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Quick Takes on Events and News – March 2018
Leslin Charles receives an award from Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Three Cheers for Leslin…
Instructional design librarian Leslin Charles last month received an award from Rutgers–New Brunswick’s Undergraduate Academic Affairs for generosity and commitment to the education of Rutgers students. As all of us at the Libraries who have worked with Leslin know, this recognition is well-deserved. Congratulations, Leslin!
…and for Julie and Zara!
We’ve just received word that reference/instruction librarians Julie Still and Zara Wilkinson will be recognized as Rutgers University–Camden Women of Excellence today in honor of Women’s History Month. This distinction, conferred by the Office of Student Involvement, the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, the Women’s & Gender Studies Program, and the Division of Student Affairs, honors faculty and staff and celebrates mentorship. Congratulations, Julie and Zara!
An Unspecific Gift
Barbara Madsen, associate professor in print at Mason Gross, presented a copy of Unspecific Object to rare books librarian Michael Joseph last month. Unspecific Object is an artists’ book containing 14 original photogravures and poems. For this work, people were invited to submit images of objects they collect past and present. Submissions ran the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Barbara Madsen presents Michael Joseph with Unspecific Object. The winners were juried by Jared Ash, assistant museum librarian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arezoo Moseni, senior art librarian at the New York Public Library. The material objects were sent to Barbara who created a photographic response. Ely Rosa Zamora, a Venezuelan poet, created her interpretation of the images in poetry. The limited edition of the artist book/portfolio was published by Choir Alley Press. Housed in an orange portfolio box, the edition size is 15 copies: the Rutgers copy is no. 8.
Saying Farewell to a Dear Colleague
Please join us for a cocktail reception celebrating the retirement of Jeanne Boyle, associate university librarian for planning and organizational research, on March 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Alexander Library. Contributions of $25 toward a gift (cash or checks made payable to Cash) can be sent with your response to Tonie Perkins at Alexander Library. Kindly RSVP by March 9.
Celebrate the completion of the Badian Roman Coins Project on March 23. Celebrating a Classic Collection
Celebrate the completion of the Badian Roman Coins Project at Alexander Library on March 23 at 3 p.m. The Badian Roman Coins Project is a collaborative effort to bring fully into the digital realm Rutgers’ Ernst Badian Collection of Roman Republican coins, one of the largest collections of its type in North America.
The project contextualizes the collection’s 1,200 items through an ambitious, web-based public portal and archive, helping users undersand patterns of development in Roman money in its first 250 years. RSVP to attend at badiancoins.eventbrite.com.
Physicians Assistants Exhibit on the Move
The traveling National Library of Medicine exhibit Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care is making a stop in the Great Hall of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 4 to 6 p.m. on March 1, as a centerpiece of a reception and celebration of “50 years of PA History” hosted by the Rutgers Physician Assistant program.
The Physician Assistants exhibit will be on view at a PA Program reception on March 1. The Rutgers PA program is part of the Rutgers School of Health Professions, and recently relocated to the sixth floor of the Robert Wood Johnson Research Tower. The March 1 event is a job fair for PA students and an open house for the PA Program. The event is cohosted by the PA programs at Seton Hall University and Monmouth University. Next up, the exhibit will move to the Library of Science and Medicine, where it will be on display through March 24.
Main Street in Somerville, 1908. New Additions to NJDH
The latest addition to the New Jersey Digital Highway offers a glimpse into 40 years of the history of central New Jersey.
“Somerville and its Environs: Images from Central Jersey History 1885–1925” was curated by Jim Sommerville, a former librarian at Somerville Library of the Somerset County Library System. The collection is the first batch of photographs from the library system’s holdings that will be digitized and made available in high-resolution scans for use by teachers, students, and the public via the immersive, online information portal.
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This Month in the Agenda: March 2000
This month we take a look at the Agenda in the aughts. Is it just me, or does 2000 not feel like almost two decades ago?
