Writers Camp @ ZSR: Camping, Writing, and Publishing in the Library!

Authors

  • Hubert Womack Wake Forest University
  • Meghan Webb Wake Forest University
  • Carolyn McCallum Wake Forest University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v76i1.5344

Keywords:

creative writing, student authors, library programming, academic libraries

Abstract

Libraries and writers are natural partners. In the Spring semester of 2016, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hosted 33 student authors who applied to attend at an overnight event known as “Writers Camp @ ZSR”. These students were paired with University artifacts from the Library’s Special Collections to serve as writing prompts, fueled with endless coffee, and offered editorial support from graduate assistants in the Writing Center-- culminating in the publication of a unique collection of student-authored literary works, cataloged by the Library and published by the Library Partners Press in multiple formats. This project, now a biennial event, has helped the Library bring together a community of authors, supporting the scholarly pursuits of these students outside the classroom.

Author Biographies

Hubert Womack, Wake Forest University

Hubert David Womack is an Outreach and Instruction Librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a BA in English and Studio Art. Hu received his MBA from the Babcock School at Wake Forest in 2000 and completed his MLIS degree from UNC-Greensboro in 2008. He currently serves as a member of the Research and Instruction Services team, offering research instruction to faculty and students. He is also the liaison for the departments of Sociology and Communication. 

Meghan Webb, Wake Forest University

Meghan Webb is an Instruction and Outreach Librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. In addition to teaching a credit-bearing information literacy course, LIB 100: Academic Research & Information Issues, Meghan is involved in implementing a variety of library programming and cultivating library outreach efforts. She received her MLS from the School of Information and Library Science, and a BA in Communication Studies, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Carolyn McCallum, Wake Forest University

Carolyn McCallum is the Cataloging Librarian for Nonprint Resources at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. She received her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Published

2018-01-23

Issue

Vol. 76 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Research & Librarianship

License

Articles published 2023 and later: (C) The Authors

Articles published 2022 and earlier: Copyright Editor, North Carolina Libraries