The ZSR Library Blog
Starting Sunday February 17, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be open overnight 5 nights a week. The library will open each Sunday at 10 a.m. and will not close until 7 p.m. the following Friday. Saturday hours, currently 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., will remain the same. The new schedule will remain in effect... Continue reading “Open all night 5 nights a week!” ›
A project called “ZSR Library Inventory” began ever so quietly back on July 19th, 2001 with a hand-held scanner, an Access database, and the tireless dedication of Patrick Ferrell and ZSR student employees. I am glad to report that, a mere six and half years ( and two complete building inventories) later, we have narrowed... Continue reading “ZSR Officially Loses 4,669 Books” ›
NCPC Basic Book Repair Workshop, ECU Jan 24-25, 2008 Laupus Medical Sciences Library For two days, my colleague, Rachel Hoff and I, discussed and taught preservation concepts and treatments. It was two day-long Basic Book Repair Workshops sponsored by NCPC. Rachel and I have been teaching these workshops for several years both together and individually... Continue reading “Basic Book Repair Workshops at ECU” ›
Ever wonder what happens to the papers we place in the Cintas Security containers conveniently located on levels 2 (behind Circulation), 4 (in the Reference workroom), and 8 (in room 802)? Well today while walking in to the Library I happened to see the Cintas truck getting ready to load and shred the contents of... Continue reading “Cintas Security Containers” ›
Want to Help Your WFU Libraries at the Same Time? Lenovo offers discounts to the Wake Forest community (and their friends and family) on Lenovo’s entire product line including ThinkPad laptops. To take advantage of these special prices visit: WFU Lenovo Friends & Family. 5% of each sale goes directly to support your campus libraries:... Continue reading “Need a New Computer or Accessories?” ›
This fall, ZSR awarded a second round of grants based on money raised through the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence campaign. These “Presidential Grants” fund special library purchases and collection development projects. This year, the library received 30 grant requests and awarded more than $110,000. Individual grants ranged from $800 to $20,000, with the average... Continue reading “Presidential Grants 2007” ›
From the Director: Many of you know by now that I have a deep and abiding love and respect for all things related to the good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the last three years, I have tried to encourage meaningful programming at ZSR to honor his legacy and help fulfill his dream.... Continue reading “MLK-ZSR connection” ›
The Library hosted the semi-annual Get Game@ZSR Friday, January 25th from 7-11pm. This installment of Get Game was both an open game night and a Halo 3 tournament. Lynn Sutton, Susan Smith, Erik Mitchell, Tim Mitchell, Kevin Gilbertson, and Caroline Numbers (along with two very dedicated RTAs and John Vientos from Information Systems) were all... Continue reading “Get Game@ZSR” ›
As a Staff Development activity, on Thursday, January 24th, Chris Burris, Joe Harrington, Mary Horton, Mary Beth Lock, Lauren Pressley, Lynn Sutton, and I went on a tour of 88.5 WFDD. Greg Keener, Membership Operations Coordinator for the station, was kind enough to volunteer to show us all around. The station is located inside a... Continue reading “ZSR Staff Tour 88.5 WFDD” ›
On Tuesday, Dan Johnson, graduate student and new father, took time from his busy schedule to teach a Zotero workshop for the ZSR staff. Dan is such a fan of this product that he volunteered for this assignment! Having ditched EndNote, Dan uses Zotero exclusively to manage his thesis citations. A Firefox extension, Zotero is... Continue reading “An Introduction to Zotero” ›