The Spring 2017 MARAC conference was held from April 20-22 at Newark’s Robert Treat Hotel. MARAC, which stands for “Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference,” is a volunteer, regional consortium of archivists who live and work in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New… Continue Reading
This month, What Exit? from Special Collections and University Archives featured two long forgotten New Jersey heroes, using materials from the Rutgers College War Service Bureau and the Terradell Family Papers. Excerpt: With a growing number of Rutgers men in Uncle… Continue Reading
The University is recognizing faculty and staff who are celebrating a decade increment of employment at Rutgers. We are delighted to announce that 14 of our colleagues were included in the festivities and hope you join us in congratulating them… Continue Reading
Rutgers Day this year was a huge success thanks to the efforts of all the local committees. Each location put their own spin on the day’s events as you can see in the photos below. Whether they were strutting the… Continue Reading
The True History of Puss in Boots on Mars – written by rare book librarian Michael Joseph and illustrated by Alexander Library Shipping and Receiving Coordinator Henry Charles – is just now out from Cats in the Basement Press. The… Continue Reading
Back in November, we reported on the preliminary Rutgers Giving Day results and the news was good. Now the final numbers from the Rutgers Foundation are in, and we are proud to say that the news is even better! Our… Continue Reading
Rutgers University Libraries are cosponsoring two high-profile events in New Brunswick this month: Alice Aycock: Selected Works Douglass Dean’s Colloquia: Conversations In partnership with Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, the Libraries are delighted to welcome Rutgers alumna Alice… Continue Reading
The worlds of scholarly grants and publication are changing rapidly in response to new technology and shifts in funding. Fortunately, the Libraries have resources to help scholars meet the demands of these new landscapes. This month, Smith Library’s Roberta Fitzpatrick Bronson… Continue Reading
During one of my visits to Smith Library, Mina Ghajar mentioned that she knows two people who used to write this very same internal newsletter when it was in the print form of The Weekly Agenda. Jan Leavitt (retired and… Continue Reading
It’s Performance Appraisal time again! The program has two components: performance evaluation and merit increases. In anticipation of an announcement from University Human Resources regarding the performance appraisal program for URA-AFT employees, managers and supervisors should remind their URA-AFT employees… Continue Reading