This month, we go back to the Agenda’s inaugural year—1979. Jimmy Carter was President, Sony had just introduced the Walkman, and a gallon of gas costed $0.86. What was happening at the Libraries?
Anyone up for a ski trip? (Hope it was better than that drawing…)
Calling All Friends!
An organizing party was held on November 20 to plan for the future of the Friends of the Library. Representatives from the University Trustees’ Library Committee, University faculty and administration, Rutgers Foundation, and Library administration attended the early evening event in the Librarian’s office. They discussed various ways the Friends could raise support for the Library.
– The Agenda 1, no. 42 (December 3, 1979)
Movie Time
FILM SHOWINGS
Alexander Library, Wednesday, December 5 – Persona, New Jersey Room, 7:30
Kilmer Area Library, Tuesday, December 4 – Italian Straw Hat, AV, 7:30
Newark Dana Library, Monday, December 3 – Notorious, Listening/Viewing, 11:30
–The Agenda 1, no. 42 (December 3, 1979)
Need a Gig?
RUL PROFESSIONAL VACANCIES
Alexander Library: Information Services Librarian. $17,544 and up dependent upon qualifications.
–The Agenda 1, no. 43 (December 10, 1979)
Archives Shaping Up
The Board of Trustees has allocated $45,000 to fund an Archival Study Project to be conducted under the administration of the University Librarian.
The project will survey current and non-current records and disposition practices throughout the University to develop recommendations for a coordinated records management/archives program. The program will enable the University to fulfill administrative needs, conserve space, meet legal requirements, and preserve historical records. From RUL’s perspective, the archives/records management program is part of a broader plan to develop research collections.
Hendrik Edelman has appointed George Kanzler, William miller, Edward Pason, Ruth Simmons, Donald Sinclair, and Emma Warren to serve on the RUL Advisory Committee of the Archival Study Program. They will deal with the implications of the Archival Study Project for the Libraries.
Symphony in C will perform two versions of the Four Seasons at Rutgers–Camden on December 2.
Symphony in C Performs The Four Seasons
Saturday, December 2
8:00 p.m.
Rutgers–Camden
Symphony in C will perform Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Rutgers–Camden’s Walter K. Gordon Theater. Click here for more information and tickets.
The Rutgers–Camden Campus Center transforms into a winter wonderland with family-friendly activities on December 9.
Winter Wonderland
Saturday, December 9
12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Rutgers–Camden
The Campus Center will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland with pancakes, a hot cocoa bar, photos with Santa Claus, and fun, family-friendly activities. Attendance is free and open to the public. Presented by the Rutgers University–Camden Division of Student Affairs. Click here for more information.
An exhibition drawing upon the Queer Newark Oral History Project opens at Newark Public Library on December 14.
At Home in Newark: Stories from the Queer Newark Oral History Project Opening Reception
Thursday, December 14
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Newark Public Library
At Home In Newark: Stories from the Queer Newark Oral History Project draws from this growing collection of life history interviews, called oral histories, to examine how LGBTQ Newarkers have claimed space for themselves in bars, balls, houses of worship, street corners, community centers, and artistic venues in the face of poverty, violence, illness, racism and discrimination. Through their activism, creative expression, and determination, they have made Newark their home. Click here for more information.
Rutgers Gardens hosts a winter farm market on December 15.
Rutgers Gardens Winter Farm Market
Friday, December 15
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Rutgers–New Brunswick
The mission of the Rutgers Gardens Farmers Market is to provide the local community, including residents, students, university faculty and staff, University Dining, and restaurants the opportunity to experience and purchase fresh, locally grown and/or prepared food products. The following vendors will be here for the winter markets: Beechtree Farm, Chickadee Creek Farm, Gourmet Fruits and Nuts, Local 130 Seafood, Neil’s Sharpening Service (In December 12/15 only), Neshanic Valley Beekeepers, Pickle Licious, Romarsi, LLC, Silver Birch Kitchens, Spoon Me Soups, Stefan’s Pure Blends. Click here for more information.
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.
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Join 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. Click here for more information.
We had an extra reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving. After a long search process, we are delighted to welcome Regina Koury as the new director of Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers–Camden. Read our news release to learn all about Regina, and prepare to welcome her to her new position in the new year starting January 16.
