Library Gazette

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Charles Bombeld

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Doris ,renate

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thank-you charles for finding the browsing cover hot,flat, and crowded by thomas l. friedman you are the best renate,doris

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Erik Mitchell

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Roz Tedford

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Thanks for getting such a quick resolution on the problem with the CDApps link problem on Thursday, October 9th!

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Kevin Gilbertson

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Roz Tedford

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Thanks for getting such a quick resolution on the problem with the CDApps link problem on Thursday, October 9th!

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Charles Bombeld

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Charles came out to WTL5K and took event photographs. The pictures are great and we apppreciate his willingess to donate his Saturday morning to help the library.

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Renate Evans

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Renate for going above and beyond for the WTL5K event. She loaned us a pool to hold drinks, solicited registrations, and was the co-director of the cross-country trail portion of the race.

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Mary Lib Slate

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary Lib for going above and beyond for the WTL5K event. She l was the co-director of the cross-country trail portion of the race.

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Doris Jones

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Doris managed the water station on the WTL5K course. Everything was perfect and we appreciate Doris' usual efficiency that helped make the race a success.

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Kaeley for all her help on the WTL5K. She worked on the Fun Run course and helped with finish line timing.

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Heather Gillette

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping with onsite registration at the library's wTL5K.

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Prentice Armstrong

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for handling onsite new registrations at the WTL5K and then helping out as needed the rest of the morning.

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Wanda Brown

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping with registration on race day morning.

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Patty Strickland

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for all the setup work, manning registration and helping with finish line duties. AND for bringing Mark along to help, he was great too!

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Christian Burris

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks, Chris, for helping out at registration, finish line and doing whatever needed to be done at the WTL5K.

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Tim Mitchell

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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For managing the sound system at the WTL5K, working the finish line, helping out all over, and with clean up!

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Giz Womack

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for assisting on a variety of pre-race preparations.

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Sarah Jeong

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks for helping with post-race cleanup and for volunteering your husband too! We appreciate both of your help.

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Bobbie Collins

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for helping to stuff the race day bags with flyers. Thanks!

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Judy Simmons

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks for your help in preparing race day bags!

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Kevin Gilbertson

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Kevin was the creative talent behind the WTL5K website and promotional signs, banners and t-shirts. They made all the difference in our marketing efforts.

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Mary Scanlon

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary for managing the food tent and making sure that all the food was ready and available for the racers.

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Craig Fansler

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Craig assisted with posters and the main WTL5K banner. Thanks!

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Carolyn Mccallum

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Carolyn for her willingness to work however we needed in the days leading up to the WTL5K.

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Carol Cramer

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Carol for posting all the pictures taken at the WTL5K on the library Flickr account.

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Kristen Morgan

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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for cheerfully handling all the extra work handling registration payments for the WTL5K event.

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Giz Womack

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Sarah Jeong

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Giz helped fix my problem with accessing Outlook. Thanks so much!

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Mary Reeves

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Susan, Erik And Mary Beth

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Thanks to Mary for helping to stuff race goodie bags for the WTL5K.

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Chris Burris

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Craig Fansler

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Chris cheerfully helped me pick up two heavy presses and move onto a table in Preservation. Thanks Chris!

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Charles Bombeld

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Craig Fansler

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Charles helped me take some photographs for a special project. Thanks Charles!

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Peter Romanov

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Kristen Morgan

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Peter called to check on me when an unruly Library patron came in to the building and was yelling in the elevator. I was all by myself on the 8th floor. Thanks Peter for your heroic actions!

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Renate Evans

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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A big thanks for all of Renate's help with the set-up for the New Faculty Reception and for providing the centerpiece flowers! They looked great!

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Tim Mitchell Dedicated Deacon Winner

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Tim, who volunteered to help with organization and set up for the New Faculty Reception.

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Ellen Daugman

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Ellen helped with the set up and clean up for the New Faculty Reception. We really appreciated her help!

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Mary Scanlon

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Mary for her help with the New Faculty Reception!

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Sharon Snow

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Sharon helped with the clean up of the New Faculty Reception. We really appreciated it!

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Susan Smith

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Susan for all she did planning the New Faculty Reception, especially purchasing the food and drinks!

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Erik Mitchell

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Kaeley Mcmahan

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Thanks to Erik for helping with clean up after the New Faculty Reception!