Survey Says
Reader survey from the Agenda 22, no. 4 (March 5, 2000). Systematic Thinking
MESSAGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
At the last Cabinet meeting we discussed what it means to be a system. This might seem needless for an organization that has described itself as operating system-wide for many years, but it’s always useful to step back and take stock. This is especially important as we continue to develop our long-range plan, the Digital Library Initiative (DLI), and seek ways to be more effective.
Typically, a system shares the same vision, philosophy, and goals. It shares common infrastructure and operates with system-wide policies and practices. There is considerable interdependency among units and a heightened need for communication. There’s also a shift to systems thinking, where operations are examined across the system rather than just locally. This helps to improve and expand the entire system’s capabilities to be effective. Each unit is each other unit’s best customer and best supporter. Information and expertise are shared readily, so that everyone in the organization benefits.
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As we implement the DLI we need to ensure that we are all working towards system-wide goals, using our resources effectively, thinking strategically, collaborating across units, and present a consistent, quality presence to our users. Communication and open discussion will be important as we gain new understandings in what it means to sustain and enhance a system in the digital environment.
The Agenda 22, no. 5 (March 19, 2000)
Getting Medieval
The Medieval Studies Program and the Friends of the
Rutgers University Libraries invite you toThe Dedication of the
Ernest McDonnell
Medieval Culture Seminar Room
in Alexander Libraryfeaturing a talk by
Barbara Newman,
Professor of English and Religion
at Northwestern University“You Can’t Speak To Men
Until You’ve Spoken With God:
Medieval Women And The Church”Thursday, March 23, 2000
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Alexander LibraryThe Agenda 22, no. 4 (March 5, 2000)
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What’s Happening around Rutgers? March 2018
Rutgers–Newark employees can get a free meal for National Employee Appreciation Day on March 2. National Employee Appreciation Day
Friday, March 2
10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stonsby Commons, Rutgers–NewarkHuman Resources–Newark in partnership with the Chancellor’s Office will sponsor lunch for 300 employees at Stonsby Commons in celebration of National Employee Appreciation Day.
In addition, a representative from Dining Services will host a table on-site providing employees an opportunity to sign up for the Raiders Card Program. Dining Services; in collaboration with the Staff Appreciation Committee and HR Newark, is excited to present our First Annual “RU-N Restaurant Week” to be hosted in May 2018 – details coming soon! Any employee and student enrolled in the Raiders Card Program will receive a discounted price and/or prix fixe menu at participating Raider Card Restaurant locations.
In order to ensure everyone has the opportunity to take part; the first 100 employees during the allotted times below, must present their RU-N Employee ID to eat FREE. The time slots are as follows:
- 10:30 a.m. (First 100 employees)
- 11:30 a.m. (First 100 employees)
- 12:30 p.m. (First 100 employees)
Click here for more information.
Nevermore featuring the works of Leonid Lamm opens at the Zimmerli on March 3. Nevermore: Leonid Lamm, Selected Works
Saturday, March 3 – Sunday, September 30
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers–New BrunswickThis exhibition is Leonid Lamm’s first museum retrospective in the United States. It acknowledges Lamm’s significant effect on the development of Soviet nonconformist art and, subsequently, in establishing its legacy both within and outside the Soviet Union. This show comprises more than 60 works of art, largely drawn from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, the Claude and Nina Gruen Collection of Contemporary Russian Art, and the collection of Lamm’s wife and daughter. The selected work, which spans his prolific seventy-year career, demonstrates that Lamm’s artistic development was stimulated by a lifelong inquiry into the multidimensional energy of space. Learn more.
The A Call to Action: Future Challenges for a New Puerto Rico conference takes place at Rutgers–Camden on March 30. A Call to Action: Future Challenges for a New Puerto Rico
Friday, March 30
9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Campus Center, Rutgers–CamdenThis one-day symposium will unite experts in dialogue and conversation around the current state of affairs in Puerto Rico and the future challenges and opportunities in rebuilding the island following the devastation of Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Featuring keynote speaker The Hon. Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, mayor of San Juan. Presented by the Rutgers–Camden Community Leadership Center.
