites Your Research” ›