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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” ›
I had the opportunity to learn a 14th century binding style in a workshop Oct 23-26. Using signatures that were sewn over alum-tawed leather thongs, we made a cover for this binding from calfskin vellum. Vellum is a term that is often interchangeable with parchment, but usually parchment refers to goat/sheepskin and vellum to calfskin.... Continue reading “North Bennett Street School” ›
Wanda Brown Wanda K. Brown has been appointed Associate Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. She was formerly Head of Technical and Access Services at the library. She is a graduate of Winston-Salem State University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ms. Brown joined the Z. Smith... Continue reading “Wanda Brown appointed Associate Director” ›
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library welcomes all new faculty members to Wake Forest. We hope that you will make frequent use of our resources and services. We’d like to welcome new faculty with a wine and cheese party on Monday, September 24 from 4-5 p.m. in the Reference Department. At this reception, you will have... Continue reading “New Faculty Reception” ›
On Thursday, the reference department initiated service via txt messaging. By doing so, we’ve joined a small handful of academic libraries making this format available to patrons. In order to txt the reference desk, patrons should dial 265010, enter our IM screen name “askzaklive” followed by their question and press enter. The question will arrive... Continue reading “cn i hlp u? The reference desk initiates text messaging service.” ›
We have just initiated a brand new service: text messaging reference service! Got a question? Need help with research? Text us! How to Send a Text Message to Us Our number is 265010 Type askzaklive and send your message! Let us know what you think! Continue reading “New Text Messaging Reference Service!” ›
ZSR Library is sponsoring a second round of Presidential Trust grants to fund one-time special purchases and collection development projects. Grants are particularly useful for new faculty who work in areas of research that are new to this campus. Last year, the Library received 29 proposals and awarded just over $50,000 in grants. The grants... Continue reading “Apply for a Presidential Trust Collection Development Grant” ›