The Agenda - Faculty and Staff Newsletter

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  • Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries Welcomes “Laura Anderson Barbata: Collaborations beyond Borders”

    Credit Line: Laura Anderson Barbata, Performance for San Pedro Festivities, 2011, Zaachila, Oaxaca. Photo: Marco Pacheco / Image courtesy of the artist.
    Credit Line: Laura Anderson Barbata, Performance for San Pedro Festivities, 2011, Zaachila, Oaxaca. Photo: Marco Pacheco / Image courtesy of the artist.

    This fall, the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries in the Mabel Smith Douglass Library will welcome the 2016-17 Estelle Lebowitz Endowed Visiting Artist Exhibition, Laura Anderson Barbata: Collaborations Beyond Borders. The exhibit contains selected highlights of textile, sculptural, 2-dimensional, and video works from the traveling exhibition Transcommunality.

    Save the Dates:
    Tuesday, November 1st, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m
    Join us for a reception in honor of the artist at 5 p.m. and a free public artist lecture on  in the Mabel Smith Douglass Room at Douglass Library.

    Wednesday, November 2nd, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    Barbata will present La Extraordinaria Historia de Julia Pastrana, a performance work in progress at Alexander Library in the Scholarly Communications Center.

    Background:
    Born in Mexico City and based in New York, Laura Anderson Barbata’s work focuses on participatory art initiatives that document communities and traditions, using storied art forms as platforms for social change, contemporary performance, group participation, and protest. Her collaborative and ongoing transdisciplinary works have been initiated in places such as the Amazon of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Norway, the United States., and Mexico. Her practice intertwines traditional and contemporary mediums, so-called “fine art” and popular art, and craft and folk customs forging links between the past and the present, as well as the individual and the community.

    Among her most well-known projects are: Transcommunality, a decade-long project with communities in Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, and Brooklyn highlighting the moko jumbie stilt walking tradition; Intervention: Wall Street, a collaborative performance with the Brooklyn Jumbies that took place during 2011’s Occupy Wall Street protests; and The Repatriation of Julia Pastrana, a project involving the return of Ms. Pastrana (a woman who was exhibited in the 19th century as the ugliest woman in the world) for burial in her homeland of Mexico.

    Barbata’s work is included in numerous private and public collections, among them, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; and Landesbank Baden-Wϋrttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany. She is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, FONCA-CONACULTA, México; and the Julia Pastrana project is supported by the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, FONCA-CONACULTA, México.

    Click to find out more about Barbata.

  • Quick Takes on Events & News – July 2016

    Critical Thinking & Creative Decision Making

    July 15. 2016
    9 a.m. – 12 p.m.    		 This course is ideal for staff, managers, supervisors, and administrators who recognize the need to improve their ability to generate ideas, see old ideas in new light, and make decisions that are innovative yet founded on strong grounds.

    Location:  Pane Room, 1st floor, Alexander Library with teleconference to Smith Library, Dana Library and Robeson Library

    RSVP: Erica Parin on behalf of the Professional Development Committee

    Leading Staff through Change & Transition

    July 21. 2016
    9 a.m. – 12 p.m.    		 This course is ideal for managers, supervisors, and administrators who are experiencing departmental change and would like insight, guidance, models, and tools to assist them in moving their departments forward.

    Location:  Pane Room, 1st floor, Alexander Library

    RSVP: Erica Parin on behalf of the Professional Development Committee

    Digital Humanities Summer Institute

    Bart Everts attended the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC June 12-16th and participated in a week-long workshop titled Critical Pedagogy and Digital Praxis in the Humanities. The workshop “built an open course as a playground, letting participants experiment with critical digital pedagogy in a class-created online course that [they] co-designed, built, deployed, promoted, and assessed.” Learn more at the website they designed: http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/dhsi2016/.

    Dana Library Media Services Department Restructure

    The Dana Media Services department is transitioning from its location on the fourth to better concentrate on how today’s students access physical and online media. Photograph by Ed Berger.
    Photograph by Ed Berger.

