Library News

The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is working with other Forsyth County libraries to create a digital archive of historic photographs. Please join us to kick-off a traveling photography exhibit and see the archive in action!

Forsyth County Public Library

Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit–Thursday, October 16 at 1:00 pm

Central Library auditorium

The Forsyth County Public Library will launch a traveling photography exhibit that will be on display at 50 libraries across North Carolina.This exhibit celebrates the story of North Carolina’s rich arts, heritage and cultural life.Featured photographs include Our State Magazine 2008 photograph contest winners, photographs from the North Carolina Archives and an Artist Invitational Photo Exhibit.The exhibit is sponsored by the Department of Cultural Resources.

Forsyth County Public Library, Old Salem, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University will also be demonstrating the Digital Forsyth online photograph collection featuring over 7,000 historical photographs on Forsyth County.

L-R: Mike Lancaster, Director Lynn Sutton, Provost Tiefenthaler, President Hatch, Mark Williard

An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 30 to celebrate the Summer 2008 renovations in Z. Smith Reynolds Library, including a new Starbucks, which opened September 22.

James Alty, associate vice president for facilities and campus services, was the master of ceremonies for the Sept. 30 ceremony. The program included brief remarks by Jill Tiefenthaler, provost; Lynn Sutton, director of Z. Smith Reynolds Library; Jermyn Davis, student government president; Chuck Hoover, senior regional development manager for Starbucks; and Randy Rogan, associate dean of the Graduate School. Mark Williard, the architect for the library renovation project and Mike Lancaster, vice president & principal for Frank L. Blum Construction Company were introduced and applauded for the superb project. Refreshments were provided in Starbucks before and following the ceremony.

Room 401, the room that used to house Current Periodicals on the 4th floor of the Reynolds Wing, has been repurposed into student group and individual study space. New furniture, complete with additional power capabilities, was delivered and installed on September 25. The new space adds 82 new seats, a combination of soft seating and collaborative/individual table seating.

Stop by the library and get some coffee at the new Starbucks!

Hours for Starbucks are:

The grand opening will be next Tuesday, September 30th at 11:30 am. Enjoy!

Join the ZSR Library and the Resident Technical Advisers (RTAs) as they host a video game night in the Library atrium on Friday, September 12th from 7pm-11pm. Register in advance by emailing itc@wfu.edu to reserve a space for game play or drop by the event to watch the games and tournament and enjoy some pizza!

The location for ZSR Library’s current periodicals has changed. They are now housed in the Reference Department on the 4th floor of the Wilson Wing. In addition to their new home, the periodicals are now shelved in LC (Library of Congress) call number order. This ensures that patrons will be able to find similar subject areas in close proximity.

Check out our renovation and construction photos: ZSR Renovations 2008!

The construction season will begin in ZSR on May 9th with the emptying of the front two “24 hour” study rooms, and the simultaneous removal of the shelving from the Periodicals Room.

Once the Periodicals Room is emptied, the furniture from the 24 hour rooms, (except for the huge study carrels, which will be disposed of) is going to be moved up to the Periodicals Room to be redeployed through out the library over the next few weeks. The couches from the Rhoda’s side will end up in the new Mandelbaum Reading Room.

The coke and snack machines are being relocated to the hallway outside of room 204. The lockers will be in the Reynolds 2 hallway by the study rooms.

Beginning on Monday, May 12, the usual entrance to the library will be closed. The new entrance will be through the door closest to the parking lot in the Atrium, west side. Signage will be posted beginning Friday, May 9. The exit desk and the gate will be moved on May 12.

Wake Forest University will be having a planned outage of phone service from Friday, March 8 at 8pm until Monday, March 10 at 8am. During this time, the library’s usual phone service will be interrupted, and voice mail will not be possible.

If you need to reach the library during that time, please note:

For reference questions or any other information, you can send a text message, IM, or email.

Study room reservations can be made online.

Book renewals can be done through the website by logging on with your borrower card number.

Interlibrary loan requests can also be placed through the ILL request form.

We apologize for the inconvenience. This temporary interruption will provide us with necessary upgrades to enable us to give even better service in the future.

To reserve a study room, go to Study Room Reservations.

ZSR has implemented a study room reservation system that is completely online to allow students to reserve one of its 7 study rooms. Click on the “Study Rooms” link from the ZSR homepage or bookmark the link. Any currently registered student can choose to request an available room for up to two hours per day. Reservations can be made in segments from half an hour to two hours long, but students can only reserve two hours total per day. Students can make reservations up to 5 days in advance. WFU username and password are required to make the reservation.

Starting Sunday February 17, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be open overnight 5 nights a week. The library will open each Sunday at 10 a.m. and will not close until 7 p.m. the following Friday. Saturday hours, currently 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., will remain the same. The new schedule will remain in effect every week during the fall and spring semesters.

“Ever since I became ZSR Director in 2004, students have been asking for longer library hours. First we stayed open until 1:00 am, then we started Wake the Library during exam week, and now we are pleased to remain open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. It is all part of fulfilling our mission: helping our students succeed!” said Lynn Sutton, ZSR Library Director.

From 1-8 a.m., only students, faculty, and staff will be admitted to the building, and will need to swipe their ID cards to enter. A security guard will be posted near the entrance from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. each night. “We also wanted to ensure that we could continue to provide a safe and welcoming study space for the students of Wake Forest. So, we are very pleased that Campus Police has also provided coverage throughout the overnight hours at our security desk. The security guard will ensure that only currently registered students, and currently affiliated staff and faculty are the only people that can come into the library between 1am and 8am Monday through Friday,” according to Mary Beth Lock, Head of Access Services for the library.

Wanda Brown, Associate Director of the ZSR Library, said, “Providing 24/5 access to our library’s facility, collections and services is the first of several strategic initiatives that we believe once implemented will greatly enhance and support the continued successes of our students, faculty and staff. So stay tuned, there’s more excitement to come!”

The complete library calendar is available online. The library may have reduced hours during holidays, between semesters, and over the summer.