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Do you need materials from the ZSR Library, but have no time to spare? Do you hate returning books on rainy days? Try ZSR Delivers! Books, journals, videos, and Interlibrary Loans can be delivered to your office at no charge Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. We also offer a complimentary pickup... Continue reading “ZSR Will Scan and Deliver” ›
Learn to manage references with EndNote or Zotero or discover how to use a variety of Google tools for collaboration. Register online for these and other upcoming faculty classes. Continue reading “Faculty Technology Instruction Classes” ›
Did you know that two major style manuals published updates this summer? The ZSR Library has posted brief online guides to both the MLA 7th ed. and APA 6th ed. In addition, Bedford/St. Martin’s has posted an outline of the major changes in MLA style. EndNote has also released an updated Output Style file for... Continue reading “MLA and APA Style Manual Updates” ›
New Databases Empire Online comprises a digital collection of original documents and images relating to Empire Studies. The collection includes manuscript and printed material spanning five centuries, from not only British but also French, Dutch, Spanish, North American, and other points of view. You may download, print or photocopy images in the collection for educational... Continue reading “Database News” ›
Giz demoed Sakai Discussed the move to Sakai Faculty discussed moving to Sakai at the last faculty meeting Erik discussed POGIL Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Guided Inquiry is guided inquiry and Constructivism (context is everything) Think: student created knowledge POGIL classrooms look like: Group based (3-4 people) students take on roles Presenter, note taker,... Continue reading “September 29: Sakai and Other Content Management Systems” ›
This exhibit was designed to support the speech by Graham T. Allison on October 1st in the Brendle Recital Hall as part of The Voices in Our Time series. Allison is the author of “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Catastrophe” and has served in the Reagan and Clinton administrations. Allison is a graduate of Davidson and... Continue reading “Graham T. Allison exhibit” ›
Last spring, as I was preparing for my presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, I had an idea about library outreach to International Students.Roz supported my idea, and Carol introduced me to Sam Edwards, International Studies Adviser at the Wake Forest University Center for International Studies.On August 21st, Giz and I gave a... Continue reading “Outreach to International Students” ›
Give Hugh his due. Once again, artisan/craftsman Hugh Brown has done work that demonstrates thinking outside the box. Special Collections is removing everything from the Rare workroom. This move meant demolishing a perfectly good shelving unit because it was too large to get out of the space. Hugh Brown to the rescue. He executed a... Continue reading “Shelving Unit Transported to Preservation” ›
I attended the Wednesday, Sept 23rd Campus Climate Survey Meeting in Pugh and since several colleagues could not attend I thought I’d take some notes and post them here! About 30-35 people attended the session. The review of the instrument described how various work climate elements to provide an overall assessment. As those of us... Continue reading “Campus Climate Survey Meeting” ›
Erik on Google Books Blog post on Google Books timeline Google Books Settlement page ZSR Library blog entries discussing the settlement Timeline of developments on Cnet The EU perspective on Google Books NyTimes coverage Editorial by Sergey Brin Maybe take the last three and compare Easy to incorporate current issues by doing research on web... Continue reading “September 22: Incorporating Current Information Issues in Library Instruction” ›