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The Z. Smith Reynolds Library proudly presents “A Conversation with Mr. Wake Forest: A Question & Answer Time with Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson”. It will take place on Thursday, September 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the Library Auditorium (Room 404) as part of the Library Lecture Series. Known as “Mr. Wake Forest” to generations of... Continue reading “The Library Lecture Series presents “A Conversation with Mr. Wake Forest”” ›
G is for… Needham Yancey Gulley Papers Needham Yancey Gulley, born June 3, 1855, was the son of a farmer in Jackson County, N.C. before starting at Wake Forest College in 1874. He earned his M.A. degree in 1879 and spent the next several years as a teacher, principal, and lawyer. Gulley married Alice Wingate,... Continue reading “The ABCs of Special Collections and Archives: G is for…” ›
Let the ZSR Library help you manage and cite your sources! We are sponsoring numerous citation workshops this Fall! Zotero Workshops Zotero is an amazing tool that will help you generate citations and craft bibliographies with ease! Check it out: Please join us for one of our Zotero workshops on managing and citing sources on one of these upcoming... Continue reading “Upcoming Zotero and Citation Workshops!” ›
The National Endowment for the Humanities as part of their Preservation Assessment Grant for Small Institutions recently funded a visit to Special Collections & Archives by nationally known Facilities Consultant, Tom Wilsted. Tom’s goals for his consultancy included the following: Review existing building plans and collection documents including preservation and emergency plans Travel to Winston-Salem,... Continue reading “Special Collections & Archives 2015 NEH Grant for Visiting Consultant” ›
If your news sources are anything like my news sources (disclaimer: NPR nerd here!), then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the new human species remains found in South Africa. Homo naledi was a previously unknown early human ancestor, and the amount of skeletal remains found in a South African cave point to the earliest known ritual... Continue reading ““Rising Star” of Evolution” ›
Browzine Web brings web browser access to the popular Browzine App available on iOS and Android devices. For the past two years, Browzine has allowed smartphone and tablet users to browse recent issues of scholarly journal, much like browsing a print journal. Now, Browzine Web is available on your computer! Access BrowZine Web from your... Continue reading “Resource Review: Browzine Web” ›
In this installment of our 5 Questions series, we delve into the archives with our very own Collections Archivist, Stephanie Bennett. Here, she talks to us about what drew her to archival work, shares one of her favorite University artifacts and offers advice to first year students about making the most of their experience at Wake Forest... Continue reading “5 Questions for Stephanie Bennett, Collections Archivist” ›
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) was a French scholar and philosopher who spent most of his adult life as a Huguenot exile in the Netherlands. His most famous work was the Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, a multi-volume biographical encyclopedia that encompassed Bayle’s wide-ranging and often unorthodox ideas. His arguments, carried out largely in the footnotes of the... Continue reading “Repairing Mr. Bayle’s Dictionary” ›
As many know, the WFU THRIVE initiative is dedicated to ensuring wellbeing over eight holistic dimensions: Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Physical, Financial, Occupational, Spiritual and Environmental. This unique program officially kicked off in the Fall of 2014 and has already made inroads in campus wellbeing. The THRIVE office has decided to do an annual event for... Continue reading “ZSR and WFU THRIVE on the First Day of Classes” ›
It is with great pleasure and much excitement that I start this fall semester as the new Dean of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. The wonderful library faculty and staff I met during my interview process were a major factor that drew me to Wake Forest University and the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. They are... Continue reading “A Message from the New Dean, Tim Pyatt” ›