Watch: Providing Hurricane Maria Relief
Digital Humanities librarians Francesca Giannetti and Krista White were on ABC7NY’s Tiempo with Joe Torres to discuss their initiative to host open data mapping events in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Watch the entire segment on YouTube courtesy of Rutgers Today. Kudos to Francesca and Krista for this recognition of their work!
Dee Magnoni speaks at the Carr Library dedication ceremony. Credit: Jim Stapleton.
Watch: Honoring Rutgers’ First Black Graduate
As you are all well aware by now, earlier this semester we rededicated the former Kilmer Area Library in honor of Rutgers’ first black graduate, James Dickson Carr. In case you were unable to attend the ceremony, a full video of the event is now available online courtesy of RU-tv. Have a watch and enjoy!
Watch: Native American Arts in the Spotlight
In September, we joined the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission to welcome John Haworth to Alexander Library. Haworth, senior executive emeritus of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, delivered an engaging lecture on Native American arts and cultural practice in America. Check out the full video of the presentation, courtesy of our friends at RU-tv.
Honoring the Legacy of the Modern School
Special Collections and University Archives hosted the 45th annual meeting of the Friends of the Modern School, a group formed to preserve the history of the progressive education community located in Piscataway Township from 1915 to 1953. The event was well-received and even spurred a deep-dive into the history of the Modern School and the Modern School Collection, which is held by Rutgers, in the Daily Targum.
The Big Read exhibit at Robeson Library features a magnetic poetry board.
What’s On? Catch These Exhibits while You still Can!
Bart Everts at Robeson Library has compiled a new research guide that aggregates on-campus DACA resources. It includes statements from Rutgers officials and the New Jersey and federal governments in addition to Rutgers-related DACA news. Kudos to Bart for tracking this important issue and its impact on Rutgers students.
The 23rd annual NJ Book Arts Symposium takes place at Alexander Library on November 3.
Celebrating the Book Arts at Rutgers
Opposition, the 23rd annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, will take place at Alexander Library on November 3. The program features seven distinguished artists whose work opens up for discussion the presence and uses of opposition in the 21st-century artists’ book, and an Austrian bookseller who specializes in artists’ books. An exhibit will be on display through January 29. For more information or to register, visit libraries.rutgers.edu/bookarts.
Reading Big at Rutgers–Camden
Paul Robeson Library will partner with the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts to commemorate the Big Read with an exhibition of materials related to Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric (2014) beginning November 1. Described as a genre-defying convergence of poetry, visual art, and criticism, Citizen discusses racial aggressions in 21st-century life and media. It was awarded the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism the same year.
Opera @ the Art Library!
The Art Library will welcome Hub City Opera and Dance Company for a free concert and dance performance with excerpts from Carl Orff’s opera Der Mond (The Moon) on Sunday, November 12 at 5 p.m. Hope to see you there!
White boards in Alexander Library provided a forum for student voices during Open Access Week.
Shining the Spotlight on Open Access
Libraries and other institutions around the world celebrated Open Access Week from October 23 through October 29. The festivities at Rutgers included a #RutgersOAT social media campaign sharing statistics about open access and the impact of the Open and Affordable Program on Rutgers students. Whiteboards in Alexander Library asked students to respond to a number of prompts surrounding the issues of textbook affordability and open access, including “What does open access mean to you?” Perhaps our favorite response: “Empowering all to access information + use it to enact meaningful change.” Well said!
Imparting Wisdom on the Next Generation
The exhibition What I know Now That I Wish I Knew Then, on display at Douglass Library through November 15, presents a series of messages from the alumnae and friends of Douglass Residential College. Curated by sociology professor Caren Cerulo, the display highlights career advice and reflections from professional women.
Magnificent Miltons
Milton to Milton: The Legacy of J. Milton French, is on display at Alexander Library through February 28. The exhibition features highlights from the collection of Joseph Milton French, a former president of the Milton Society and professor and chair of the Department of English at Rutgers, where he taught from 1940 to 1960. The collection includes over 200 volumes published between 1600 and 1800, with rare first and early editions by John Milton, Ben Jonson, George Wither, Michael Drayton, John Suckling, and other iconic figures in the history of English literature.
Three hundred new Rutgers electronic theses and dissertations were recently added to RUcore.
