This fiscal year, the Provost granted the library an extra $50,000 to purchase books and films for area studies (including Latin America, Africa, and Asia) and diversity studies (including African American Studies, Latino Studies and Gay & Lesbian Studies). Orders will be accepted as long as funds remain. Faculty from all departments may submit requests... Continue reading “Additional Book Money Available for Area Studies and Diversity Studies” ›
On Saturday, Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s first annual Wake the Library 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run took place under beautiful sunny skies along with cool fall temperatures. Over 150 people participated in either the fun run or the 5K race. The great weather contributed to 40 people coming out and registering that morning. The... Continue reading “Wake the Library 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run” ›
This season’s buzzword is “backfiles.” ZSR has bought two journal backfile products and one major historical index. Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003The Economist Historical Archive offers full-color page images of the The Economist back to its first issue. The full text, including advertising text, is also searchable. A new year of coverage will be added each... Continue reading “Check Out Our New/Old Electronic Databases” ›
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is working with other Forsyth County libraries to create a digital archive of historic photographs. Please join us to kick-off a traveling photography exhibit and see the archive in action! Forsyth County Public Library Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit–Thursday, October 16 at 1:00 pm Central Library auditorium The Forsyth County... Continue reading “Digital Forsyth Photography Exhibit” ›
“ZSR Delivers” will bring any circulating library material right to your office. The ZSR Library has purchased a golf cart to improve its delivery services to staff and faculty on the Reynolda Campus. “ZSR Delivers” will bring any circulating library material right to your office. Deliveries take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday... Continue reading “ZSR Delivers” ›
You may or may not have heard of the Toolkit, a new way of offering information literacy tutorials for our users. I’m really, really excited about this project, as I think it’s a way to meet our user’s needs in a way that fits with their expectations, potentially could help us to prepare better instructional... Continue reading “Introducing the ZSR Toolkit!” ›
If you haven’t read this week’s Old Gold and Black you will want to check out these two articles! One is an article about the Starbucks Grand Opening and the other is an editorial about innovation at ZSR! Reading them both just made my day! Continue reading “Kudos for ZSR in this week’s OGB” ›
L-R: Mike Lancaster, Director Lynn Sutton, Provost Tiefenthaler, President Hatch, Mark Williard An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 30 to celebrate the Summer 2008 renovations in Z. Smith Reynolds Library, including a new Starbucks, which opened September 22. James Alty, associate vice president for facilities and campus services, was the master... Continue reading “Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Library Renovations” ›
Room 401, the room that used to house Current Periodicals on the 4th floor of the Reynolds Wing, has been repurposed into student group and individual study space. New furniture, complete with additional power capabilities, was delivered and installed on September 25. The new space adds 82 new seats, a combination of soft seating and... Continue reading “New Study Room Ready for Students!” ›
On Friday, September 26, I was summoned by the Circulation Staff to look at a returned book. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire had a cockroach smashed within it’s pages. I immediately photographed it (see a photo at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsrlibrary/2890143658/), and took the steps necessary to have the book withdrawn. I was relieved when I... Continue reading “Bug in a book” ›