I had the opportunity to attend and take part in a number of sessions at the 2025 NC LIVE Annual Conference, both in person on Friday, May 16, and online on Monday, May 19. As always, the conference was a great place to learn from coworkers from all around the state, hear about new projects,... more ›
During graduation weekend 2023, the “Senior So Dear” event was almost rained out and had to pivot from an outdoor event to an indoor event in ZSR. That indoor event was so successful that John Champlin approached the Library this Spring (2025) in hopes that ZSR could once again provide an indoor venue for this... more ›
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 ›
This year’s Medical Library Association’s (MLA) conference was held in Pittsburgh from April 29 – May 2 and gathered 720 in-person and 175 virtual attendees. Although this was the 127th meeting of the MLA, it was the first time convening in the oh so appropriate city of Pittsburgh where virologist Jonas Salk developed one of... more ›
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this…recap of ZSR at ACRL 2025! From April 2 – 5, a contingent of ZSR folks descended on Minneapolis, Minnesota (Prince, Mall of America, Lakes, Cheese Curds!) for the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Biennial Conference. Here is what we got up to!... more ›
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... more ›
During the last four years, as student workers of ZSR, the 2025 graduates have learned to live the Wake Forest University Motto, “Pro Humanitate (for humanity), [which] invites us to use our ideas, knowledge, talents and compassion on behalf of humanity in all its differences and diversity.” In celebration of completing their time at ZSR,... more ›
On Friday, May 2nd, Roz Tedford and I presented on “Misinformation in the Age of AI” at Salemtowne, one of the local continuing care retirement communities. Thanks to Roz’s connections, we’ve been making annual presentations there on a variety of topics for the last few years. More than 60 folks attended this session! It’s always... more ›
Over the past academic year, the first cohort of the Inclusive Leadership Development Program (ILDP) has been meeting monthly. The cohort was made up of twenty people from across Wake Forest, after having been nominated and accepted to join the group. Rodrigo and Rebecca were accepted to participate in this first cohort. Rodrigo I was... more ›
This year’s meeting of the Music Library Association was held online, and, following the latest trend, offered several sessions on generative AI. Metadata discussions posed the question “Can AI be an author?” In both copyright law and cataloging standards, the answer appears to be “no”: the legal term “author” applies only to humans; RDA, the... more ›