Making Grad Students’ Research Available to the World
Shared User Services reports that 300 new Rutgers electronic theses and dissertations from the May 2017 degree period have been added to RUcore: 174 from the Graduate School–New Brunswick, 65 from the Graduate School–Newark, 38 from the Camden Graduate School, 13 from the Graduate School of Education, 5 from the School of Health Professions, 3 from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and 2 from the School of Public Health.
Sure, the Libraries play host to a slew of great events throughout the year—but so do other units across the university. Check out what’s in store from other departments in November.
The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival takes place October 29–November 12.
The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
October 29–November 12
Times and locations vary, Rutgers–New Brunswick
The Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival showcases dramatic and documentary features from around the world, each of which offers unique insight about Jewish life.
(How) Can Teaching be a Force for Justice? presented by the GSE takes place on November 2.
(How) Can Teaching be a Force for Justice?
Thursday, November 2
Reception 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Lecture 4:30 p.m.
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers–New Brunswick
The Graduate School of Education cordially invites you to join them to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the GSE. In honor of their anniversary, they are launching the Advancing Excellence and Equity in Education Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, the Willi William H. Payne Collegiate Professor of education at the University of Michigan, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, the director of TeachingWorks and the current President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) will give the inaugural lecture on diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields.
Rutgers–Camden’s Conference on Cuba will be open to the public on November 6.
International Conference on Cuba
Monday, November 6
8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Campus Center, Rutgers–Camden
Conference on the Future Directions for a New Cuba: Building Sustainable Partnerships will explore how institutions of higher learning build sustainable public-private partnerships for research and entrepreneurial programs in sustainable agriculture, education, the medical sciences, the arts, and community development. Dignitaries and leading scholars from the University of Havana, San Geronimo University, and the University of Medical Sciences of Havana will discuss research on effective strategies for increased development in Cuba as the country continues to normalize relations with the United States. The first day of this weeklong conference is open to the public, and will feature a 9:30 a.m. keynote address by Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez of the Cuban Mission to the United States.
The Timeless Lessons of Wall Street’s Scandals
Thursday, November 9
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
15 Washington Street, Rutgers–Newark
A timely talk by Diana B. Henriques, New York Times contributing writer and author of A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday in Wall Street Historyand The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust.
In May 2017, HBO released its film-length adaptation of The Wizard of Lies, with Robert De Niro starring in the title role and Ms. Henriques playing herself. The film was nominated for four Emmy awards, including “Best Picture.”
The Rutgers Climate Institute’s symposium will be held on November 15.
Rutgers Climate Symposium 2017: Climate Change and Cities
November 15, 2017
8:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Livingston Student Center, Rutgers–New Brunswick
This one-day symposium is intended to stimulate interaction and collaboration among the community of natural and social science researchers and university students interested in climate change who are from institutions in the greater New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia region. Over 200 attendees representing more than 20 research institutions in our region participate annually. Talks are centered on the symposium theme. The poster session invites abstracts on climate change scholarship and are not restricted to the theme. There is no fee to attend but registration is required.
R. David Lankes will present about the future of library and information science at Alexander Library (and online!) November 15.
Claiming Victory and Moving On – MI Colloquium by R. David Lankes
The rise of information as an idea and discipline since World War II has been driven by the belief that information underlies, and can change, just about every other discipline and industry. When every industry is an information industry, what is left in library and information science? Lankes will lay out a new emerging world view based not on data, or information, but knowledge and meaning. He will talk about the necessity to shift the narrative in libraries and iSchools and propose an agenda focused on communities and the common good. Free and open to the public, no RSVP required.
Imagining Research, Researching Imagination
November 16, 2017
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Writers House, Rutgers–Camden
Novelist Janet Benton, author of Lilli de Jong, and Janet Golden, professor of history, Rutgers–Camden, come together to explore the ways imagination and research inform the writing of both fiction and history, drawing on their mutual interest in the history of mothers and infants. Books will be for sale following the conversation. Admission is free but please RSVP.
Join the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY for a special fireside chat on November 29.
Prospects for the National and Regional Economy: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Fireside Chat
Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences and Department of Economics invites local and regional business leaders to join us for a discussion with William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Light breakfast, networking, presentation, discussion, and Q&A.
