LOEX returned to the East Coast this year for its annual conference, which was held in Norfolk, Virginia on Mother’s Day Weekend. This year’s theme was “Oceans of Knowledge: Diving into Information Literacy,” but the abundant puns and metaphors in presentation titles pointed to the challenges of navigating stranger tides (prime example – a strong... more ›
Core Operations The Public Services Department is in the process of planning the 2026 Public Services Department Retreat. The selected date for the retreat is Wednesday, August 12th in the Heritage Room, located in the Reynolda Hall. The department’s management team is working on the staff position description project, which will update staff position descriptions... more ›
I attended my first ALA 26 years ago and my rough back-of-the-envelope math tells me that the 2026 one was my 13th or 14th ALA annual over the course of my career. Just like my first one, this one was in my favorite big city in the US – Chicago. ALA has changed a lot... more ›
This year was NASIG’s year for an in-person conference after going to an in-person/online-only model a few years ago. The 2026 conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, a return of sorts to the early days of the organization when college campuses hosted the conference, from meeting spaces... more ›
Resource Services: Who can help me? For work related to ordering books and periodicals (magazines, newspapers, bound journals), receipt and payment, preparing new books for the shelf, and new e-resources for access, are you wondering who in Resource Services can help with questions or problem-solving? Immediately below is a situational list, and further down is... more ›
On May 27th-28th 2026, I attended the Southern Library Support Staff (SLSS) conference at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. I was looking forward to attending a conference focusing on support staff and library assistants, since so many conferences are focused solely on MLS degree holders. Sessions were offered on a large variety of topics, and... more ›
I’m terribly late in writing this up (sorry, stuff got in the way), but I want to share a bit about a meeting I attended in Denver back on April 16th and 17th. As the incoming President of Core (a Division of the American Library Association) ALA sent me to a CEO Symposium put on... more ›
Several members of the ZSR Library recently attended the 12th annual Triad Academic Library Association (TALA) Conference hosted this year at UNC Greensboro. Their reflections are below. Meg Sturdevant This was my first TALA conference, and it was an enlightening experience. There were so many points I found delightful. During the keynote presentation our dean... more ›
Rebecca @ SNCA/SCAA I attended the SNCA conference last week for a quick, enjoyable, and interesting experience. The first session I attended was “To Be an Archivist in the Carolinas in These Times: An Informal, Moderated, Discussion” moderated by Randi Beem, Adreonna Bennett, and Dawn Schmitz (all from UNC-Charlotte). I enjoyed the honest reflections that... more ›
Feature: Two Public Services Student Employees Named 2026-27 Wake Forest Fellows The Public Services department is excited to announce that two of its student employees, Alaina Wheeler and Lulu Clark, have been named 2026-27 Wake Forest Fellows! Lulu (’26, Critical and Creative Media) will serve as the President’s Office Fellow and Alaina (’26, Biology) will... more ›