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On Wednesday, April 16th, two sections of LIB110 “Research After Wake” visited the Forsyth County Central Library at 660 W 5th Street! Shout-out to Jessica Hassler, Central Library Operations Manager, who led both tours! We had 19 of our students attend the tours, and the seven other students who were unable to attend are scheduling... Continue reading “LIB110 Visits the Forsyth County Central Library” ›
On Wednesday, March 26th, Elizabeth Ellis and I took LIB110A and B on a field trip to WFDD, the local public radio station that just so happens to be on campus! This is one of two field trips on the syllabus of our class, “Research after Wake,” a class that prepares graduating seniors for the... Continue reading “LIB110 Visits WFDD” ›
Last Fall Provost Gillespie and I co-taught LIB290: Archives and Primary Sources. We introduced our students to primary source research by exploring the rich archival resources surrounding the history of Wake Forest University and the Reynolds Family using the ZSR Library’s Special Collections & Archives, the Reynolda House Archives, and a vast array of online... Continue reading “LIB290 and Experiential Learning” ›
The groupwork went so well in the last class that I wanted to do a slight modification in today’s. Lest anyone get too settled, we’ll do another type of activity next week. Today’s main goal was for everyone to learn a little about taxonomies; enough so that you can think back on it later if... Continue reading “Day 3: Teaching Taxonomies” ›