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Culinary creations inspired by books will be admired, judged and then eaten during the annual edible book contest to be held Thursday, April 14. WCU students, faculty and staff members and other visitors to the library on the day of the contest will cast ballots to choose the winners. Prizes… Read more »
Hunter Library’s Mark Stoffan and Liz Skene will present an Introduction to Copyright workshop on Wednesday, April 18, at the University Center from 10 until 11 a.m. The workshop is for persons who use reproductions of print or digital works, films, photographs and artwork in their courses, scholarship and research…. Read more »
Tina Adams is Hunter Library’s new electronic resources librarian. She comes to WCU from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where she was distance education librarian and coordinator. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in history and master’s… Read more »
Andrew Olson of Mocksville and Grace Overby of Eden are the library’s outstanding student assistants for 2015-16. They are among 32 students who have worked in part-time positions this year, assisting in all facets of library operations, from shelving books to recording data to creating displays. Olson, a marketing and… Read more »
Dr. Mimi Fenton, (center) professor of English, is the recipient of the Hunter Scholar award for the 2016-17 year. Fenton’s winning proposal outlines a digital resource that she will develop for the teaching of humanities education globally. Fenton’s award was announced during the annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration held at WCU on… Read more »
Check out the 3-D printing capability and other new technologies in the Technology Commons on the ground floor of the library. Known as “3DU: Discover, Design, Develop,” the new digital “makerspace” is equipped for the printing process to make three-dimensional objects from a digital file. 3DU also offers software for… Read more »
In her first four months on the job, Dr. Farzaneh Razzaghi, new dean of library services, has made as her top priorities planning for the future and increasing awareness in the WCU academic community about library services and resources. A new planning committee is open to any library employee who… Read more »
Mango Languages is a self-guided approach to learning a new language on your own schedule as time allows. Languages include Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Cherokee. Mango also offers English for Arabic speakers. Lessons go beyond grammar and vocabulary to an exploration of world cultures. Just log… Read more »