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Patty Strickland

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Heather Gillette

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Patty helped me with an errand at UNCG for school stuff.

Mary Lib Slate came by my office today and asked if I could take some pictures of the sink outside room 401 (old Current Periodicals). I assumed it was to document some mechanical issue. Imagine my surprise when I saw a sink full of ice and Red Bull with signage marketing how Red Bull “gives you wings!”

-Giz Womack

Today we had the second Emerging Tech Talk session. This month’s topic: What’s new with Google?

Google seems to go in phases. Sometimes their work seems to be more about software, other times it seems to be more about search and data representation. We’re in a search phase right now.

So, we talked about the new features in search. We started with general things coming from Google labs. In this area, we talked about trends (which the image above is from) and lively. Neither of these obviously tie to library work, but some librarians are doing interesting things with them so we talked about ways they could be used in our day to day jobs. We also talked about the political information coming from Google labs. You can search for quotes from the presidential candidates on specific words (like library or net neutrality) and you can search video for specific words. I am most excited about searching video for words; if they roll this out beyond the political speeches, the same technology could make YouTube much more search friendly. I think this could have fabulous benefits for the Toolkit, too. We talked about some things that have been around, but haven’t been talked about as much. Specifically, you can use Google to be notified anytime your name shows up on the internet. You can also use Google to easily create fancy websites. Giz was kind enough to demo a site he’s created and help usunderstand how these sites can be useful for information literacy classes or library association work. Finally, we talked about projects that former Google employees are creating. One is the Cuil (pronounced like “cool”) search engine that came out a little bit ago and the other is FriendFeed, a type of RSS reader for your friends. Finally, we talked a little bit about the differences between Google Reader and Bloglines.

We had a good turn out and covered a lot of ground! If you have a technology topic you’d like to see covered, let me know! So far we’ve had a vote for Picasa vs. Flickr, so if I don’t hear anything in the next few weeks, that’s the one I’ll start preparing for November.

On Saturday, Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s first annual Wake the Library 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run took place under beautiful sunny skies along with cool fall temperatures. Over 150 people participated in either the fun run or the 5K race. The great weather contributed to 40 people coming out and registering that morning.

The race was started by Student Government president, Jermyn Davis. The Demon Deacon made an appearance and awarded all the children in the fun run with Chick-Fil-A stuffed cows.

Runners and walkers alike enjoyed the campus route that started and ended in front of the library and wound through the cross-country trail for 3.1 miles. Awards were presented for men and women in overall and age groups for first through third places. In the Fastest Greek contest, Delta Zeta won the sorority honors, while all the fraternities slept in.

The race was successful, thanks to the many individuals and organizations that supported our event: ARAMARK, Frank L. Blum Construction, SAFE, Fleet Feet Sports, Lenovo, Metabolic Effect, Gold’s Gym, WFU Campus Recreation, WFU Office of Multicultural Affairs, WFU Office of Student Life, Alibris, The Garage, Lowe’s Foods, Harris Teeter, Paceline Bicycles, SunTrust, DataMax, Chick-Fil-A, C& K Bagels, Village Tavern, Mark Welker, Earl Smith, WFU Bookstore, Kineticsware and the Student Government.

Thanks go also to all the ZSR Library staff who worked in the days leading up to the event, and to those who gave up their Saturday morning to help execute the many details that assured a safe, fun event for the WFU and Winston-Salem community. Many of our student assistants volunteered as well.

Take a look at the pictures of the event and of the contestants who came out to spend a gorgeous fall morning running and walking through Wake Forest while they supported ZSR Library’s programs.

You may or may not have heard of the Toolkit, a new way of offering information literacy tutorials for our users. I’m really, really excited about this project, as I think it’s a way to meet our user’s needs in a way that fits with their expectations, potentially could help us to prepare better instructional materials, and it could provide us a way to streamline some of our work. What’s not to be excited about?

Last week I gave a session on the what, why, and how of the project. And I’m giving another one tomorrow at 4:00 in 476. Wanna come? You can still register here! Want to see what we’ll cover before attending? Here it is:

Are you interested now? You can still register here! Seriously, though, if you’re interested in the project, or would like to contribute, let me know. I’m happy to talk with you one-on-one if you can’t make the session.

If you haven’t read this week’s Old Gold and Black you will want to check out these two articles! One is an article about the Starbucks Grand Opening and the other is an editorial about innovation at ZSR! Reading them both just made my day!