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This Month in the Agenda: February 1987
The Agenda, February 2, 1987. It’s 1987: a Ford Escort costs just under $7,000, Full House debuts on TGIF prime-time, and the Dominion of Fiji is preparing to proclaim itself as a republic. What was happening at the Libraries?
Cinephiles Rejoice!
Media Services has announced a film series on works by director Robert Bresson. Bresson explores themes in his work which are similar to those Bergman addresses. The films focus on philosophical and human problems, dealing with issues of freedom and constraint, love or its lack, life and death, and affirmation or denial.
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The films will be shown on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in Room 200 of Art History Hall on the Douglass Campus.
February 6 Les Dames du Bois De Boulogne
February 13 Lancelot du Lac
February 20 Pickpocket
February 27 Quatre Nuits d’un Reveur (Four Nights of a Dreamer)The Agenda 9, no. 5 (February 2, 1987)
IRIS Insights
IRIS Update for the week ending February 1, 1987.
RLIN records produced on or before January 23, 1987 were added to IRIS.
MRMS:
New records added: 2,322
Circulation:
New records: 2,717
Records updated: 6,033
New items added: 3,138Circulation Notices produced and mailed: 3,138
The Agenda 9, no. 6 (February 9, 1987)
Just Say No… to Food
The Rutgers University Libraries will begin an Anti-Food Campaign during March 1987. The purpose of the campaign is to draw the attention of both patrons and staff to the dangers that food and beverages present to the preservation of our library collections, the maintenance of our furnishings and equipment and the appearance of our buildings.
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Among items planned for the campaign are exhibits in each of the major libraries, and all campus mailing from the University Librarian’s office, articles in the campus newspapers, announcements on the campus radio station, bookmarks, posters, and notices. Each library will be holding a meeting to discuss the campaign and ways that library staff can help support it.
The Agenda 9, no. 8 (February 23, 1987)
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Quick Takes on Events and News – February 2018
The Douglass Century will be published by Rutgers University Press next month. Check out the March Agenda for your chance to win a free copy! Celebrating the Douglass Century
Congratulations are in order for our colleagues Kayo Denda and Fernanda Perrone, who, along with Mary Hawkesworth of the departments of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, have penned a history of Douglass Residential College entitled The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women’s College at Rutgers University. The book will be published by Rutgers University Press next month. From the press:
“The Douglass Century celebrates the college’s longevity and diversity as distinctive accomplishments, and analyzes the contributions of Douglass administrators, alumnae, and students to its survival, while also investigating multiple challenges that threatened its existence. This book demonstrates how changing historical circumstances altered the possibilities for women and the content of higher education, comparing the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the Second World War, the post-war Civil Rights era, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1970s and 1980s. Concluding in the present day, the authors highlight the college’s ongoing commitment to Mabel Smith Douglass’ founding vision, “to bring about an intellectual quickening, a cultural broadening in connection with specific training so that women may go out into the world fitted…for leadership…in the economic, political, and intellectual life of this nation.” In addition to providing a comprehensive history of the college, the book brings its subjects to life with eighty full-color images from the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.”
But wait—there’s more! March’s issue of the Agenda will include a contest for a free copy of The Douglass Century, so tune in next month for your chance to win.
LSM open house on February 13. LSM Open House
Spread the word! The Library of Science and Medicine will open its doors to Robert Wood Johnson Medical School students and faculty on Tuesday, February 13 at 4 p.m.
There will be ample opportunity to meet health sciences librarians and learn about the resources, tools, study spaces, and collections that are available on Busch campus.
Refreshments will be served and complimentary retractable ID card holders will be available while supplies last.
