1. A Library for the Whole Student:
Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness at your Library
Susan Sharpless Smith - Associate Dean
Mary Beth Lock - Director of Access Services
Meghan Webb - Reference Services Coordinator

4. 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing

5. • Partner in Thrive Initiative
• Library Lecture Series
• Sources, Citations & Cocoa/Cookies
• Librarians as Faculty Advisors

6. Dean’s List Gala

7. Writers Camp @ ZSR

8. ● Student employment
● ZSR Bootcamp
● WFU Fellows Program
● Research and Instruction
Internships

9. ● Building initiatives
○ HVAC upgrades
○ Atrium cork
flooring
○ New windows
○ Water bottle refill
station

10. • Sustainability
Committee (2010)
• Reduce waste
• Raise student
awareness
Coffee Cup Giveaway
Art Exhibit

11. ● Diversity training for staff
● Unconscious bias training
in Bootcamp
● Winston Salem Pride
parade float
● Safe Places Training

12. Cans For Fines
• Reduces fines by
$1 per can
• December
• Provided to
community food
bank

13. • Provide financial education
partnering with the ZSR
Library fellow and the Office
of Financial Aid
• End-of-year loan counselling
• Bookstore buy back in the
library

14. ● ZieSta Room
● Furniture to study by
○ Standing desks
○ Zenergy ball chairs
○ Pod chairs
○ Fitbike
● Safety & Security efforts
● Walking paths
● Flu shots

15. ● 24/5 schedule
● Food and Drink
● Wake the Library
○ Yoga
○ Relaxation Station
○ Therapy Dogs
○ And more!
● All Gender Restrooms

16. Library Decorating Committee

17. ● Friday Nights @ ZSR
● ZSR Ambassadors

18. Humans vs. Zombies
● Going strong since
Fall 2011!
● Here’s what it looks
like . . .

20. Additional Wellbeing Programs and Initiatives:
Paws to Relax
Sarah Levine (2016),University Library News,University of Connecticut
Academic Libraries Role in Supporting StudentMental Health and Wellness
Crystal Rose,Judy MacLean,Patricia Doucett (2016),Ontario Library Association Super Conference
Health and Wellness in the Academic Library
Hilary Westgate (2015),College and Research Division,Pennsylvania Library Association
Appalachian offers variety of options for meditation and well-being as semester ends
University News, Appalachian State University
Mason Nation Welcomes Winter Well-Being and Wellness With Destress and Enrichment
Sudha Kamath (2014),George Mason University News
Cornell Puts a Lawn in the Library
Meredith Schwartz (2012),Library Journal

21. Questions?

22. Want more ZSR? Follow us!
zsr.wfu.edu/social

23. Contact us!
Susan Sharpless Smith smithss@wfu.edu
Mary Beth Lock lockmb@wfu.edu
Meghan Webb webbmm@wfu.edu

24. References
American College Health Association National College Health Assessment. (2015). Undergraduate students: Reference group data report, Spring 2015.
Retrieved from http://www.olasuperconference.ca/event/academic-libraries-role-in-supporting-student-mental-health-and-wellness/
Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. (2015). 2015 college senior survey: Institutional profile and
longitudinal profile reports: Wake Forest University. Retrieved from http://ir.wfu.edu/files/css2015.pdf
Hettler, B. (1980). Wellness promotion on a university campus. Family & Community Health, 3(1), 77–95.
Hinchliffe, L. J., & Wong, M. A. (2010). From services-centered to student-centered: A “wellness wheel” approach to developing the library as an integrative
learning commons. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 17(2/3), 213-224.
Lock, M. B., Fansler, C., & Webb, M. (2016). Emergency planning (r)evolution: Making a comprehensive emergency plan for the present and the future. In
E. N. Decker & J. A. Townes (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries (pp. 70–95).
IGI Global. Retrieved from http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-8624-3
Meyers-Martin, C., & Borchard, L. (2015). The finals stretch: Exams week library outreach surveyed. Reference Services Review, 43(4), 510-532.
doi:10.1108/RSR-03-2015-0019
Reynolds, J. A., & Rabschutz, L. (2011). Studying for exams just got more relaxing: Animal-assisted activities at the University of Connecticut Library.
College & Undergraduate Libraries, 18(4), 359-367.
Womack, H. D., Smith, S. S., & Lock, M. B. (2015). Large-scale, live-action gaming events in academic libraries: How and why. College & Research
Libraries News, 76(4), 210–214.

25. Images and Video Provided by:
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Flickr
Wake Forest University Photography,
WFU Office of Communications and External Relations
“Humans vs. Zombies 2012” by Wake Forest News