The ZSR Library Blog
ZSR recently published a new privacy policy. Libraries have always been serious about safeguarding the privacy of their users, with the American Library Association stating all the way back in 1939, “It is the librarian’s obligation to treat as confidential any private information obtained through contact with library patrons.” In the 1930s, that “contact with... Continue reading “New Privacy Policy at ZSR” ›
In addition to weekday Zotero workshops geared to faculty and weekend Zotero workshops geared to students, the library will offer “The Right Way to Cite” before each of the weekend Zotero workshops. If you have students who need more extensive help citing sources, please recommend these back-to-back sessions, offered on three Sunday afternoons during the... Continue reading “Fall Workshops for Faculty and Students” ›
Naveed Jamali Book Talk and Signing: How to Catch a Russian Spy Friday, Sept. 11, 3:30 p.m. ZSR Special Collections Reading Room (Room 625, Reynolds Wing) Corey D.B. Walker, Dean, College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education, Winston-Salem State University: “Fifeville and the Fate of the Humanities” Thursday, Sept. 17, 4 p.m. ZSR Library Auditorium... Continue reading “Fall 2015 Library Lecture Series” ›
Build.ZSR enables faculty to partner with librarians to develop scholarly digital projects in support of research, teaching and learning. ZSR provides considerable expertise in project development, from simple course blogs and online exhibits to more complex and experimental digital initiatives. ZSR can help by providing Web hosting and Web development or even by implementing a... Continue reading “Build.ZSR: Library-Faculty Partnerships for Scholarly Digital Projects” ›
Just six months after its inaugural call for content, the Library Partners Press has successfully published quality monographs – by and for Wake Forest University faculty, staff, and students – in both print-on-demand and electronic formats. You can find these books at bookstores and on the shelves of the ZSR Library. Recently one title, The... Continue reading “Library Partners Press Update” ›
New Databases Psychological Experiments Online pairs audio and video recordings with primary-source documents – such as notes from experiment participants, field notes, letters penned by the lead psychologist, etc. – to describe important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries. New Pauly is an authoritative encyclopedia covering more than 2,000 years of Greco-Roman history,... Continue reading “Database News” ›
This Religion in North Carolina blog post was written by Caroline Green, Religion in NC student assistant. In 1867, Pleasant Daniel Gold (1833-1920), a pastor of Wilson Primitive Baptist Church, began publishing the semi-monthly newsletter, Zion’s Landmark. The periodical served as a hub of information for subscribers who paid one dollar per year, including sermons,... Continue reading “Zion’s Landmark” ›
This summer, the Wake Forest University Center for Global Programs and Studies launched a new 3-credit course titled “INS 101: Arrive@Wake” aimed at incoming international students. The inaugural class was made up of seven delightful students. The flyer for the program stated, “The cornerstone of Arrive@Wake is a credit-bearing course designed to strengthen your writing... Continue reading “Arrive@Wake” ›
Special Collections will host a unique art exhibit in the Reading Room, entitled Bags of America by Wake Forest Art Professor, Leigh Ann Hallberg, which begins on August 17, 2015. This installation features an “artist’s book” of cereal bag drawings titled, Bags of America and an installation of actual cereal bags in the Rare Book... Continue reading “Bags of America Exhibit by Leigh Ann Hallberg in Special Collections” ›
Special Collections & Archives (SCA), in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, recently completed a very successful year, 2014-2015. Here is a brief listing of accomplishments and activities. For further information, please contact Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Director: zanisht@wfu.edu Departmental Accomplishments: Stephanie Bennett joined SCA as the Department’s new Collections Archivist. Her responsibilities focus on collections management, accessioning,... Continue reading “Special Collections & Archives Annual Report, 2014-2015” ›