September marked the completion of fall student employee
training and significant progress on collection maintenance
projects, including the return of the ML–MT collection to
the 8th floor. Public Services also supported campus
outreach, collaborative displays, and continued off-site
storage operations.

September at a Glance

Core Operations

Public Services completed its fall student employee training
during September. Staff across User Services and Collection
Maintenance provided approximately
70–75 hours of new student employee training
over a three-week period. All Public Services student
employees are now trained for the semester.

Collections

Laura Milcarzyk, Patrick Ferrell, and Public Services student
employees completed the return of the
ML–MT collection from its temporary location
in Reynolds 1 during the HVAC repairs to its home on the
8th floor. Catalog records have also been updated to reflect
the collection’s return to the 8th floor.

Student employees are now shelf-reading the Q section in
Reynolds 2. Patrick continues to coordinate the project and
address barcode scanning, mis-scans, and other issues as
they arise.

Shifting work on Reynolds 5 has also progressed into the
Q section. Student employees are leaving shelves
approximately half full to provide room for future growth
in the French Literature collection, with Patrick
coordinating the work and back-shifting as needed.

Meg, Patrick, Laura, and Public Services student employees
also weeded the Browsing Graphic Novels collection in the
Atrium. Selected materials were moved to Reynolds 5 to
create additional room for growth in the browsing collection.

5th Floor

8th Floor

Browsing Graphic Novels

User Services

Throughout September, Public Services supported several
outreach and engagement activities at ZSR Library.
Wake Up Wednesday was held outside ZSR on September 16,
followed later that day by a
Three to Four Ounces tabling event outside the
ZSR Atrium. The arts and literary magazine returned for
a second tabling event on September 21, with editors
offering short personalized poems to students.

Additional outreach included a You Can Vote tabling
event on September 23 and a Suicide Prevention Month
table on September 30.

Public Services also supported two table-tent deployments
during the month. Wellness Center substance-use table
tents were placed throughout the library on September 1.
On September 2, approximately
75 Fall Career Fair table tents were
distributed across high-traffic library spaces, including
the Atrium, 4th-floor Wilson, Mandelbaum Room,
Scholars Commons, Room 401, and the 24/7 Reading Room.

What’s On Your Mind? Comment Board

The What’s On Your Mind? Comment Board continues to
provide an opportunity for students and other library
visitors to share their thoughts, experiences, and
feedback with ZSR Library.

Book Displays

September Displays

September featured two collaborative and course-related
book displays:

• Color of Law, a collaboration with
  the Wake Forest Law Library
• History of Sports, based on Professor
  Susan Rupp’s syllabus for
  Connecting the Classroom and the Library

History of Sports

Color of Law

October Book Displays

The following displays are planned for October:

• Reading the Revolution —
  Special Collections & Archives
• Fall Vibes — Erin Jones
• Color of Law —
  Wake Forest Law Library & ZSR Library collaboration
• Reynolda House Museum
• Connecting the Classroom and the Library:
  Graphic Novels —
  based on Professor David Lee’s syllabus
• Halloween — Erin Jones
• LAM Anthropology Museum
• Connecting the Classroom and the Library:
  Sports History —
  Laura Milcarzyk; based on Professor Susan Rupp’s syllabus

Off-Site Storage

In September, the Offsite Storage team:

• delivered 98 physical items,
• fulfilled 29 electronic requests,
• accessioned 98 new items,
• and audited 5,731 items.

In September, Alayna Veasey:

• fulfilled 9 SCA offsite requests,
• returned 2 SCA offsite requests,
• shifted 61 SCA books and periodical
  boxes offsite,
• and shifted 30 SCA boxes offsite.

Professional Activities & Development

On September 28–30, Alayna Veasey attended the
Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), expanding
her knowledge of collections management and operations
for libraries, museums, and historic buildings.

James Harper and Rodrigo Castro participated in ASERL’s
Rapido Unpacked discussion group, a series of
four one-hour sessions focused on the operational aspects
of Rapido, Ex Libris’s resource-sharing platform.
The discussions provided an opportunity to explore
workflows, practices, and operational considerations
related to implementing and managing Rapido.

Collaborations

Crafternoon:
On September 14 and 28, Jemma Johnson, Danielle Key (RIO),
and Hannah Reynolds (Fellow) handed out candy and craft
kits in a continuation of Public Services and RIO’s
ongoing
Crafternoon
series. This month’s Crafternoons featured WFU coloring
books from the WakerSpace and a folding hand fan craft.

External Events:
On September 24, Will Ritter and Rodrigo Castro met with
Daisha Bunn, Barry Davis, and Veronica Escamilla-Brady
to discuss processes for coordinating external events.
The group will continue to meet regularly to identify
opportunities to streamline and improve these processes.

Building Occupancy:
Rodrigo Castro, Veronica Escamilla-Brady, and Thomas
Dowling met with the Occuspace liaison to review building
occupancy analytics and discuss the accuracy and
reliability of the system’s reporting.

Facilities:
On September 30, Facilities conducted a walkthrough to
assess the condition of the exterior windows in the
Reynolds Wing. The assessment will help determine whether
upgrades or replacements are needed.

September Statistics

September’s Public Services statistics reflect continued
use of library spaces, circulation services, resource
sharing, and research assistance.

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