Watch: State of the Libraries
A video of Krisellen Maloney’s State of the Libraries presentation is now available on our YouTube channel. Krisellen’s presentation from State of the Libraries is now available on our YouTube channel. It includes an introduction of new employees, an overview of the Ex Libris implementation, and a discussion of the budget. Kudos to Rich Sandler for his work on the video. And in case you missed it, a video playlist of the poster sessions from State of the Libraries was posted in last month’s issue of the Agenda.
The New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project Goes Live
The New Jersey Digital Newspaper project celebrated a major milestone last month when the first batch of pages from the Perth Amboy Evening News became available to the public via the Library of Congress website Chronicling America. Colleagues from the Libraries, the New Jersey State Library, New Jersey State Archives, and the New Jersey research community gathered at Alexander Library to commemorate the occasion with presentations, tours of the project facilities, and of course—cupcakes!
Dee Magnoni, Maxine Lurie, Caryn Radick, Mary Chute, and Grace Agnew at the NJDNP launch celebration.
During the proceedings, state librarian Mary Chute read a letter on behalf of Congressman Frank Pallone, which said in part: “I would like to commend the New Jersey State Library, Rutgers University Libraries and the New Jersey State Archives for undertaking this important project. Here in New Jersey we have a rich history and innumerable contributions in science, innovation, politics and the humanities. The digitization of these newspapers will provide user friendly access of these historical records to all individuals across the globe. I am proud that The Perth Amboy Evening News is the first New Jersey newspaper available through this invaluable project.”
Read more about the project in our press release.
John Maxymuk. Catching up with the Libraries’ NFL Expert
Paul Robeson Library’s John Maxymuk has authored over a dozen books about the history of the NFL in addition to an entry on professional football in the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia? In advance of Super Bowl LII this weekend, we caught up with John to discuss his love of football and penchant for research—and, of course, whether the Eagles stand a chance against Tom Brady and the Patriots.
A New Look for the IJS
The new IJS logo. The Institute of Jazz Studies recently unveiled a new logotype, which you can view on our visual identity resources website. Congrats to our colleagues at the IJS for adopting this fresh new look!
What’s Happening is the Libraries’ monthly events enewsletter. Do You Know What’s Happening?
Did you know we publish a monthly enewsletter of events happening around the Libraries? If not, check out this month’s edition to see what you’ve been missing and feel free to subscribe!
Do you have an upcoming exhibit, workshop, or other event that you’d like the world to know about? Submit it at https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/events and we’ll include it in forthcoming issues of the newsletter.
The Jersey Collective exhibit at Robeson Library. Credit: John Powell. Closing Soon: Catch These Displays while You Still Can!
Jersey Collective: The Third Year @ Robeson Library through February 9
Milton to Milton: The Legacy of J. Milton French @ Alexander Library through February 28
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What’s Happening around Rutgers? February 2018
M.K. Asante, author of the critically acclaimed Buck: A Memoir, will present the Ida B. Wells-Barnett keynote lecture on February 1 as part of Rutgers–Camden’s Black History Month celebration. Celebrate Black History Month at Rutgers–Camden
A series of activities will celebrate cultural diversity at Rutgers University–Camden throughout Black History Month in February.
Thursday, February 1 The Africana Studies Program will kick off Black History Month 2018 with a presentation by Sandra Turner-Barnes titled “Critical, Little Known Truths, Regarding African Enslavement within the State of New Jersey,” in the Multi-Purpose Room, located on the main level of the Campus Center. Turner-Barnes serves as executive director of the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
M.K. Asante, author of the critically acclaimed Buck: A Memoir, will present the Ida B. Wells-Barnett keynote lecture at 6 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room, located on the main level of the Campus Center. Asante is a bestselling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist, and professor whom CNN calls “a master storyteller and major creative force.” Registration is encouraged. For more information or to register, visit go.rutgers.edu/nd4842au
Sunday, February 11
The Black Catholics and Cultural Diversity Ministry will host the “Tri-State Catholic Gospel Concert featuring Choirs from Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey” at 3 p.m. in the Walter K. Gordon Theater, located in the Fine Arts Complex. To reserve a seat, visit rudioceseconcert.eventbrite.com or contact James Andrews at (856) 583-2907 or Rev. Richard Owens at (215) 587-3541.
