The Information Systems service desk opened recently in The Bridge at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. The Bridge combines the information technology services of the ZSR Library with the IS Help Desk to create a central place for assistance with a variety of technologies. Services include ThinkPad support, instructional technology support, videography, multimedia services, and... Continue reading “The Bridge: Technology Services at the Heart of Campus” ›
On Thursday morning, Lynn, Lauren, MaryBeth, Carol, Scott and Craig visited the building being readied for our off site storage facility. It is located very near Ernie Shore Field in a previously use Reynolds Tobacco Co. building. The exterior is a non-descript, off-white metal monstrosity. Inside, there are numerous large cavernous spaces which will house... Continue reading “Remote Storage Building visit” ›
Travis, Kristen and I went over to the IS offices in the UCC to attend the Information Security session offered by IS today. The program was a basic session on how to ensure that your data, (and the University’s data) remains secure. Sarah Wojic (from IS) led the presentation, and Mike Rollins, (also from IS)... Continue reading “Information Sec_rity is not complete without U!” ›
This morning, Wanda and I and a group of invited librarians traveled to visit our colleagues at UNCG. Their Dean, Rosann Bazirjian, invited us to attend in return for a similar visit to WFU a number of years ago. The attendee list may seem quite random: Lynn, Wanda, Susan, Erik, Derrik, Lauren C, Mary Beth,... Continue reading “Field Trip to UNCG” ›
For Black History Month 2010, a number of titles from the ZSR stacks were used to illustrate the talents of African American artists. Continue reading “Black History Month” ›
A number of books taken from our Rare Books Collection at ZSR were used to illustrate the variety of book forms created by artists. Fine Bindings are also discussed and explained in this exhibit. Continue reading “Artists Books Exhibit” ›
Carol Cramer and Kevin Gilbertson worked hard to create a list of statistics about our library, it’s users and collections. This information was then turned into an exhibit. Continue reading “ZSR By the Numbers” ›
Early this year, when the Staff Development Committee put out a survey about what people were interested in covering this year, and one topic people had a lot of interest in was stress management. The committee discussed strategies for how to provide programming in this area and decided to hold two stress management programs (one... Continue reading “End of Semester Stress Relief” ›
The Von Zac Family Singers (Cristina, Craig, Ellen, Heather, Mary Beth, Linda, Prentice (not pictured, sorry!)) Forty five ZSR staffers attended the annual ZSR Holiday Luncheon. It was our third year at Graylyn. The drive into the estate and the walk up to the house are a treat within themselves! The food was simply delicious.... Continue reading “Fun at the 2009 ZSR Staff Holiday Party!” ›
It is now 5:40pm on Friday, December 11 and while we’ll still continue taking food donations until midnight or so, our Food for Fines inaugural event is coming to a close. We took in a total of 319 cans of food that will be given to Campus Kitchen and distributed to the clients who use... Continue reading “Food for Fines Results” ›