Two Thumbs Up A glowing review of Ron Jantz’s book Managing Creativity: The Innovative Research Library (ACRL, 2016) was recently penned for the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship by Kathy Hughes of Montclair State University. In her review, Hughes notes:… Continue Reading
This year’s Faculty and Staff Appreciation Picnic will be held on Thursday, August 17 from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Rutgers Gardens Log Cabin and Pavilion (140 Log Cabin Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902). There will be fun and… Continue Reading
Honorable Achievements Sherri Farber, reference assistant at the Paul Robeson Library, received the Outstanding Student Award at the School of Communication and Information Honors Day 2017 for her work in the Master of Information Program. She is also a recipient… Continue Reading
We are happy to announce that the Libraries are once again collaborating with Rutgers’ Office of Summer and Winter Sessions to cosponsor a series of talks at Alexander Library this summer. Save the following dates and stay tuned to the… Continue Reading
An Unexpected Visit Last month, Carr Library received an unexpected visit from artist Katya Silis, whose father Nikolai is the sculptor of Don Quixote with a Flower, the statue that sits adjacent to the walkway leading to the entrance of… Continue Reading
The digital exhibit for the 2017 Celebration of Scholarship is now available for viewing. It features the works of 125 members of the Rutgers faculty in disciplines ranging from fine arts to pharmacology at Rutgers–Camden, Rutgers–Newark, Rutgers–New Brunswick, and Rutgers… Continue Reading
The New Brunswick Libraries announced their schedule of #Stressbusters events for the spring exam period. Highlights include a photo booth at the Math/Physics Library, button making at the Art Library, and pet therapy sessions at Alexander, Douglass, Kilmer, and LSM.… Continue Reading
Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Will Save Almost $1.6 Million in First Year More than 32 classes are switching over to low cost or no-cost textbook solutions as part of the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project, with a projected… Continue Reading
Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50 A new exhibit of materials from IJS titled Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50 is the inaugural exhibit in the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark ( 54… Continue Reading
Living in the Shadows: Underground Immigrant Communities For the spring semester, the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at Douglass Library will feature a group exhibit titled Living in the Shadows: Underground Immigrant Communities from January 17 through April… Continue Reading