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Mia Harris began working with us in Special Collections & Archives as a student assistant the fall of her senior year. She is currently consolidating and processing materials for our James Ralph Scales and Family papers. The project consists of navigating archaic nomenclature, difficult handwriting, and over 1000 photographs and papers. This project requires extensive... Continue reading “What Are You Working On? With Mia Harris” ›
Announcing the ZSR Library guide to “Fake News!” You’ve probably heard the term a lot since the 2016 general election. It might be coming up in your classes. If you’re wondering what it means or what you’re even supposed to do about it, this guide is for you! We want this guide to be a... Continue reading “Fake News is in the News” ›
On Tuesday March 28th, from 5 pm to 7 pm, ZSR and OPCD co-hosted the Say Thanks Workshop. This event featured how to’s and general guidelines from, Jennifer Richwine, the author of With Gratitude: The Power of a thank you note. So many people arrived to take part in the workshop that extra chairs had to... Continue reading “Thank You Note Workshop” ›
On Friday March 24th, the librarians made their final rounds in closing the ZSR for the weekend and the house elves -um- ZSR Ambassadors arrived to transform the library into Hogwarts for Harry Potter Clue Night. Off duty Hogwarts Professor Rebecca May greeted students as they signed in. Ollivander’s wand shop (the circulation desk) offered... Continue reading “Harry Potter Clue Night” ›
If a small mistake is made at a commercial bindery, lots of books can be printed and bound incorrectly until the mistake is noticed. These small, damaged printing runs may look perfect until the cover is opened and many times, are not detected at the bindery. They are often not noticed until they arrive at... Continue reading “Perfect Binding?” ›
The 89th Academy Awards were announced on Sunday, February 26, and we have several of those films in our collection! Here is what we have available now, with more on the way! Arrival Winner – Best Sound Editing Nominee – Best Picture Nominee – Best Director, Denis Villeneuve Nominee – Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee – Best... Continue reading “ZSR and the 2017 Oscars” ›
In Special Collections & Archives, we are happy to host interns, particularly graduate students who are earning degrees in library science or one of our affiliate fields (museum studies, public history, and the like). In my experience, students in particular ask great questions about the daily life of archivists and the nature of our work,... Continue reading “Graduate Students on Spring Break, the Internship Edition” ›
Students are currently in the ZSR Digitization Lab working on the library’s latest digitization project, featuring historic photographs of Wake Forest University’s deep history. Digitization of the University Archives Photograph Collection began in February, and captures images of people, places and events dating back as early as 1881. The photos in this collection will include past... Continue reading “Sneak Preview: New Digital Collection to Illustrate Wake Forest History” ›
The next phase of renovation plan for the ZSR Library building has begun! To kickoff our upcoming summer renovation projects, ZSR Library relocated approximately 5,000 linear feet of material over Spring Break. The recent relocation of materials included: Moving the collection on the 8th floor of the Reynolds wing (the call numbers that start with... Continue reading “Books Are Moving! ZSR Summer Renovation Projects Begin” ›
Pauline Bewick (b. September 4, 1935) Pauline was born in Bat Cottage, Corbridge, Northumberland, the second daughter of Alice Bewick (known as Harry). Pauline Bewick describes a delightful childhood and remembers walking to school barefoot as a girl. Each student had to bring a piece of “turf” (peat moss) for the fire at the school.... Continue reading “Pauline Bewick, Irish Art Treasure” ›