Monday, February 12
The Africana Studies Program will host a screening and discussion of the film Timbuktu at 6 p.m. in the Viewing Room, located on the lower level of the Campus Center.
All events are free of charge and open to the public. For more information, visit the Camden News Now website.
Join the Graduate School of Education for the DeMarzo Lecture on Teaching Excellence on February 15. Building a Coherent and Equitable System of Assessments in Science in a District: A Partnership Approach
Thursday, February 15
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Bloustein School, Rutgers–New BrunswickThe Graduate School of Education cordially invites you to the fifth annual DeMarzo Lecture Series on Teaching Excellence. This lecture series features outstanding scholars addressing a broad range of issues around teaching. Dr. William Penuel, professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, will give this year’s lecture.
In this talk, Professor Penuel will describe the ongoing efforts of a research-practice partnership between Denver Public Schools and the University of Colorado Boulder to create a more coherent and equitable system of classroom and district-based assessments of students in science.
Seats are limited, so if you plan to attend, please visit the Graduate School of Education’s website to RSVP.
The 38th annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture will be held at Rutgers–Newark on February 17. The Space Between the Notes: The Social Life of Music in Black History
Saturday, February 17
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers–NewarkThe 38th entry in the Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series weaves together the academic and the artistic to explore the social roles of music in black history. Speakers and performers will delve into the history and current state of music in the black diaspora from a variety of angles. At a time when artistic production is so closely interwoven with Newark’s continued development, we seek to draw lessons from music’s history of helping imagine and create a more inclusive and just city, nation, and world. Together, the featured speakers and performers will offer a profound demonstration of music’s power to forge community, provide refuge in troubled times, and move us toward better futures. This year, we have an amazing lineup of speakers including: Stefon Harris, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Daphne Brooks, and performance by Alexis Jessica Morrast. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Newark College of Arts and Sciences website.
Douglass Library is the locus for the States of Incarceration conference, which starts on February 28 and draws in partners from across Rutgers–New Brunswick. States of Incarceration Conference
Wednesday, February 28–March 2
Rutgers Cinema, Douglass Library
Rutgers–New BrunswickStates of Incarceration is an exhibition and series of programs created by over 500 students and community partners in 17 states, including participants from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers University–Newark. The exhibit explores the roots of mass incarceration in the United States through local case studies and opens a dialogue on what must happen next.
Conference events and programming explore themes related to the different components of the States of Incarceration exhibit. In particular, they highlight subjects connected to the history of Seabrook Farms, the focus of Rutgers–New Brunswick students’ contribution to the exhibit.
A frozen-foods agribusiness in Cumberland County, New Jersey, during World War II Seabrook Farms recruited 2,500 incarcerated Japanese Americans released on parole from so-called internment camps in the western interior of the United States. Seabrook Farms would also employ guestworkers from the British West Indies, migrant workers from the United States South, Japanese Peruvians imprisoned by the United States, and, after the war, Estonian refugees from displaced persons camps in Germany.
Events and panels seek to explore not only the history of Seabrook Farms and Japanese Americans’ incarceration, but also the issues that agricultural workers—who are mainly immigrants—face today.
The schedule includes a screening/director Q&A of documentary film Resistance at Tule Lake; tours of the States of Incarceration exhibit; a production of the play The Castle; panel discussions on agricultural workers and incarceration; and a plenary by John Seabrook, grandson of the founder of Seabrook Farms.
The conference is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, visit the States of Incarceration website.
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Quick Takes on Events and News – January 2018
Robert Kirkbride accepts the NJSAA Author Award for “Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.” Credit: Casey Ambrosio / The Daily Targum. NJ Academics Unite!