    The fourth floor Dana Library Media Services Department is being restructured in recognition of how the library’s patrons access sound and video for education and entertainment. The transition will be completed by August 1 well in advance of the fall semester.

    Patrons will find a selection of some 1,700 DVDs, VHS tapes, and audio CDs currently available from Media Services publicly accessible on the lower level of the library, where the journals and bound periodicals are housed. Faculty requests to purchase new titles to support their teaching will continue to come through Dana’s department liaison librarians.

    Congratulations to Our Colleagues Who Worked on an Award-Winning Book!

    Rutgers: A 250th Anniversary Portrait received the Gold Award in the Circle of Excellence Awards given by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).Many of our Libraries’ colleagues contributed to the success of this book: University archivist Tom Frusciano served as one of the primary authors, co-authoring the opening chapter on “History and Politics,” with GSE professor Benjamin Justice, constructing the extensive historical “Timeline” that appears in the back of the book, and writing—in partnership with archival associate Erika Gorder—many, many photo captions. This was a true group effort with dozens of contributors, including Gorder on musical concerts at Rutgers, archivist Fernanda Perrone on the activities of visiting Japanese students at Rutgers in the 1870s, David Fowler, an independent researcher with close ties to Special Collections and University Archives, on the life and impact of Henry Rutgers, and former university librarian Marianne Gaunt on, of course, the libraries themselves! Lastly, former associate director of the Institute of Jazz Studies Ed Berger contributed many photographs.

    Custom Buttons Now Available from the Communications Department

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    Custom buttons are now available from the Communications Department.

    The Communications Department recently purchased a custom button maker and we are happy to now make buttons available to all of our colleagues for events or outreach activities. These 1.5 inch buttons feature a glossy, professional-quality finish and the designs can be customized to suit your needs. We are currently piloting a small “See You @ the Library” campaign for New Student Orientations in New Brunswick and welcome ideas for other ways to take advantage of this new equipment. Please contact us with project ideas or to request a sample.

  • Libraries Partner with Office of Summer and Winter Sessions on Author Events

    For the second year in a row, the New Brunswick Libraries and the communications department have partnered with the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions on the AuthorTalks series. This year, the Libraries will host three Rutgers faculty author events during the summer session.The authors read or discuss their book, take questions from the audience, and sign copies. Rutgers’ Office of Summer & Winter Sessions sponsors a door drawing for 10 copies and Rutgers University Bookstore is on-hand to sell books, as well.

    Greenberg AuthorTalk 300 pxThe first event with novelist Tisha Bender took place in June and was well attended. Her book, P.U.N.C.H., is a satirical take on online learning programs in academia. Though the novel is humorous, Bender writes from a position of authority, as she is also the author of  two editions of Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice, and Assessment (Stylus 2003, 2012) and has trained instructors in online teaching at the SUNY Learning Network, NYU, Cornell, the New School, and in the Writing Program at Rutgers University. She also teaches hybrid courses in the Rutgers Writing Program, and has taught online for the New School and Cornell.

    The next AuthorTalks event takes place at Alexander Library on July 6, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. and will feature history professor David Greenberg, reading and discussing his new, topical book Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency. His book, arriving in time for the 2016 election, moves beyond cynicism to ask more probing questions about the convergence of politics and public relations in the Oval Office—how has spin affected the landscape of American democracy in the last century, and are we right to regard it as manipulative and deceitful?

    Our final AuthorTalks event will be our very own Janet Brennan Croft discussing Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien at Alexander Library on July 27 at 4 p.m. Croft takes on critics who claim the works of J. R. R. Tolkien seem either to ignore women or to place them on unattainable pedestals and focuses attention on views that interpret women in Tolkien’s works and life as enacting essential, rather than merely supportive roles.

    We are delighted to partner with the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions on these events and hope you will join the fun if you are available. If you have suggestions for future AuthorTalks events, please let the communications department know.

