ZSR Library’s Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communication team invites Wake Forest faculty to join us for the 2022 DH@Wake Summer Institute: Digital Publishing. Our 3-day workshop will explore opportunities and resources for digital publishing in teaching and research activities. The Summer Institute will be held in-person (unless public health conditions require moving online) at ZSR... Continue reading “Call for Applications: DH@Wake Summer Institute: Digital Publishing – May 2022” ›
Since our last update, we’ve reached the milestone of 80,000 items within our Digital Collections, following the addition of several new digital collections and more items added to our established collections. The following are our most recent collections we’ve made available online. Curt D. Baum Family Collection Curt D. Baum was a Jewish boy of... Continue reading “New Digital Collections, Come See!” ›
On Valentine’s Day, we paired over 400 books with eager students during our annual Blind Date with a Book program! This much beloved, pop-up library event promotes leisure reading and a love of books. To plan for the event we collect popular fiction and non-fiction titles throughout the year, receiving book donations from ZSR faculty... Continue reading “Valentines for Bibliophiles! Blind Date with a Book 2022” ›
Special Collections & Archives continued its regular work throughout 2021, including hosting exhibits and online outreach events; collections acquisitions, cataloging, digitizing, and processing; and answering reference questions and developing resources for our patrons. I would like to thank and commend the entire SCA Team for their accomplishments and dedication over the past year! Collaborative Exhibits:... Continue reading “2021 Annual Report–Special Collections & Archives” ›
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church Hosts Traveling Exhibit: Navigating Jim Crow: Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina Recently SCA purchased a facsimile copy of The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: The Guide to Travel and Vacations (1954) authored and published by Victor Hugo Green. The Green Book, created for African American travelers in the mid-twentieth... Continue reading “Navigating Jim Crow: Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina Traveling Exhibit” ›
We are featuring another blog post from Immanuel Eggers (class of 2021); he spent much of the fall working with materials related to the Cuala Press and its founders, members of the Yeats family. A finding aid for the Cuala Press Prints Collection is available online now. In 1903, the Dun Emer Press was established... Continue reading ““Lolly, Lily, and Mary Married In”: The Yeats Women of the Cuala Press” ›
Special Collections & Archives is saddened by the announcement about the loss of Wake Forest Counseling Professor, Dr. Sam Gladding, one of our greatest supporters. We had the opportunity in the fall of 2020 to host Sam speaking about his most recent book, Off the Courthouse Square. He was a prolific author and his publications... Continue reading “Dr. Sam Gladding: An Inspiration” ›
I am pleased to announce that Rodrigo Castro has been appointed Director of Public Services at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, effective December 1st. Rodrigo comes from Boston College’s Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Library, where he served as the Head Librarian for Access Services. Previously, Rodrigo served as Head of Access Services for the University... Continue reading “Rodrigo Castro Appointed Director of Public Services” ›
