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Inside ZSR

Leslie at MLA 2026

This year’s meeting of the Music Library Association was held in Salt Lake City (I attended virtually) in February. Music and Wellness A colleague at Baylor knew that music could, on many levels, address wellness needs, and was looking for a way to integrate this approach into her outreach. When she stumbled upon an early-1800s... more

Lauren C. at ER&L 2026

The E-Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Conference did not disappoint! I’ve written up what I think is of broadest interest. Robert McDonald’s keynote address, “Dawn of the Machine Age? Near Futures for Libraries and Higher Education” was eye opening for me. I was unaware that a singularity is predicted by author Ray Kurzweil to happen in... more

Lauren C. at ALA Annual 2025, Philadelphia

Steve, Jeff, and I were the only people from ZSR Library at the ALA Annual Conference this time. This was my first in-person Annual Conference since 2019. I attended because I was finishing a 3-year term on the Board of the Core Division of ALA and Core is celebrating 5 years of existing, having formed... more