  • Middle School Art on Display at Rutgers Art Library

    Middle School Art on Display at Rutgers Art Library

    • “Winter Night” by Carson He (6th Grade Art Cycle, teacher Antonia Germanos)

    This summer, Rutgers Art Library will host a free public exhibit of artwork by the sixth and seventh grade students at Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick, NJ. Art teachers Anna Deacon, Antonia N. Germanos and Lisa Gombas hope the exhibit—on display from June 1 to August 31, 2016—will open students’ eyes to the world of artistic and educational possibilities outside their school classroom.

    Antonia N. Germanos, sixth grade art teacher at Hammarskjold Middle School, describes the motivation behind the exhibit saying, “I hope that placing Hammarskjold Middle Schools students’ work on exhibit at the collegiate level will help our students realize their talent and creativity. I want them to understand that art is part of life and that it can, and should, be taken outside the classroom walls.”

    For Megan Lotts, working with community partners to bring local artists of all ages to her exhibit space serves multiple purposes. “For many of these students, this will be their first and perhaps only art exhibition, but by inviting students and parents to visit Rutgers Art Library, we are giving them insight into what life and research is like at a leading university,” explains Lotts.

    “These very well could be future Rutgers students and many students this age have no idea that art libraries even exist. It can be empowering at a young age to see a space of this nature, as well as have your art work shown in a gallery space.”

    A Mason Gross alumna, Germanos is no stranger to the artistic scene at Rutgers University. She credits strong bonds between the East Brunswick community and Rutgers University with the decision to bring the exhibit to Rutgers Art Library.

    “As a neighboring community, East Brunswick embraces and supports Rutgers University activities and many of our graduates have attended the university,” says Germanos. “Displaying our students work at Rutgers Art Library will hopefully strengthen the bonds between primary, secondary, and collegiate education; honor our students’ hard work and dedication to the fine arts; and create opportunities for students to explore grander aspects of the fine arts.”

    The Hammarskjold Middle School art exhibit will feature a variety of pieces in different mediums, including:

    • Hand cut collages inspired by the Japanese term notan, used to describe the concept of dark versus light. Students embrace contrast through the use of symmetry, asymmetry, color, and shape to create balance. Don’t miss “Winter Night” by Carson He (6th Grade Art Cycle, teacher Antonia Germanos) which draws on associations of winter and white alongside black and night to conjure the feeling of a cold evening.
    • Drawings of objects from life, divided into four sections that use different art materials to create layers of color and value. Don’t miss “Deconstructed Still Life” by Amanda Lee (7th Grade Art Elective, teacher Anna Deacon) featuring playroom and household objects in oil pastels, graphite pencil, colored pencil, and Sharpie pens.
    • A series of Pop Art-inspired oil pastel drawings in which students pay close attention to their chosen light source and the effects of highlights and shadows to pay homage to the confectionery creations of painter Wayne Thiebaud and the bright patterns and thick lines of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. Don’t miss “Rainbow Cupcake” by Katherine Mu (7th Grade Art Cycle, teacher Lisa Gombas) which depicts a realistic cupcake set off by a dramatic background and lighting.

  • Quick takes on events & news – June 2016

    Top 10 Skills for Professional Success

    June 23. 2016
    9 a.m. – 12 p.m.    		 This course is ideal for staff, managers, supervisors, and administrators who recognize the need to improve their overall confidence and competence in critical skills and apply positive strategies for transferring ideas learned to the workplace.

    Location: Pane Room, 1st floor, Alexander Library with teleconference to Smith Library, Dana Library and Robeson Library

    RSVP: Erica Parin on behalf of the Professional Development Committee

    Digital Humanities Lab Open Houses

    June 2. 2016
    10 a.m.June 8. 2016
    12 p.m.    		 We’re hosting a couple of DH Lab Open House events in early summer session as a way to acquaint faculty and students with this research space. If you are curious about how to use this space, or what is available there, please feel free to join us. At each event, there’ll be a short presentation followed by an open discussion on digital humanities work and research at Rutgers.

    Location: Digital Humanities Lab, Room 406-407, Alexander Library

    Refreshments will be provided. RSVP with preferred date to Francesca Giannetti.

