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August 2025

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    Strong Showing at ALA Conference

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    Fernanda Perrone to Be Inducted as SAA Fellow

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    ‘One Libraries’ Engagement Day Focused on Well-Being

  • Conceptual AI illustration featuring a computerized profile of a human head

    Generative AI Features in Major Databases and Platforms

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    Facilities Updates Across the Libraries
  • Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Awards for 2025

  • Two people sit at a table, smiling and holding an open yearbook.

    AADC Reunion Visit to Douglass Library

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
Headshot of Consuella Askew Letter to the Libraries

This has been and will continue to be a period of great change for Rutgers University Libraries.

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FEATURES
Megan Lotts standing by an exhibit Strong Showing at ALA Conference

Rutgers University Libraries were well represented at the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia.

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Headshot of Fernanda Perrone Fernanda Perrone to Be Inducted as SAA Fellow

Fernanda Perrone will be inducted later this month as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.

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Large room of people seated at round tables ‘One Libraries’ Engagement Day Focused on Well-Being

More than 100 faculty and staff gathered on May 30 for the Libraries’ first organization-wide Engagement Day.

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Generative AI Features in Major Databases and Platforms

This LibGuide brings together information on the new generative AI features in the Libraries’ e-resources.

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Close-up of lounge seating Facilities Updates Across the Libraries

Multiple libraries are undergoing or have recently completed improvements and repurposing of existing space.

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A person speaks at a podium Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Awards for 2025

Four Rutgers–Camden undergraduates were honored as recipients of the annual research award in April.

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Two people seated at a table smile at the camera holding an open yearbook AADC Reunion Visit to Douglass Library

The highlight of this year’s visit was Barbara Gray Nicholson, a 1950 graduate.

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DEPARTMENTS
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A variety of personnel-related updates, including individual achievements, arrivals, and departures.

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Key organization-wide information, important procedural changes, and upcoming action items.

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News and social media mentions, publications, presentations, and podcasts.

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DEI Committee activities, as well as recommended resources and helpful links.

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