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Join us for fast and fun tours (30 minutes) that highlight spaces and places ZSR Library! We will begin in the 24-hour study room (across from Smith’s café) in ZSR Library and end in Special Collections & Archives. In between, we will visit the wonderful study spaces in the ZSR Library and drop in on... Continue reading “Fun, Fast ZSR Library Tours – Move-In Day!” ›
As a longtime supporter of the International Black Theatre Festival, Wake Forest University also hosts festival productions in the Scales Fine Arts Center. This was the first year Special Collections had an outreach table related to the festival. While performances are in different venues across the city, I limited it to only the on-campus productions... Continue reading “From the Page to the Stage: Special Collections & Archives at the International Black Theatre Festival” ›
Evaluating Output in the AI Era Welcome back to the second installment in our three-part series about how AI has (and hasn’t) changed LIB100. In our first blog post, we chatted about getting started with AI for research. In this blog post, we plan to discuss how AI has (and hasn’t) changed information evaluation, focusing... Continue reading “Not the LIB100 You Remember: Evaluating Output in the AI Era” ›
I recently attended the annual meeting of the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions (ALABI) in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference was held in a hybrid format, bringing together approximately 25 participants both in person and online. I always find these meetings rewarding because they provide dedicated time to think about our Baptist... Continue reading “(ALABI) Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC” ›
This summer, I had the pleasure of supervising Margaret Marpoe during her internship with Special Coactions and Archives. As part of her MLIS program at the University of Alabama, Margaret spent the summer at ZSR gaining hands-on experience creating a digital collection. Her primary project focused on digitizing portions of the Samuel and Sarah Wait... Continue reading “A Summer in the Archives: Digitizing the Samuel and Sarah Wait Papers by Margaret Marpoe” ›
Walt Whitman’s American Dream, a new play by Sarah Vander Schaaff, will enjoy a staged reading in Special Collections & Archives on Thursday, September 10, at 4:30 p.m. The event will also feature an exhibit of 19th-century Whitman editions, including an autographed 1855 first edition of Leaves of Grass, from the ZSR Rare Books Collection.... Continue reading “Walt Whitman’s American Dream” ›
Welcome back to another installment of 5 Questions! If you would like to choose 5 Questions yourself, feel free to choose 5 from this form. Emma Giles, Copyright and Open Access Librarian Tell us about what you do at ZSR Library? I support faculty and students by providing education on copyright as it relates to... Continue reading “5 Questions with Emma Giles” ›
Every fall, we highlight some of the resources that were added to the library’s collection in the previous fiscal year. And of course, we are always adding new academic books, books for our browsing collection, audiobooks, and more! If you have questions about any of these resources, reach out to your library liaison or contact... Continue reading “ZSR New Resources 2025-26” ›
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Good news for Wake Forest researchers: the WFU Open Access Publishing Fund is open again for FY27! After closing early in 2026 due to high demand, ZSR Library and the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP) have refreshed the fund and are ready to support Reynolda campus faculty publishing open access articles, books, and... Continue reading “The Open Access Publishing Fund Is Back for FY27” ›