The New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance held their annual Author Award Winners Panel at Alexander Library in December. These awards recognize works that reflect a new understanding of New Jersey’s history and culture, demonstrate evidence of original research in the application of New Jersey resources, or reveal new insights into a given topic.
This year’s winners? Garry Wheeler Stone for Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle in the nonfiction scholarly category; Rusty Tagliareni and Robert Kirkbride for Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in the nonfiction popular category; and Maxine Lurie and Richard Veit for Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State in the reference category. Read more in the Daily Targum’s recap of the awards.
The Creative Life of Douglass opens at Douglass Library on January 16. Celebrating a Century of Creativity
The Creative Life of Douglass—an exhibition of materials from the University Archives chronicling ten decades of dance, theater, music, visual arts, and literature produced by the women of Douglass Residential College–opens at Douglass Library on January 16. The display, part of the #Douglass100 centennial celebration and held in partnership with the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, was curated by the Libraries’ Kayo Denda, Erika Gorder, and Fernanda Perrone.
kite+key now offers payroll deduction for full time employees. A New Way to Get Your Tech On
kite+key, the Rutgers tech store, is now offering payroll deduction as a payment option for all full-time Rutgers faculty and staff. Employees can spread $250–$3,000 over one year, or 26 paychecks (10-month faculty payment schedule varies) with no interest! Payments as low as $9.62 per check for a $250 purchase to $115.38 per check for a $3,000 purchase. For more information and to view the Terms and Agreement, visit kiteandkey.rutgers.edu/payroll-deduction.
Lookin’ Fresh
The Libraries’ website refresh launched just before the holiday break and it looks fantastic. Kudos to the Web Improvement Team for their hard work in pulling all the changes off in time for the spring semester. Interested in learning more about the refresh and the research that informed the changes? Amy Kimura’s post from last month’s Agenda is definitely worth revisiting. And if you have any comments or suggestions for the team, head on over to their feedback submission form.
Regina Koury begins as director of Paul Robeson Library on January 16. A New Year, A New Vision
This month we will welcome Regina Koury as the new director of Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers–Camden. Regina comes to us from Idaho State University, where she served as assistant university librarian for discovery and resource services.
“It is a particular honor to have been selected as director of Paul Robeson Library,” she said when her appointment was announced. “I look forward to working with excellent library staff, students, and faculty; to continue expanding outstanding library services, collections, and spaces; and to collaborating on existing and new initiatives in support of the Rutgers–Camden community.”
And we look forward to helping her achieve her vision! Read our press release to learn more about Regina.
Marty Kesselman Will Give the 5th SAPAC Talk of the Year on January 16, 2018, 12 p.m.
Marty Kesselman will present “Report of the Consumer Electronics Show,” on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 12pm-1pm, in the Pane Room of Alexander Library (remote to Dana Library Special Collections Room, Robeson Library Conference Room, and Smith Library Conference Room). Topics to be covered include:
- New technologies of potential use in libraries and how and why librarians can attend.
- Report from the one day session, Transforming EDU that focuses on how technology is changing the face of teaching in various ways, e.g. credential vs. degrees, non traditional students, use of new technologies (e.g. virtual reality) in the classroom (and libraries), makerspaces, etc.
- University innovation programs that encourage young science entrepreneurs and a potential new role for libraries.
- How quickly this area is moving and how does one keep up.
- Feedback and discussion with those that attend.
A glimpse at the Milton to Milton exhibit on display at Alexander Library through February 28. Closing Soon: Catch These Displays while You Still Can!