This edition of “This Month in the Agenda” takes us back to November takes us back 25 years to November 1992. What was the latest and greatest from the Libraries?
Coordinator of the Coordinating Committee?
This listing of the Libraries’ committees from November 1992 shows that the organizational structure has changed a bit in the last quarter century.
Dem Bones, Dem Bones
As Halloween got closer, the Library of Science and Medicine had received calls from patrons who wanted to scare their friends:
One caller said she was studying archaeology and wanted to know if the library had any bones she could check out.
Another asked if LSM had skeletons to circulate.
There was only one librarian on the reference desk when the calls came so they pointed out that they had a “skeleton crew” one could observe.
–The Agenda 14, no. 22 (November 1, 1992)
Welcome to the Family
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
cordially invites you to attend
The Dedication of the Art Library
Tuesday, November 17, 1992
at 10:00 a.m.
Art Library – Main Reading Room
College Avenue Campus
New Brunswick, New Jersey
This beautiful new structure blends with its stately neighbors and is part of an arts complex that serves both undergraduate and graduate students.
RSVP (908) 932-7505
(acceptance only)
–The Agenda 14, no. 23 (November 15, 1992)
Getting Electronic
During November and December the libraries are making several databases on OCLC’s patron reference service, FirstSearch, available to the RU community. FirstSearch is easy to use and has many online HELPs. Users do not need any special training or documentation in order to search the databases. Included in the trial are the following databases: WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) OCLC Serials Table of Contents Database: ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst, Biography Index, Business Periodicals Index, Concise Engineering Index, Consumers Index, ERIC, FactSearch, the GPO Monthly Catalog, Humanities Index, MiniGeoRef, PAIS Decade, Readers’ Guide Abstracts, Readers” Guide Periodical Literature, Social Sciences Index and Wilsons Business Abstracts.
FirstSearch is now a menu choice on INFO as well as on networked terminals in the libraries for the trial period. You can access FirstSearch through library terminals or by dialing into the system by doing the following:
On January 1, 1993 the exchange for the Camden Campus will change to 225 from 757. Therefore, for example, our number for reference assistance will be 225-6034 instead of 757-6034. Please note that the four digit extension will NOT be affected.
–The Agenda 14, no. 24 (November 29, 1992)
A New Face in Special Collections
Erika Gorder has been named Consumers’ Research Archives Project Assistant. She returns to Special Collections and Archives after working in Government Publications and Circulation in the Alexander Library 1991-92. She will be working with Greg[ory Williams] on the arrangement and description of the Archives and with Jan Riemer on the preservation of the Archives.
Many of you will have seen by now that this year’s State of the Libraries meeting on December 6 features special guest speaker Calvin K. Lai. (If you haven’t yet registered on Eventbrite, please take a moment to do so. Enter SOTL2017 when prompted for a password.) In advance of his visit to Rutgers, let’s learn a bit more about his research.
As director of research for Project Implicit, Lai explores implicit biases, or the tensions between our conscious experience and unconscious mind and the resultant disconnect between our thoughts and actions. These biases are evident when, for instance, our attitudes about particular groups of people (based on their gender, race, religion, weight, ability, and so on) are at odds with our explicitly stated values about those groups.
Lai’s research focuses on different approaches to changing our implicit biases and the question of whether changing these biases is actually the best approach for mitigating their effects on our behavior. He also offers lectures and workshops to organizations that discuss how unwanted influences can impair organizational performance.
If you simply can’t wait to learn more, visit the Project Implicit website to complete an Implicit Association Test on your own or check out Who, Me? Biased?, a video series on implicit bias from the New York Times that features Lai (above).
Welcome to the newest regular feature of the Agenda. In “This Month in the Agenda,” we’ll explore highlights from this month in the history of Rutgers University Libraries. For the inaugural column, we’ll travel back in time 33 years to October 1984. What news was buzzing around the Libraries?
My, How the Times Have Changed
A five year summary of library statistics spanning FY 79/80 to FY 83/84.
East Asian Library Making Waves
The East Asian Library and the International Center have received $14,000 from the New Jersey Department of Higher Education to establish an in-house automated information and delivery service to support East Asian research and curriculum development at Rutgers and within the New Jersey State Colleges System.
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 40 (October 1, 1984).
