Library Gazette

On Friday, April 27th, a group of fifth graders from Cook Elementary School visited the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Their tour was part of their Wake Forest University campus visit, and we were asked to show them some of the interesting things that can be done in the library.

After a quick history of the university with digitized images to illustrate some of the neat things libraries do, Kevin Gilbertson used clickers to talk with the students about technology in libraries. The elementary school students liked the clickers as much as the college students do. One student even asked, “Will I get to use clickers if I come to WFU?” to which Kevin smartly replied, “You will if you take the library class!”

After that, we were out and about in the library. We went to reference, so the students could see where they could come get help with research one day. We saw Craig Fansler in the “book hospital” and he showed them some of the ways he repairs books and wowed them with his preservation tools. Everyone was impressed with the various cutting machines. Finally, we went to rare books to see Sharon Snow. She showed the students some of the older and newer rare books and explained some of the qualities that make books rare.

It was a good afternoon, and a pleasure to host the Cook Elementary School students.

Person Recognized

Elise Anderson

Given By

Jim

Reason

Elise organized and managed our Annual Booksale. She and her team of dedicated staff orchestrated one of our most successful sales to date, bringing in $3,233.

Person Recognized

Bobbie Collins

Given By

Heather Gillette

Reason

Bobbie helped identify an oddly titled book that a faculty requested through ILL that I couldn’t find. Thanks for the help with “Color Perception.”

Person Recognized

Sharon Snow

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

Megan Mulder

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

Craig Fansler

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

Beth Tedford

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

Vicki Johnson

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

Julia Bradford

Given By

Waits Raulerson

Reason

Congratulations to the Special Collections team for the wonderful Maya Angelou event. It was a truly moving experience.

Person Recognized

John Ake

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

His generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. He ransacked the library for book ends, marshalled armadas of student workers during setup, and helped with the final loading of books into the Shepherd’s Center van.

Person Recognized

Mary Scanlon

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the library book sale. Mary helped me with marketing the sale and she and Carolyn worked together to improve the eye appeal of the sale.

Person Recognized

Carolyn McCallum

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Carolyn and Mary worked together to improve the eye appeal of the sale, and Carolyn suggested an idea about signage in the sale that worked great.

Person Recognized

Judy Byrd

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

Judy worked tirelessly to process more than 500 VHS tapes in time for the library book sale. Those tapes that weren’t sold will be donated to the Forsyth Public Library. Thanks, Judy, for all your work.

Person Recognized

Renate Evans

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Renate was very instrumental in advertising the sale on campus, and helped throughout the sale from start to finish.

Person Recognized

Megan Mulder

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Megan helped with the setup and during the sale, and took the time to post flyers of the sale at several locations off campus.

Person Recognized

Jim Galbraith

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For his generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Jim helped with the planning of the sale, identified the best books to include in the sale, and assisted repeatedly in the sale from the first cart to the final box.

Person Recognized

Charles Bombeld

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For his generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Charles helped with the planning of the sale, worked with Scott to identify the best books to include in the sale, and took photos of the event.

Person Recognized

Scott Adair

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For his generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Scott helped with the planning of the sale, worked with Charles to identify the best books to include in the sale, and assisted with the sale itself.

Person Recognized

Laura Spear

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Laura repeatedly volunteered during the setup and the sale, and finally helped box up the leftover books.

Person Recognized

Mary Lib Slate

Given By

Elise Anderson

Reason

For her generous contribution of time and energy to the book sale. Mary Lib helped repeatedly with the sale, from setup to dismantling the sale, and will also deliver some of the remaindered books to the book sale for the Greenville SC literacy program.

Person Recognized

Peter Romanov

Given By

Patrick Ferrell

Reason

Thanks to Peter for pulling all the VHS tapes for the book sale and then shifting the rest of the collection to make room for the DVDs.

Person Recognized

Patrick Ferrell

Given By

Peter Romanov

Reason

For shifting all the “r” books so they are back together on Reynolds 6.

Person Recognized

Scott Adair

Given By

Heather Gillette

Reason

Scott helped solve a time-crunch problem with an ILL patron. Thanks!

Person Recognized

Linda Early

Given By

Heather Gillette

Reason

Linda helped rush a ZSR book through cataloging for an ILL patron. Thanks.

Person Recognized

Ellen Daugman

Given By

Sarah Jeong

Reason

Ellen does a great job creating the Reference Desk schedule every semester. Thanks!

Person Recognized

Lauren Pressley

Given By

Sarah Jeong

Reason

Lauren gave a library tour for 30 elementary school students yesterday. Thanks!

Person Recognized

Kevin Gilbertson

Given By

Lauren Pressley

Reason

For showing the Cook Elementary School students how cool their areas of the library are.

Person Recognized

Craig Fansler

Given By

Lauren Pressley

Reason

For showing the Cook Elementary School students how cool their areas of the library are.

Person Recognized

Sharon Snow

Given By

Lauren Pressley

Reason

For showing the Cook Elementary School students how cool their areas of the library are.

Person Recognized

caroline numbers

Given By

lauren pressley

Reason

For teaching me to always read the fine print (and helping me submit some dedicated deacon nominations).

On Saturday (yes, Saturday) March 24, I traveled to the Etherington Conservation Center in Brown Summit, NC for an Advanced Book Repair workshop sponsored by the NC Preservtion Consortium. The workshop was taught by two ECC conservators, Matt Johnson and Sally Key. These two knowledgeable people covered many topics for the 12 participants gathered that day. Sally and Matt spent some time discussing conservation adhesives which can be broken down into 4 groups:

1. Starch/Cellulose adhesives - rice or wheat pastes;
2. Ether Cellulose Adhesives - Methyl Cellulose;
3. Protein Based Adhesives - Hide or fish glues; and
4. Synthetic Adhesives - PVA (the glue I use most often in Preservation).

My favorite part of the workshop was the cooking and mixing of rice starch paste. This archival, reversible paste is made by taking the rice starch powder and mixing it with water into a slurry. Boiling water is then added to make a sort of translucent goo. Trust me, its good stuff! This one demonstration made the workshop worthwhile for me.

We also discussed and practiced re-sewing loose signatures onto a text block, cleaning off old adhesives, and various Japanese hinging papers. We also made a new case for a text block from binder’s board and conservation buckram. All in all, it was a worthwhile workshop. Anyone who wants my recipe to make rice starch paste in the microwave-just ask!