Events in December and January
- Wake the Library, Dec. 8-12, 2025 — ZSR hosted students throughout the week with snacks, special programming, and extended hours for finals success!
- Writing Center Pop-Up Tutoring, Dec. 9, 2025 — The Writing Center hosted walk-up tutoring sessions during Wake the Library to support students working on planning, writing, and editing their papers.
- Crafternoon, Dec. 8, 2025 — Jemma Johnson, Danielle Key (RIO), and Celina Seo (Fellow) handed out snacks and created pet rock “study buddies” with students.
- Voter Registration Drive, Jan. 12, 2026 — ZSR hosted You Can Vote who helped the campus community register to vote and check their registration status.
- Wake Up Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 — Campus Life’s Wake Up Wednesday encouraged library goers to swing by for morning treats and campus engagement.
Additionally, the Office of Personal & Career Development partnered with Public Services in January to place table tents advertising the career fair throughout ZSR.
Changes to Deacon One Cards and ZSR Delivers
Deacon One is moving away from physical ID badges and implementing a mobile app. Starting in Fall of 2026, incoming students can opt for the mobile ID app only.
To prepare for this, James Harper is working with the Deacon One office and the vendor of our smart locker system to upgrade our software and hardware.
Department Updates
Public Services is currently in the process of completing performance review processes. This year will be slightly different from previous years, as we will be engaging in a calibration process to ensure “a consistent application of a shared, standard interpretation of the performance rating scale and criteria.”
The department is also in the process of developing departmental and individual objectives for 2026. These objectives would align with existing goals for the department, which include:
- Public Services will assess its internal structures and partnerships to meet ZSR Library goals.
- Public Services will streamline processes and protocols to improve productivity and effectiveness of all departmental operations.
- Public Services will develop mechanisms to improve discovery, availability, and access to services, collections, and resources.
- Public Services will support other Library departments to increase capacity.
“What’s on Your Mind?” Comment Board
Unsurprisingly, comments were mainly about snow and ice (with a side of mayo), leaving a total of 42 posts on the comment board in December and January.
![Comment: Snow [doodles of snowflakes and a snowman] Response: Hope there's some actual snow and not just ice! [clipart of snowman with scarf] Comment: Snow day(s)? [smiley face] Response: Looks like Monday at least is cancelled!! Comment: mayo mayo mayo mayo... everything is mayo Response: Mayo mayo mayo mayo single double triple mayo Tubby the Mayo Jar sees all. Especially your soul.[picture of Demon Deacon and Tubby the Mayo Jar mascots]](https://zsr.wfu.edu/files/sites/2/January-2026-comment-board.png)
2025 Comment Board Stats
Note: The comment board was inaccessible during the summer months due to construction, and were not included.
Collection Displays
A ZSR Book Display LibGuide is coming soon! The guide will feature previous and current displays with book lists and links to the library catalog.
December and January 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.
- Winter Olympics, curated by Erin Jones.
- Prequel to Black History Month: 3 African Cultures, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.
- NYT Bestsellers of 2025, curated by Erin Jones.
- Collection Quest, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.
Upcoming Displays
- Black History Month, curated by Laura Milcarzyk.
- Non-Romantic Loves, curated by Erin Jones.
- Romance @ ZSR, curated Jemma Johnson.
Offsite Storage
- accessioned 432 new items,
- fulfilled 87 physical requests,
- fulfilled 30 electronic requests,
- and audited 4,255 items.
Alayna Veasey accessioned almost 300 boxes from the Richard M. Burr Congressional Collection, her largest offsite accession to date. At ZSR, she and her student team continue to shift and rearrange collections in preparation for future SCA renovations.
In December and January, Alayna:
- fulfilled 5 SCA offsite requests,
- and accessioned 319 SCA boxes offsite.
January by the Numbers
3 Comments on ‘What’s Happening in Public Services: December 2025 & January 2026’
Lots of good stuff! Thanks for sharing.
I am THRILLED to hear we are getting a Deacon One Card app!!! WOOT!
What great data! And a Deacon One Card app? That’s HUGE! So much good stuff going on! Thanks for sharing!