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Najla Said Book Talk and Signing: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m. ZSR Library Auditorium (Room 404, Reynolds Wing) Lev Grossman Book Talk and Signing: The Magician’s Land Friday, September 5 at 3 p.m. ZSR Special Collections Reading Room (Room 625, Reynolds Wing) Kate Bruce,... Continue reading “Library Lecture Series” ›
Zotero: Introduction to Collecting, Managing and Citing Your Research Sources Four dates and times available Multiple Locations Zotero is a powerful open-source citation manager and research tool that integrates directly into the Firefox, Chrome or Safari browser. Participants will learn how to install Zotero and start using it to cite sources and create bibliographies in... Continue reading “Upcoming Technology Workshops” ›
NC LIVE eBook Collection The statewide library consortium NC LIVE recently released this collection of more than 1,000 e-books from a variety of North Carolina publishers. The collection includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry. All the books can be read online or downloaded to a... Continue reading “Database News” ›
The Sustainability Office has a Fall Speaker Series which is exploring the farming and food we eat: how it is grown, who grows it, and issues surrounding this topic. I worked with Program Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, Hannah Slodounik to put up an exhibit in ZSR to promote the series called “Make Every... Continue reading “Sustainability Exhibit: Make Every Bite Count” ›
Thanks to some heavy marketing of Humans v Zombies during orientation (an OG&B ad, a mention at Project Wake: Civility, and a mention at Faculty House Calls) along with our huge HvZ event in mid-August for Worldwide Wake and SPARC, there was quite a large group of students eager to participate in Friday night’s Humans... Continue reading “ZSR Hosts Biggest HvZ Event to Date!” ›
By the end of the 18th century, Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) was the most famous furniture designer in England and North America. The term “Chippendale” had come to refer to a style of furniture prevalent throughout Europe and the United States. What started Thomas Chippendale on the road to this renown was the publication of a... Continue reading “The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754), by Thomas Chippendale” ›
Winston-Salem book lovers look forward every fall to the annual Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors. This event, the largest annual book festival in North Carolina, brings nationally known authors to downtown Winston-Salem on the second weekend in September. This year Bookmarks will celebrate its 10th festival on Saturday, September 6. Wake Forest University and ZSR Library... Continue reading “Author Event: Najla Said” ›
Why the change? The way people access the web has changed. Smartphones, tablets, and other devices have proliferated. The new site is designed to accommodate screens of all sizes. The way people search has changed. Users now expect a simpler search experience, and the new homepage aims to deliver that. The way the web looks... Continue reading “About the New Website” ›
Mark you calendars for two upcoming events. Exhibit Grand Opening, Thursday, August 28th 4:30-5:30 Stop by for cookies and punch, and see the new exhibit in Special Collections & Archives: Worth a Thousand Words: Ken Bennett’s Photographs of Z. Smith Reynolds Library Reception with Ken Bennett, Wednesday, October 15th 4:30-6:00 Special Collections & Archives will... Continue reading “Exhibit Grand Opening and Reception with Ken Bennett” ›
Join us for a game of Humans vs Zombies in the ZSR Library! We will use Nerf Dart Blasters to ward off the Zombies in the 170,000 sq. ft. Library. Bring your Nerf Dart Blasters if you have them, or borrow one from ZSR! Pizza will be served! Sponsored by the ZSR Library and the... Continue reading “Humans vs. Zombies in the Library” ›