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What’s New in Public Services: November 2024

November Events Preparing for Exam Season In November, the Public Services team focused on preparing for the exam period, ensuring everything was in place to support our students during this busy time. Plans for several exciting collaborations and interactive projects were finalized, aimed at engaging students and helping them manage stress. The team also worked... more

Leslie at SEMLA 2024

For this year’s Southeast Music Library Association’s annual meeting, I served on the programming committee, and as a virtually-attending committee member, co-hosted the Zoom and reported audio/video glitches to the onsite managers. On the program this year was a survey of graduate-level instruction for music students at four schools (FSU, USC, UNCSA, and App State).... more

ZSR Recognitions – October & November 2024

The ZSR Recognitions: Thank a Colleague! program provides an opportunity for employees to submit a note of thanks to their colleagues. These can be for going above and beyond, helping a job get done, general appreciation, or any reason thanks can be given. Here are those who were recognized last month. Thanks to all for... more

ALA CORE Forum 2024-A ZSR Recap!

The ALA division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, began in 2020 through the combining of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA). This was the third annual conference held this year in Minneapolis, with 470 folks attending, up from 400... more

What’s New in Public Services: October 2024

October Events Nakayasu Book Display and Art Installation In early October, the ZSR Library presented a special book display to accompany the art installation featuring works by poet Sawako Nakayasu. The display, curated by Rodrigo Castro, Director of Public Services and Erin Jones, Research Services Specialist, showcased several of Nakayasu’s titles, including “Nothing Fictional but... more

Association of Librarians & Archivists at Baptist Institutions (ALABI) Presentation

Marcia Phillips, coordinator of the Davie County Public Library History Room, has been working as a part-time Metadata Specialist for Special Collections & Archives over the past year. Her focus has been on describing the tapes we had digitized as part of our 2018 CLIR grant. She recently gave a presentation to the Association of... more

ZSR Recognitions – September 2024

The ZSR Recognitions: Thank a Colleague! program provides an opportunity for employees to submit a note of thanks to their colleagues. These can be for going above and beyond, helping a job get done, general appreciation, or any reason thanks can be given. Here are those who were recognized last month. Thanks to all for... more

What’s New in Public Services: September 2024

Big Updates on Shifting Projects! The Public Services team is excited to share that the condensing of sections A through D on Wilson 1 is now complete! The next phase, moving the E collection from Reynolds 7 to Wilson 1, has now been started. Currently, the shifting team is nearing the E 200’s and thanks... more

Meghan at the 2024 NCLA Leadership Institute

On September 10th-13th, I attended the NCLA Leadership Institute in Black Mountain, NC. The mission of the NCLA Leadership Institute is “to create opportunities for learning and skill building in leadership and mentoring”, and to “cultivate an improved understanding of self and others while inspiring participants to serve in leadership roles within the profession at... more

Get Ready for More ZSR-Exclusive Fun: Introducing the ZSR Employee Association Event Calendar!

Have you ever caught yourself looking at the ZSR Employee Association Event Calendar Calendar, thinking, “Wait, is that for me?” Well, we’re here to clear things up! We’re excited to introduce the ZSR Employee Association Event Calendar, your go-to source for all events just for ZSR employees. While the ZSR Library Event Tracker Calendar covers... more