The ZSR Library Blog
So we’ve done a lot lately! On day 6, Roz talked about teaching styles. Day 7 was a swap and share. Last week was spring break, which brings us to Day 8! I’m about to post all the standard class posts, but wanted to give space for sharing the case study ideas you might have... Continue reading “Day 8: Case Study Ideas” ›
I recently received a map which was sewn into a 1537 book entitled: Novus Orbis Regio. This map was torn into two pieces after a small accident in Rare Books. Looking at this map, I decided to remove it from the book to perform the repair. First, I flattened the map, smoothing out dog ears... Continue reading “Map Repairs” ›
Sorry all! I was demoing embedded videos for a podcasting class and accidentally used this blog instead of my normal demonstration site. Too many blogs, I guess! 😉 Heather emailed me about the 404 error and reminded me that we had a Wednesday with TED lunch yesterday, and hadn’t posted about it, so I’ll do... Continue reading “Wednesday Lunches with TED” ›
ZSR Team 2 vs. Provost’s Office Last night the two ZSR teams went 4-0 in their matches in the faculty/staff QuizBowl tournament! The teams were: ZSR I (Giz, Mary Beth, Heather, Roz) and ZSR II (Beth, Lauren C., Chris and Carol). In their first match, ZSR II went up against a formidable Provost’s team consisting... Continue reading “ZSR Goes 4-0 in Faculty/Staff QuizBowl!!” ›
Update: The following discussion is available online. Join Tim Westergren on Tuesday, April 7th at 3pm in Library 204 for a lively discussion about Pandora, online music, and the evolution of digital technology in general, followed by an informal Q&A with the audience. Continue reading “Tim Westergren, CSO and Founder of Pandora to Speak at ZSR” ›
TED Talks are great. The Technology Education and Design conference occurs every year. This invite-only conference brings in world leaders in various areas, and gives them 18 minutes to present. 18 minutes is about perfect. It’s long enough that they can cover content with depth and content, but short enough that they don’t drag on... Continue reading “Wednesday Lunches with TED” ›
Creativity: Worlds in the Making will be held at Wake Forest from March 18-20, 2009. This national “Festival of the Imagination” will feature speakers such as: David Bornstein, Meredith Monk, David Edwards, Abigail Child, Josh Frieman and Emil Kang. This exhibit promotes the event and the artists involved. Organized by the Office of Entrepreneurship &... Continue reading “Creativity Symposium exhibit” ›
Students in Lauren Pressley and Kevin Gilbertson’s LIB100 class created exhibits as their final project. I worked briefly with the students to give them a few pointers and technical assistance. Hopefully, the exhibit cases on Reynolds 4 will be used by students for this purpose in the future. Continue reading “LIB100 Student exhibits” ›
RL&H has initiated a program for students to choose their room and meal plan electronically. The previous method was very analog and involved waiting in line. This exhibit is to promote the “You Choose” proram to students for spring selection. Continue reading “Resident Life & Housing “You Choose” exhibit” ›
A group of nine books appeared in my office this week. Across the top of these books is a sloppy puddle of dried Cookies and Cream ice cream. You can see the outline of an upturned container in the dried ice cream. So this seems to be either an intentional thing or negligence on the... Continue reading “Ice Cream Incident” ›