Opposition: The 23rd Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium Exhibit @ Alexander Library through January 29
The Big Read/Citizen: An American Lyric @ Robeson Library through January 5
Milton to Milton: The Legacy of J. Milton French @ Alexander Library through February 28
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What’s Happening around Rutgers? January 2018
The closing reception for the Opposition book arts exhibition is slated for January 17. The Opposition Lives On
Wednesday, January 17
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Alexander Library, Rutgers–New BrunswickRutgers University’s Special Collections and University Archives will hold an exhibition closing reception for Opposition, an exhibition of artists’ books, installations, and related textually based or inspired artwork on Wednesday, January 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. Following a panel discussion moderated by Karen Guancione with other Opposition artists including Asha Ganpat, Susan Happersett, China Marks, and Dikko Faust and Esther Smith of the Purgatory Pie Press, and a premiere of Karen Guancione: Book Arts, Installations & Assemblages, a digital archive of photographs and texts conceived by Grace Agnew, we will serve light refreshments in a room adjoining the gallery. The Closing discussion will be held in the Pane Room on the main floor of the Alexander Library, at 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick. The resistance will continue, but come say goodbye to Opposition. RSVP to Michael Joseph (mjoseph@rutgers.edu). For a peek at our digital archive visit https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/projects/guancione/.
Lenoard Cassuto will discuss 21st century graduate education on January 31. The Future of Graduate Education
Wednesday, January 31
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Alexander Library, Rutgers–New BrunswickThis semester, the School of Graduate Studies is inaugurating a new lecture series titled Provocations: The Future of Graduate Education to promote universitywide discussions about key issues, challenges, and innovations to generate ideas for advancing graduate education at Rutgers. Leonard Cassuto, professor of English and American studies at Fordham University, will present a talk titled “Graduate School 2.0: Rethinking Graduate Education for the 21st Century.” This will be an interdisciplinary discussion open to all students, faculty, and staff at Rutgers.
On Campus over Break? So Is the Zimmerli!
Tuesdays through Fridays: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: Noon to 5 p.m.
First Tuesday of each moth: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers–New BrunswickVisit the exhibitions Subjective Objective: A Century of Social Photography, On the Prowl: Cats and Dogs in French Prints, and Absence and Trace: The Dematerialized Image in Contemporary Art before they close on January 7.
Looking for a preview? Place on Stone: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Lithographs is set to open on January 13. For more information, visit the Zimmerli Art Museum website.
Rutgers–Camden’s Julianne Baird will lead a special performance of “The Music Hamilton Heard” at Kirkpatrick Chapel on January 12. The Music Hamilton Heard
Friday, January 12
7:00 p.m.
Kirkpatrick Chapel, Rutgers–New BrunswickJoin Rutgers’ Division of Continuing Studies at Kirkpatrick Chapel for a special concert with internationally renowned soprano and Rutgers–Camden Distinguished Professor of Music Julianne Baird and the Lord Camden Chamber Players as they perform the pieces enjoyed by the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Led by Dr. Baird, the Lord Camden Chamber Players will perform the music that our great founder actually enjoyed. As the United States embarked on its first steps into the world of nations, its composers and artists began to express what Ben Franklin called, “the American Muse.”
Tickets are $10 for Rutgers students, $15 for Rutgers faculty and staff, and $20 for the public. Visit the Division of Continuing Studies website for more information.
Lemony Snicket’s Bewildering Circumstances: An Evening with Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket comes to Rutgers–New Brunswick on Saturday, January 13. Saturday, January 13
6:00 p.m.
College Avenue Student Center, Rutgers–New BrunswickNovelist Daniel Handler, known to despairing readers everywhere as Lemony Snicket, attempts to chart a course from the troubling questions of his childhood to the literary success of his adult life, with the sinking feeling that these are actually the same thing. How do the questions that haunt us as children lead us into our supposed adulthood? Mr. Handler will either answer this question or explain why he can’t.
Tickets are $10 for Rutgers students and come with a free book! $15 for Rutgers faculty or staff; $20 for general public. For more information, visit the Division of Continuing Studies website.
The Big Read Lecture Series: School of Nursing Faculty
Wednesday, January 31
5–7 p.m.
