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					<description><![CDATA[In celebration of America’s 250th, Rutgers University Libraries produced a professional video to highlight the work of our archivists and the importance of distinctive collections. Special Collections and University Archives collaborated with Middlesex County and Cornelius Low House (the Middlesex County museum) on a special exhibit that opened on Saturday, April 11, and runs through the end of 2028. A reel-formatted version [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Kelly Worth retired on Friday, April 17. She began her journey with the Libraries in 1998, working part-time in the LSM administrative office. She transitioned to a full-time role in Alexander Library Administration on March 1, 1999, and since moving to Douglass in 2001, she has been an integral member of the Administrative Services Team [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Engagement Day Engagement Day will be on Friday, May 22, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Although our buildings are closed on May 22, Engagement Day is considered a workday, and attendance is expected unless you have scheduled time off or are traveling on business. Whether you are able to attend [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Adriana P. Cuervo, director of Special Collections and University Archives, has been appointed co-chair of the Society of American Archivists&#8217; Annual Meeting Program Committee for the 2027 meeting. Barry Lipinski retired as library supervisor I, Access Services, James Dickson Carr Library, culminating an astounding 45-year career at Rutgers University Libraries. Having started as a work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Maria Deptula, health sciences collections librarian at Smith Library, published a featured article in Doody’s Core Titles: “Weeding with Care: A Renovation-Driven Weeding Project in the Health Sciences Library with a Focus on the Last Institutional Copies” (January 2025). Bart Everts, reference and instruction librarian at Paul Robeson Library, joined a panel discussion with Charlene [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Open and Affordable Textbooks Program: Deadline Approaching The Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Program is currently accepting applications. This program, which has saved Rutgers students more than $13 million since its inception, awards research funds to Rutgers faculty who redesign their courses to use free or low-cost materials or who create a new open textbook. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutgers University Libraries recently welcomed Keena Arbuthnot, the new executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer for Rutgers, for a tour of several locations across Rutgers University–Camden, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers University–Newark, and Rutgers Health. These visits were covered in Rutgers University Libraries social media posts during the week of December 1: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Data Visualization Championship for Love Data Week For the first time, Rutgers is participating in the Big Ten&#8217;s Data Visualization Championship for Love Data Week 2026! Rutgers students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit entries. Rutgers University Libraries are partnering with OIT, Enterprise Analytics, and IDRIS to hold a data visualization contest, and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Raymond (Ray) Balter, library assistant II in Access Services at Douglass Library, is retiring effective January 1, 2026. His first day at Rutgers was July 16, 2001, when he started in University Mail and Document Services. He joined Rutgers University Libraries in March 2003 with a full-time position at the SERC Reading Room, and since [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Diane Biunno, metadata archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies, and Tara Kelley, audiovisual archivist for Special Collections and University Archives, are among the organizers of the New Jersey Archival Film Festival, which takes place Saturday, November 1, at Monmouth University.  Becky Libourel Diamond, business instruction librarian at James Dickson Carr Library, published The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook: Cookies [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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