Cherokee Outreach Program
The Library is passionate about collaborative public engagement outreach programs that extend their academic relationships, in particular, those that allow them to reach a diverse audience of future...
View ArticleClimate Survey
The Z Smith Reynolds Library is the place to work at Wake Forest University. A 2009 campus climate survey found that ZSR’s faculty and staff are the most satisfied with their work campus-wide. One...
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Get Game @ ZSR
The Library explores ways to reach out to students and to bring in a more diverse body of students into the Library. One way has been to create programming that will connect to less traditional...
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Web Services
Today’s students have different expectations when it comes to the role of the library on the web. The Web Services Librarian, Kevin Gilbertson, continually looks for ways to make the website exceed...
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Human Resources Initiatives
In 2005, librarians’ salaries at ZSR were 25% lower than the median level of their peers according to national salary surveys. The then library director (now Dean) Lynn Sutton spearheaded a major...
View ArticleRecognition as Grassroots
In 2006, the library’s Employee Recognition committee designed a comprehensive recognition program that combines recognition for small acts as well as larger projects. The cornerstone of this program...
View ArticleAttract a Diverse Community of the Brightest Educators and Students from...
The Z Smith Reynolds Library does all it can to attract the brightest library faculty and staff to support the mission of the University. It does this informally, as a community, and formally, with...
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Capture the Flag
This year Campus Life, Student Activities Fee group, and Resident Student Association approached the Library about hosting a Capture the Flag game in the Library during the first few weeks of school....
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Mural Contest
With the renovation of space, the Library had many new surfaces available to be covered or decorated. It wanted to invite the students to help make the space their own. The Library created a mural...
View ArticleAttract a Diverse Community of the Brightest Educators and Students From...
Wake Forest strives to attract a diverse student body, and the Library seeks creative and innovative ways to reach out to students from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. In 2009, librarians...
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