Location TBD, Rutgers–CamdenA cross-section of School of Nursing faculty researchers will discuss health equity through the lens of Citizen: An American Lyric. Panelists include: Patricia Supplee, PhD, RNC-OB studies maternal health in low-income urban communities and the healthcare needs of African-American women and families; Rashida Atkins, PhD, APNc studies depression in black single mothers, healthcare disparities, and develops evidence-based interventions; and Bonnie Jerome-D’Emilia PhD, MPH, RN studies health disparities associated with breast cancer screening, diagnoses and treatment. For the latest information, visit the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts website.
Join the Graduate School of Education for the DeMarzo Lecture on Teaching Excellence on February 15. Building a Coherent and Equitable System of Assessments in Science in a District: A Partnership Approach
Thursday, February 15
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Bloustein School, Rutgers–New BrunswickThe Graduate School of Education cordially invites you to the fifth annual DeMarzo Lecture Series on Teaching Excellence. This lecture series features outstanding scholars addressing a broad range of issues around teaching. Dr. William Penuel, professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, will give this year’s lecture.
In this talk, Professor Penuel will describe the ongoing efforts of a research-practice partnership between Denver Public Schools and the University of Colorado Boulder to create a more coherent and equitable system of classroom and district-based assessments of students in science.
Seats are limited, so if you plan to attend, please visit the Graduate School of Education’s website to RSVP.
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This month in the Agenda: January 1998
The January 11, 1998 edition of the Agenda. This month, we go back two decades in the Agenda’s history to January 1998. The median household income was about $38,000; the world was ramping up for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan; and we’d see blockbusters Armageddon, Titanic, and Saving Private Ryan all hit the box office over the course of the year. How did we ring in the New Year at the Libraries?
Asking the Big Questions
[P]rinted below are the questions in the charge [of the Steering Committee for the Libraries Long-Range Plan]…. As you can see, answers to the questions will give us guidance by which we—library faculty and staff—will then make specific plans for our future….
What principles should guide how collections are developed and distributed throughout the system, including, for example, duplication of resources, dispersion of collections, new program development, and locations of departments/programs?
What factors should influence the balance between print and electronic resources that the Libraries provide?
To what extent should the Libraries satisfy the University’s information needs through collaborative resource sharing arrangements or document delivery, as well as the traditional ownership of information resources?
What are the characteristics of service excellence to the university community?
What quality, scope, and types of library space will be required to provide service excellence into the future?
In what ways can the university community act to affect the current scholarly communication models to increase information availability and reduce costs?
– The Agenda 20, no. 1 (January 11, 1998)
Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
At long last, the Rutgers library catalog will have full authority control for all name and series headings. The recently established LIS-Authority Committee is now investigating Sirsi policies for the implementation of authority functions and beginning a search for the vendor which will provide the best services. It will be writing an RFP (Request for Proposal) for authority control processing this spring, with an eye toward selecting a vendor in the early summer. The Committee, chaired by Rhonda Marker of TAS, welcomes all suggestions, wish-lists, and caveats from the library community regarding either vendors or online authority work.
– The Agenda 20, no. 1 (January 11, 1998)
Freshening Up
The Libraries have recently received an allocation from University VP Joseph Seneca of $92,695 to upgrade academic facilities as part of the “Reinvesting in Rutgers” initiative the President announced in his state of the university message.
The Libraries submitted a proposal as part of the academic facilities upgrade component of this initiative. The specific projects that were funded include upgrading the Mathematical Sciences library facilities (carpeting, draperies, acoustical buffers, etc.); replacing the telephone and wiring infrastructure at the Kilmer Library; and upgrading voice wiring at Douglass.
In addition, Media Services was allocated $1.7 million to upgrade the smart classrooms on the New Brunswick campus and to improve the Kilmer Library media classrooms.
Decisions regarding programs to be funded on the Newark and Camden campuses facilities are being handled through their respective provosts, who have not yet reported.
– The Agenda 20, no. 2 (January 25, 1998)
