The ZSR Library Blog
After a week of off-site storage warehouse work, the following are my tips & tricks for survival. These did much to help me throughout the week, but great credit for my own survival must go to my fab teammates: Mary Beth, Susan, Erik, Scott and Jean-Paul. You guys ROCK!! 1. Wear layers, preferably with the... Continue reading “Off-site Survival Guide” ›
Of the five Christmas books that Charles Dickens published in the 1840s, the first, A Christmas Carol (1843), is by far the most famous. The following year Dickens came out with The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Although the book sold well... Continue reading “Rare Book of the Month: The Chimes: A Goblin Story, by Charles Dickens” ›
Everyone loves free food. But no one likes standing in line. Want your free midnight WTL snack without the wait? Win a “golden ticket” to skip the line by going out with Gowalla. ZSR is holding a contest for up to five students to each win a “golden ticket” to skip to the front of... Continue reading “Students, want to skip the midnight WTL snack line?” ›
Check out ZSR’s newest addition to Wake The Library — the Video Station, located near the Circulation desk. Think of the Video Station as a video graffiti wall. Much like you’d paint all over the graffiti wall when you’re taking a study break, the video station is an outlet for your thoughts. Tell us what... Continue reading “Wake The Library Video Station” ›
Wake the Library is off and running! Susan, Travis and I served up (messy) sub sandwiches to (mostly) grateful students at midnight and watched two (very polite) students put up hammocks on the third floor who thanked us for letting them do it. Right after a beautiful Love Feast, it was a lovely way to... Continue reading “Wake the Library Fall 2010” ›
You may have noticed lines of T-shirts hanging from the atrium railings. These shirts are part of a campus Human Rights project and will stay up through Wake the Library. The Human Rights Clothesline Project, is sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and organized by WGS 377B Human Rights: Theory and Practice students.... Continue reading “Human Rights T-Shirt Project in ZSR” ›
Some of you may recall that In the Spring of 2010 the Library had a contest to select two murals for the East Entrance. This Fall we took a different approach and teamed up with professor Alix Hitchcock to have some of her students do murals in the East Entrance to ZSR as part of... Continue reading “Two New Murals at ZSR!” ›
The new Documentary Film program at WFU has proved to be a natural match for our archival collections. Students from Dr. Cara Pilson’s graduate research seminar and first year seminar have frequented Special Collections for instruction and research this semester. The FYS: History Through the Lens of Documentary Film students, pictured above, are working on... Continue reading “Wake Forest History on Film” ›
On Tuesday, November 23, Scott Adair, Travis Manning, Ellen Makaravage and Mary Beth Lock attended onsite training to be certified in using the forklift in our Off Site Storage facility. The morning included classroom instruction where we learned about safety procedures and maintenance schedules, then was followed by a hands-on training on the forklift itself.... Continue reading “High Bay Forklift training” ›
Got fines and a desire to help the hungry in our community? The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will accept non-expired, unopened canned goods as payment for overdue fines. For each can of food donated, $1 will be waived from your library fines. (No maximum.) Only canned goods will be accepted. The program will run from... Continue reading “Food for Fines, Fall 2010” ›