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Examples from One Library
What ZSR Library does to build value
Susan Sharpless SmithCharleston ConferenceCharleston, SCNovember 10, 2012
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Who is Wake Forest University?
• WFU is a private co-ed liberal arts university in Winston-Salem, NC
• We describe ourselves as a “collegiate university”• Mid-size, under 5,000 undergraduates, total including
graduate and medical school: under 7,000• Traditional school with a primarily residential student
population• ZSR Library is the 2011 ACRL Excellence in Libraries
winner in the university category• Our mission is simple: “to help our faculty, students
and staff succeed.”
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Complexity of Demonstrating Value
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Framework for Demonstrating Value
• Targeting WFU faculty through– Embedded instruction– Teaching Support– Raising visibility through
relationships and partnerships
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Embedment @ ZSR
Social Stratification in the Deep South, 2009 Trip
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Teaching Support: Technology
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Building Relationships
• Library Lecture Series• Annual Faculty Author Dinner• New Faculty Orientation
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Buidling Partnerships
• Initiatives– Digital Humanities– WFU Digital
Publishing– Documenting
Diversity
• Events– Faces of Courage:
50 Years of Integration
– Allen Mandelbaum Memorial
– Gay Pride Parade
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Expanding Roles
• Faculty status opened new doors
• Liaisons: Not just about collection development
• Academic Advisers
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Transforming Positions to Meet Changing Needs
• Every open position is evaluated and may be re-defined if there is need
– Scholarly Communication Librarian
– Outreach Librarian– e-Learning Librarian– Digital Initiatives
Librarian
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Increasing Visibility via Library Spaces
• Starbucks• 118-Seat Auditorium• Writing Center• Group Study Rooms with
Technology• The Bridge• New Mac Teaching Lab• Musicircus