    Open and Affordable Textbooks at Rutgers

    The Libraries have recently formed a taskforce to plan and implement the President’s Affordable Textbook grant initiative. This taskforce has representation from RBHS, Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick and will be charged, among other things, with creating criteria for judging course redesign grants. We are excited to have the support of the Open Textbook Network in these efforts, as we have recently joined this nation-wide system of partners, with a wealth of experience in promoting access, affordability, and student success through the use of open and affordable textbooks. In the next few months, we will be actively working with all of our colleagues at the Libraries to shape this program and educate students and faculty about the importance (and learning benefits) of open texts. Stay tuned for much more to come, including a website describing the grant process, application guidelines to share with interested faculty, as well as workshops organized by the Open Textbook Network in the fall semester. Please feel free to email the chair of the taskforce, Lily Todorinova, with any thoughts or suggestions. We look forward to working with you!

    -Lily Todorinova

    Dana Library Loans Portable DVD Players

    film-145099_960_720 175As part of the growing TechnologyLending @Dana Library program, four portable DVD players will be available for short-term loan to Rutgers University students, faculty, and staff, beginning May 31, 2016. The players may be borrowed for up to four hours, with the option of one in-person, four-hour renewal, if there is at least one other DVD player available. They may be used in or out of the library, and must be returned exclusively to the Dana Library circulation desk at least 30 minutes before library closing. Students are also asked to report any problems with the DVD players to library staff upon return.For more complete information, please read Portable DVD Player Borrowing: Policy and Procedures, issued on May 25.

    -Tad Hershorn

    Watch “Preserving Your Digital Life” with Krista White and Isaiah Beard

    webinarOur stories as individuals and as members of a community are preserved in each of our homes, in our family histories, and in life stories—not just in libraries, archives, and museums. Today, many of us record and keep these stories in digital formats, often on our smartphones. The ability to easily create audio and video recordings leads to deep and rich documentation of events that may be personally important but may also have regional or national significance. Preserving these narratives for our families and for future generations means considering how we create the files and how we store them. As part of ALA Preservation Week, Krista White and Isaiah Beard presented a Webinar Titled “Preserving Your Digital Life” that touched on these issues, and provided a high-level primer on how best to make sure your digital memories stay in focus for years to come. Watch their presentation on YouTube.

    -Isaiah Beard

  • Rutgers University Libraries at the American Library Association Meeting

    ALA logo

    The American Library Association Meeting will take place later this month in Orlando, Florida. Here are highlights from the program that feature our colleagues:

    Research, Writing, and Publishing Fair

    June 25. 2016
    10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.    		 Are you interested in publishing? Would you like to learn about a variety of opportunities to publish, resources to help you get started with writing an article or a book, and tools that will make research and writing for publication better and easier? Please join us for the Research, Writing, and Publishing Fair, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet with ALCTS editors, the Library Research Round Table, learn about publishing mentoring opportunities in ALA, and more. Sponsored by ALCTS Leadership Development Committee. Co-Sponsored by ALA Library Research Round Table (LRRT), ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG), and ALA New Members Round Table (NMRT).

    Speaker: Mary Beth Weber (Rutgers University Libraries)

    ACRL Arts Publications and Research Committee Annual Discussion Forum

    June 25. 2016
    3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.    		 Join ACRL Arts Publications and Research Committee for their Annual Discussion Forum! This year’s forum will feature the following presentations:

    • “Artists as Scholars: The Research Behavior of Dance Faculty” by Shannon Marie Robinson (Drexel University)
    • “Building Bridges, Creating Partnerships and Elevating the Arts: the Rutgers University Art Library Exhibition Spaces” by Megan Lotts (Rutgers University Libraries)
    • “You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato: Collection Format Preference of Music Faculty” by A. Carey Huddlestun (Kennesaw State University)

     

    If there are additional Rutgers University Libraries highlights I should include here, leave a comment below or let me know.

  • “Spring Sutras” Exhibit at Dana Library

    spring sutras on exhibitSpring Sutras, a work of renewal and hope by installation and book artist Karen Guancione, took shape while she was caring for Mary Guancione, her elderly mother who was suffering from dementia.