Dinner, Anyone?
Name the Libraries’ integrated system, commonly known as Geac, and win a dinner at The Frog and the Peach in New Brunswick.
The online system now includes cataloging and circulation elements, but the name should be flexible enough to cover all additional subsystems as well as the online catalog
Submit names to Kamala Truscott, Library Administration by October 31.
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 41 (October 8, 1984).
The DeWitt Library Society of the Rutgers University Libraries invites you to share in the pleasure of an evening celebrating good books on Tuesday, November 13, 1984. The festivities celebrate the completion of a very successful year for our National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant.
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 43 (October 22, 1984).
Movin’ On Up
Changes in Position
Timothy Corlis, Library Assistant II, Central Technical Services
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 41 (October 8, 1984).
Cabinet Report
Edelman: Working on Title II-C proposals in Special Collections: Consumer Archive, Latin American Archive, Afro-American Archive. Proposal deadline is November 1. Reported on meeting to be held regarding Performance Appraisals. Discussed METRO: G. Neely will attend meeting on 10/25. Senator Case’s furniture to leave the Librarian’s office; to be placed in Special Collections Seminar Room.
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 43 (October 22, 1984).
Spam Filter Needed
Campus mail is designed to be used for University business between departments of the University. Campus mail should not be used for transport of personal mail, chain letters or other unauthorized uses. Employees who make unauthorized use of campus mail may be subject to reprimand.
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 43 (October 22, 1984).
On Exhibit
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Materials, Mabel Smith Douglass Library
Through December 1 – “American Presidential Elections, 1904–1984,” Department of Special Collections, Archibald S. Alexander Library
Through November 7 – Wood Sculpture and Drawings by Jane Teller, Mabel Smith Douglass Library
–Weekly Agenda 6, no. 43 (October 22, 1984).
Hopefully you’ve enjoyed this glimpse into the Libraries’ past! Special thanks to Erica Parin for her idea to start this column.
Please send comments or suggestions about “This Month in the Agenda” to Matt Badessa.
Congratulations to Yingting Zhang whose application for the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries’ Data Scholarship has been accepted. The award will support Yingting’s participation in the Research Data Access and Preservation Summit next year in Chicago. We look forward to hearing Yingting’s report from the conference!
Fight the Flu. Get Your Shot!
Don’t forget that Occupational Health will be providing flu shots for employees on Wednesday, October 4 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Pane Room of Alexander Library.
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s—The Artists’ Bookmobile!
Peter and Donna Thomas return to Rutgers with their Artists’ Bookmobile on October 4.
Rutgers University Libraries and art librarian Megan Lotts are delighted to welcome Peter and Donna Thomas and their traveling Artists’ Bookmobile back to Rutgers. Peter and Donna are known for their workshops in paper and book arts. Visit the Artists’ Bookmobile—a self-contained exhibit of book arts—and learn how they make their books. Join in a book arts sing along at 3 p.m. featuring a ukulele book.
The Bookmobile will be parked outside Alexander Library on October 4 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. See you there!
Carr is Cutting the Ribbon
Join us on Tuesday, October 17 at 10 a.m. as we dedicate the James Dickson Carr Library in honor of Rutgers University’s first African American graduate. The program includes remarks by Rutgers–New Brunswick chancellor Debasish Dutta, an exhibit of materials about Carr and the history of the former Kilmer Library, as well as a reception. Please register to attend at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carr-library-dedication-ceremony-registration-38281939311.
#RutgersDana50 Kicks Off on a High Note
Dana Library kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration with a birthday bash during Rutgers–Newark’s Fall Fest in September. The festivities included cupcakes and a live performance by hip-hop/jazz fusion band Nickel and Dime OPS. Check out a clip of the band courtesy of @RUNewark_Dana on Twitter.
Thomas V. Papathomas, director of the Rutgers Laboratory of Vision Research, visited the Library of Science and Medicine last week for a special presentation on optical illusions, how our minds process perspective, and even how illusions can be used as accurate measures of schizophrenia.
Aiding the Relief Effort in Puerto Rico
Alexander and Dana Libraries hosted open data editathons last week in response to the Red Cross’s request for geospatial data to help with their relief operations on the island. Participants mapped from pre-hurricane imagery to give those involved in the relief efforts an operating picture of the island before the storm made impact. Kudos to our colleagues Francesca Giannetti and Krista White for their part in bringing this program together so quickly!
