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Please take a look at the improved, streamlined webpage for Course Reserves. Faculty may now add items to Course Reserves up to 60 days before classes begin. Also, check out the Course Reserves tool available in Sakai. After you set up your account and courses in Course Reserves, you can add the Course Reserves tool... Continue reading “Course Reserves Updates” ›
Special Collections & Archives (SCA) will host two major exhibits this fall, along with several events of interest for the local community. All events are held in Room 625, ZSR Library. From now until October 7, SCA is hosting “Piedmont Craftsmen Presents: Bound in Craft.” This exhibit highlights the hand-bound book alongside craft inspired by... Continue reading “Special Collections & Archives: Presenting Piedmont Craftsmen and Poe!” ›
ZSR strives to make the most of available space for its growing book collections, while also meeting rising demand for study space and collaboration areas. Additional mobile shelving and collocation of the oversized books bring more overall order to the collection while low-use older books continue to be moved to storage. Details for finding your... Continue reading “Books are Moving!” ›
New & Enhanced Databases The Chronicle of Higher Education now allows domain access. You can create an account and password with your WFU or WakeHealth email address and bypass proxy or VPN authentication. Ancestry.com has billions of records of census data, vital records, directories, photos and more. It replaces Fold3. Dictionary of Old English A-G... Continue reading “Database News” ›
In the fall of 1787 Alexander Hamilton was facing a crisis. The recently concluded Constitutional Convention had been charged with revising the Articles of Confederation to provide a framework for the government of the newly independent United States. But after four months of contentious debate in Philadelphia, the delegates presented to the American public a... Continue reading “The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay (1788)” ›
Last year, my Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) colleague Rebecca Petersen May announced that we received an EZ Digitization Library Services and Technology Act Grant that dedicated funds to helping SC&A improve online access to nearly 120 manuscript collections that document Baptist church histories in North Carolina. These collections are useful to religious scholars and... Continue reading “LSTA Baptist Historical Collections project marches on” ›
This ABC’s of Special Collections blog post was co-authored by Special Collections and Archives intern Brittnee Worthy H is for… William F. Higson Letter According to the 1961 Wake Forest Alumni Directory William F. Higson was a Wake Forest student from 1835-1836. From Hyde County, North Carolina, Higson’s manuscript collection is made up of one handwritten... Continue reading “ABCs of Special Collections and Archives: H is for…” ›
As our student workers depart in May to complete their exams and head off for summer, they often ask me what I’ll be doing in the summer. Advancing the work of the ZSR Special Collections & Archives, of course! The library’s faculty and staff are 12-month employees and use summer to launch new projects, tie... Continue reading “Welcome to the Special Collections & Archives Interns!” ›
By Brittnee Worthy, Special Collections & Archives intern, summer 2016 Special Collections and Archives recently welcomed researcher Matthew Carr, a graduate student studying political science at Columbia University. Carr is a recipient of a Provost’s Grant for Library Research for the 2015/16 academic year. His research is centered around collecting democrat and republican platforms dating... Continue reading “Politics of the Past and Present: Special Collections & Archives 2016 Provost’s Grant Scholar” ›
Looking for a great summer read? Check out these recommendations from ZSR librarians and staff members! For additional recommendations, check out our Goodreads bookshelves or consider one of the suggested titles from the University’s summer academic program, Project Wake: Citizenship (listed below)! Seraphina by Rachel Hartman – This is a captivating story with intricate characters, many of whom... Continue reading “ZSR Summer Reading” ›