The ZSR Library Blog
I’ve decided to bring back an old staple to the Gaz, the book review! A friend of mine, a British expatriate living in Houston, keeps me supplied with British book recommendations that I might otherwise miss. His latest recommendation is by Alan Bennett, the author, playwright and Tony Award-winning actor. Alan Bennett’s recent work includes... Continue reading ““The Uncommon Reader” by Alan Bennett” ›
The Library hit a little snag this week when wireless in our building started causing consternation amongst our busy student population. It was quite the mystery on campus as to why all of a sudden people were being kicked off the internet or not allowed on. Upon further investigation from our Information Systems department, the... Continue reading “Wireless Issues During the Last Week of Class Cause Chaos in the ZSR Library” ›
Billy Brown, a Senior Art major from Nashville, Tennessee is using the ZSR Library as a template for his art work. Billy’s piece is called, Sunken, and it’s his final project for his Public Art class. Each night, from 9pm-12am (somedays it starts at 6pm), Billy is projecting moving images onto the outside back wall... Continue reading “Senior Art Major Uses ZSR as Canvas” ›
On Thursday, Nov. 29th, eight history students in Dr. Jeff Lerner’s Roman History class stood in the library entrance and made their presentations. After working through the semester on the research, meeting with me on their exhibit design, and constructing their exhibit- each student was ready to present their work to the entire class of... Continue reading “Lerner History Exhibits- Fall 2007” ›
On Wenesday, November 14, I taught a book repair workshop for the NCSLMA (North Carolina School Library Media Association. This workshop was sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC). The workshop was a pre-conference offering for the NCSLMA Annual conference held at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. I had 22 media coordinators to... Continue reading “NCPC Basic Book Repair Workshop” ›
The Marketing Committee is pleased to announce the purchase of a new tablecloth that can be used for ZSR events and outreach. Renate has worked with the Bookstore to borrow their tablecloth for various events and it was decided that purchasing a tablecloth of our own would be a good investment. Linda Early did some... Continue reading “New Library Event Tablecloth” ›
Joe Harrington and his quick thinking student Alex Chung alerted me to a water leak this week on Wilson 6. A heating duct was leaking on a section of a range in the HF’s. We quickly removed the books in harms way and placed a plastic trash can to catch the water. In all, about... Continue reading “Wilson 6 Water Dampens the Collection” ›
We all are too aware that the holiday season is barreling down upon us all. In addition to family plans, we all enjoy the various celebrations that take place here at the Library. Traditionally, as part of its holiday party, the Tech Team has done a “Secret Santa” gift exchange between team members. As the... Continue reading “Tech Team’s Holiday Gift” ›
Gulf Coast Recovery Summit On September 24th and 25th at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, SOLINET held a disaster recovery summit entitled “The Business Side of Recovery.” The summit was an invitation-only event attended by representatives from southeastern academic libraries. The topics included: Emergency Training and Communication, Business Continuity Planning for Libraries, First Responder... Continue reading “Travels with Wanda” ›
Social Stratification in the Deep South: 2007 Participants On the Road in the Deep South ZSR Director Lynn Sutton and Head of Information Technology Susan Smith accompanied Sociology professors Earl Smith and Angela Hattery on their two-week summer course called “Social Stratification in the Deep South.” The class traveled throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi while... Continue reading “Embedded Librarians” ›