ZSR 101: Everything you ever wanted to know about the coolest place on campus but were afraid to ask (Z. Smith Reynolds Library-Wake Forest University

1. PDC | June 10, 2015
ZSR 101
Or everything you ever wanted to know
about the coolest place on campus but
were afraid to ask
Mary Beth Lock – Director for Access Services
Rosalind Tedford – Director for Research and Instruction
Meghan Webb – Reference Services Coordinator
Hu Womack – Instruction and Outreach Librarian

2. Superpower?
1. Strength
2. Invisibility
3. Fly
4. Speed
5. Cool Gadgets
6. X-ray vision
Strength
Invisibility
Fly
SpeedCoolGadgets
X-rayvision
19% 19%
0%
25%
6%
31%

3. How long have you been working at
WFU?
1. Less than a year
2. 1-5 years
3. 5-10 years
4. More than 10
years
Lessthan
ayear
1-5
years
5-10
yearsM
ore
than
10
years
6%
19%
13%
63%

4. ZSR: Who We Are
• 57 Full-Time Employees
• 26 are librarians (MLS Degree)
• 14 have WFU Degrees (some have 2)
• 200 (ish) student employees
• Open 138 hours per week &12
months a year
• Starbucks is the busiest in NC
• 2011 Excellence in Academic
Libraries Award

5. What We Do

6. Our Mission
The mission of the ZSR
Library is to help our
students, faculty and
staff succeed.

7. How We Do It: Instruction
• LIB100 and LIB200
classes
• One-shot instruction
sessions
• Citation workshops
• Zotero workshops
• Special Collections
and Archives

8. Are you or anyone in your house working toward a
degree (high school, college, graduate program)?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not now but
soon
Yes
No
Notnow
butsoon
41%
18%
41%

9. How We Do It: Research
• Subject Specialists
(liaisons)
• Research Help (in-
person and virtual)
• Interlibrary Loan
• Rights Management
• Electronic Theses
and Dissertations
• Senior Showcase

10. In the last year I have…..
1. Checked out a
book from ZSR
2. Checked out a
DVD from ZSR
3. Read/used an
ebook from ZSR
4. Watched a
streaming movie
from ZSR
5. Used a ZSR
database to find
information
Checked
outabookfro...
Checked
outaDVD
from
...
Read/used
an
ebookfro...
W
atched
a
stream
ingm
ov..
Used
a
ZSR
databaseto
fi..
27%
30%
37%
3%3%

11. How We Do It: Our Collections
• Special Collections & Archives
• Books and eBooks
• DVD Collection
• eJournals
• Databases
• Streaming Video
• Newspapers & Magazines
• Browsing (Popular) Books
• Off-Site Storage

12. In the last year I have...
1. Visited ZSR
Starbucks
2. Booked a room in
ZSR for a
meeting/class
3. Come to ZSR for a
lecture or meeting
4. Attended a HvZ
event
5. Seen the new atrium
furniture in person
Visited
ZSR
Starbucks
Booked
aroom
in
ZSR
for..
Com
eto
ZSR
foralectur...
Attended
aHvZevent
Seen
thenew
atrium
furn...
31%
21%
13%
3%
33%

13. How We Do It: Spaces
• Study Rooms
• Conference Rooms
• Reception Space
• ZieSta Room
• Starbucks
• Teleconferencing
• Auditorium
• Lockers
• NEW ATRIUM
FURNITURE

14. How We Do It: Other Services
• Circulation
• ZSR Delivers
• Interlibrary Loan
• University Archives
• Little Free Library
• Art-O-Mat
• Bridge Equipment
• Build.ZSR (http://build.zsr.wfu.edu)

15. I have the following social media
accounts (click all that apply)
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Instagram
4. Flickr
5. YouTube
6. Other Facebook
Tw
itter
Instagram
Flickr
YouTube
Other
25%
17%
15%
21%
6%
17%

16. How We Do It: Outreach
• ZSRx: Lifelong Learning
• Humans vs. Zombies
one for WFU kids and families
coming Tuesday, August 10th
• Academic Advising
• Faculty House Calls
• Deans List Gala
• Library Ambassadors
• Here when others aren’t –
breaks, snow, nights
• LOTS of listening to our
students
• Social Media (FB, twitter,
Instagram)

17. Tour the website
http://zsr.wfu.edu
QUESTIONS??