Native Arts Expert Visits Alexander Library on September 19
Join the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and Rutgers University Libraries at Rutgers–New Brunswick in welcoming John Haworth, senior executive emeritus of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, as he shares his knowledge about cultural and arts issues impacting Native Americans, including key museum practices, repatriation, and social change. For more information, visit our events page.
Welcome Days Events Return to Libraries in New Brunswick
The Libraries at Rutgers–New Brunswick will host fun events for new and returning students during Welcome Days again this semester. A preliminary schedule is below—stay tuned for information on more activities!
September 6 & 7, 2 p.m. Cookies and coffee at Douglass Library.
September 7, 1–2 p.m. Popcorn on the steps of the Art Library and Zimmerli Museum
September 7, 2–3 p.m. Snack break at Carr Library
September 12, 2–3 p.m. Snack break at Carr Library
September 26, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Snack break at Alexander Library
Student Publications on Display at Rutgers–Camden
Relive the rich history of student art and literary magazines at Rutgers with By Ourselves: Rutgers Student Literary Journals 1923–2017, a joint exhibition of the Robeson Library and the Rutgers–Camden Writers House from September 1 through October 31. Spanning nearly a century and two campuses, this exhibition highlights the creativity and initiative of Rutgers students through Quintessence, The Anthologist, and other publications. Are you a former student editor or do you remember your name in these pages? Share your memories on social media with the hashtag #ByOurselves.
WWI Exhibit Extended through September 22
Special Collections and University Archives’ exhibit “Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken!”: New Jersey in the Great Warhas been extended through September 22. Featuring one-of-a-kind documents, photographs, and artifacts reflecting the wartime experiences of New Jerseyans both at home and abroad, this display is a must-see for Garden State history buffs and WWI aficionados alike. Don’t miss out on your last chance to view it!
Mimi Smith on Display at Douglass Library
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Douglass Residential College, the work of renowned feminist artist and Rutgers graduate Mimi Smith will be on display at Douglass Library from September 5 through December 15. Embodying the relationship between everyday life, intimacy, anxiety, and time, Smith’s works include clothing made from plastic and steel wool, traditionally rendered drawings, drawings made from knotted thread and tape measures, clocks, and knitted sculptures. Mark your calendars for Smith’s October 24 lecture and learn more about the exhibit on our website.
Fall Data Workshop Series
This fall, Data librarian Ryan Womack will offer a series of workshops on statistical software and data at both Alexander Library and the Library of Science and Medicine. The topics include “Introduction to SPSS, Strata, and SAS”; “Introduction to R”; “Data Visualization in R”; and “Reproducible Research.” For more information, visit the Research Data Management Services webpage.
ROCK New Brunswick Weekend Kicks Off with New Brunswick Music Scene Archive Panel
The New Brunswick Music Scene Archive in Special Collections and University Archives will kick off Hub City Sounds’ ROCK New Brunswick music festival weekend on September 8 with a discussion panel featuring Dennis Diken of The Smithereens, Sharief Hobley of Sharief in Burgundy, Makin Waves columnist Bob Makin, Audrey Rose of The Wichts, and Spina Records’ Andrew Spina. Interested in attending? RSVP on Facebook!
Art Library Celebrates Banned Books Week
With support from a Freedom to Read Foundation grant, the Art Library will host a number of programs celebrating Banned Books Week from September 24 to September 30. The activities will provide students, faculty and staff, and community members the opportunity to explore the ideas of intellectual freedom, censorship, and banned books by creating and displaying original art. To learn more or get involved, visit the Banned Books Week LibGuide or contact art librarian Megan Lotts.
Dana Library Turns 50!
John Cotton Dana Library will commemorate its 50th anniversary with a host of free events and activities throughout the academic year. Exhibits showcasing the history of the library and its namesake as well as a birthday party during Rutgers–Newark’s Fall Fest will highlight the fall schedule. A number of guest speakers will visit the library to share their wisdom throughout the spring semester, and the year will culminate with a special event on Rutgers Day. Additional details are forthcoming, so stay tuned to our website for the latest on the #RutgersDana50 celebration.
