April Events

Tabling Events at ZSR

  • Residence Life and Housing, April 2 — In partnership with Alexa Florencio and Residence Life staff, the library helped host an interactive tabling event to share housing resources and engage students in end-of-year planning.
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 3 — As part of campus-wide programming, ZSR welcomed Alexus Amaker and Hannah Dean for an evening outreach event focused on education and resource-sharing during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Public Services table provided an accessible point for information and support.
  • 1834 Student Campaign Tabling, April 4 — The ZSR entrance hosted campaign representatives for the 1834 Student Campaign, a student-led fundraising effort. Library staff offered logistical support and provided space for meaningful conversations about student philanthropy.
  • Deac’s Day of Giving, April 8 — ZSR contributed to the university’s annual giving campaign with a midday tabling event designed to encourage donor participation and showcase library impact stories.
  • Bicentennial Space Plan Student Outreach, April 11 — Library staff collaborated with Campus Planning to support this strategic pop-up event led by Anna Hawryluk. An easel and staffed table facilitated student feedback on future campus space priorities.
  • WAKE Up Wednesday, April 23 — The final WAKE Up Wednesday of the semester, with the Division of Campus Life providing refreshments, study tips, and friendly faces as students entered the final stretch of the academic year.
ZSR's Fellow and a student interacting at library's table at the AAPI Celebration.
Emma Gauthier, ZSR Fellow, talking to a student at the AAPI Celebration.

ZSR at the AAPI Celebration, April 23

Jemma Johnson and Emma Gauthier, ZSR Fellow, crewed library’s table at the AAPI Celebration, which featured color-your-own bookmarks featuring Asian and AAPI titles from the library’s collection, curated book lists featuring Asian and AAPI authors, and ZSR swag.

Shifting Projects

Our spring semester shifting project continues. We are currently relocating materials from the 4th floor to the 8th floor to better balance shelf space and support accessibility. As of April 30, the shift has progressed through call number ML100 M92.

This relocation effort makes use of shelving space opened up by our previous 8th floor shifting project, which successfully condensed materials to maximize capacity. The current project not only improves the overall organization of the stacks but also enhances long-term accessibility for our users.

Professional Development & Presentations

Rodrigo Castro published a book review in the NCLA’s LAMS Letters for Spring 2025 for the title, “Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today’s Academic Library” edited by Kristin Henrich and Cinthya Ippoliti.

LAMS Letters newsletter header with NCLA logo and text.

What’s On Your Mind? Comment Board

This month’s comment board included lots of cats and freakouts over finals. It was also out busiest month to date, with 37 answered posts!
The first section shows a peach flower with a cat drawing and the message "Ya you got this" located next to a black dot. Below, there's a light blue note with a printed uplifting message.The second section displays a pink flower with the handwritten message "I'M SO SAD & SCARED ABT MY EXAM." Below it, a light blue note with a printed supportive message is visible. The third section features a green flower with the message "my all-nighter tonight #procrastination." Below, there's a light blue note with a printed motivational message.
A selection of messages left on the “What’s on Your Mind?” comment board in April.

Book Displays

April Displays

  • Haunted by Nature: Eco-Gothic & Environmental Horror, curated by Will Ritter.
  • Natural North Carolina, curated by Erin Jones.
  • Earth Month, curated by the Office of Sustainability.
  • Remember the Oceans, curated by Erin Jones.
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month, curated by the University Counseling Center.

Upcoming Displays

  • Once Upon a Retelling: Modern & Diverse Reimaginings of Classic Stories, curated by Will Ritter.
  • Baseball: America’s Game, curated by Erin Jones.
  • Ink and Memory: The Rich Literary Culture of the Middle East, curated by Jemma Johnson.
  • History of Railroads, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.
  • Beyond the Rainbow: Exploring LGBTQ+ Narratives Across Genres, curated Will Ritter and Jemma Johnson.

Offsite Storage

During the month of April, Offsite Storage
  • fulfilled 78 physical request,
  • fulfilled 32 electronic request,
  • accessioned 234 new items,
  • and audited 3,675 items.

Alayna Veasey is working to finish all offsite shifting projects and complete all offsite returns before the summer construction projects in ZSR begin. She will primarily work at Offsite Storage during the summer. In April, she

  • fulfilled 15 SCA offsite requests,
  • returned 8 SCA offsite items,
  • shifted 22 SCA rare books and periodicals offsite, and
  • and shifted 44 SCA boxes offsite.

April by the Numbers

April 2025 Stats 3,045 physical items checked out 5,352 study space hours booked 310 items sent to other libraries via ILL 403 document delivery requests fulfilled 83 LibAnswers tickets 36 LibAnswers chats

View full statistics here.