November Events

Crafternoon, November 3

Headed by Jemma Johnson and Danielle Key with support from the library Fellow Celina Seo, Crafternoons offers snacks and a craft students can make in the library. This fun study break aims to build connection and engagement with students while promoting ZSR’s Wellness Collection. On November 3, 83 people grabbed snacks and made pom-pom keychains!

Public Services provided tables, signage, and setup support for Wake Up Wednesday on November 19, hosted by Campus Life.

HUGE News: Shifting Projects are Complete!

After two years, countless book truck loads, and a whole lot of work, the Public Services shifting projects have been completed! Public Services staff and student workers moved over 350,000 books between floors. The goals of the project were to improve the overall organization of the stacks, enhances long-term accessibility for users, and standardize the flow of the collection across floors. Thank you to everyone who helped with this project, we couldn’t have done it without you!

ZSR student worker Kevin Elizondo posing with a thumbs up next to the last few books to be shifted.
ZSR student worker Kevin Elizondo posing with the last of the books to be shifted.

Documentation Project

November saw the launch of the User Services team’s effort, lead by Jemma Johnson, to update and standardize Public Services’ operating documentation. The project focuses on revising existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WINs) to reflect current practices, clarify responsibilities, and support more consistent training across service points. Work to date includes the review and consolidation of circulation workflows, refinement of student-employee procedures, and the development of updated templates and indexing structures to ensure documents are easier to locate and maintain. The revised materials will move through review by the User Services team.

Professional Development

Jemma Johnson attended the 2025 Library Marketing and Communications Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, from November 11-17. Laura Milcarzyk attended 2025 Access Services in Library Conference that was held in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 18-20. Stay tuned for their upcoming blog posts about their experiences!

“What’s on Your Mind?” Comment Board

This month, students mainly had food and impossibilities on their minds, leaving a total of 43 posts (the second most this year!).
Comment: Cheez-it IYKYK ;) Response: Did you know there's an official Cheez-It meme generator? [QR code attached] Comment: pickles Response: A versatile and amazing food. Some people don't like them, but those people are wrong. Comment: Will pigs fly? Response: Someday Certainly before the New York Jets are good again. [cartoon of a pink pig with wings]

Collection Displays

November Displays

  • Nobel Prize Literature Winners, curated by Erin Jones.
  • History of Coffee, curated by Peter Romanov and Laura Milcarzyk.
  • Moving Fast: Books on Running, curated by Patrick Ferrell and Laura Milcarzyk.
  • Collection Quest 2: Literary Characters and Places, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.

Upcoming Displays

  • Holiday Movies, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.
  • Wintery Reads, curated by Erin Jones.
  • Healing Through Heritage: Indigenous Peoples, curated by Erin Jones and the University Counseling Center.

Offsite Storage

During the month of November, Offsite Storage
  • fulfilled 52 physical requests,
  • fulfilled 20 electronic requests,
  • and audited 4,868 items.
Alayna Veasey continues to shift more collections offsite with the help of her student team, as well as pulling older collections for Sam Sfirri to review. Alayna and Ty Wilson are collaborating to maintain an open work space at Offsite Storage, successfully balancing both ZSR and Special Collections & Archives projects. In November, Alayna
  • fulfilled 8 SCA offsite requests,
  • returned 22 SCA offsite requests,
  • shifted 8 SCA rare books and periodicals offsite,
  • and shifted 91 SCA boxes offsite (a record!).

November by the Numbers

November 2025 Stats 2,185 physical items checked out 3,765 study space hours booked 384 document delivery requests fulfilled 295 items sent to other libraries via ILL 72 LibAnswers tickets 34 LibAnswers chats

View full statistics here.