    On display now on the fourth floor of the John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers University–Newark, Spring Sutras features thousands of recycled catalog cards that cascade in hand-sewn, brilliantly translucent strands from a two-story-high skylight, surrounding and touching viewers as they move through the space.  Hundreds of faux flowers suspended in the accompanying display cases fill the gallery with swaths of vibrant color.

    In stark contrast to the environment in which it was created—what Guancione described as “an endless, exhausting, all-consuming caregiving hell”—Spring Sutras exudes a sense of tranquility and solace. “While caregiving around the clock in the house where my mother had lived for 65 years, I was able to work near her and string together the thousands of pieces of paper—a repetitive, meditative act that enabled me to continue making art,” said Guancione, who was recently awarded a 2016 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for Works on Paper.

    Funded by a Rutgers–Newark cultural programming grant, the exhibition is one of several projects commemorating the city’s 350th anniversary by drawing inspiration from the nation’s largest and most varied collection of Japanese cherry trees in Newark’s Branch Brook Park. Spring Sutras accompanies a display in the library’s lobby, on loan from the Essex County Parks Department, that details Branch Brook Park’s first planted trees; it is also a fitting prelude to Cherry Blossoms in Winter, a forthcoming multimedia public art project spearheaded by the Rutgers–Newark College of Arts and Sciences that will invite amateur and professional artists from throughout the region to install works in the bare branches of the park’s cherry trees.

    More than just a product of the artist’s personal struggles, the installation also celebrates bringing new life to things we discard or forget. Drawing upon the literal Sanskrit meaning of sutra, or a thread of knowledge sewn over time, Guancione chose to work with hand-typed catalog cards—a tool long since abandoned by libraries as a means of indexing their collections. “In an age of digital information, I have relished holding in hand the many singular pieces of paper that once spoke of a vast and impressive array of accumulated knowledge,” she said. “The strung flower garlands celebrate new life and honor the old and departed.”

    For Michael Joseph, rare book librarian at Rutgers University Libraries, Guancione’s installation celebrates the way in which libraries as institutions are able to constantly reinvent themselves. “Spring Sutras reaches toward a vision of ecstatic renewal,” explained Joseph. “Intriguingly, the catalog cards suspended like leaves or stars have been assembled in roughly alphabetical order, preserving and transforming not only the librarian’s tools of organization, but the original library vision: it, too, changes and becomes part of what is renewed and endures.”

    Spring Sutras runs through the fall. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and an opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 2, from 7-9 p.m. in the Dana Gallery on the fourth floor of the library.

  • Smith Library Stressbusters: Anatomy Rare Book Show and Tell

    anatomy inviteIn addition to bubble-popping and “make your own squeeze ball” stressbuster activities, the George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences hosted its first “Anatomy Rare Book Show and Tell” on Friday, May 13. Over the afternoon, 18 attendees (15 students, 2 librarians, and a regular library visitor) dropped by to see, touch (supervised!), and learn about:

    • Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2nd edition, 1555 – a gorgeous book with renowned illustrations, with our copy featuring a magnificent 1572 binding)
    • G. Bidloo, Anatomia Humani Corporis (1st edition, 1685 – folio size with awesome and gruesome giant plates)
    • Henry Gray, Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical (1st British edition, 1858, and 1st American edition, 1859 – fantastic pedagogical illustrations, and thanks to television, probably the best-known textbook title)

    Librarian lessons learned:

    Patron serendipity: A first-year medical student recently visited Special Collections and expressed interest in the rare books. She was concluding gross anatomy studies, and really liked the idea of a show and tell of classic anatomical works. She was happy to post news of the event on the private Facebook page of the first year students.  So if one patron is interested, it’s reasonable to conclude that maybe more than one will be interested!

    Location location location: Instead of using the Special Collections reading room, the books were displayed in E-Classroom 2, a recently renovated room closer to where students congregate on Smith Library’s upper floor.  A sign taped to a chair and an open door worked to draw some second-year students temporarily away from their USMLE Step 1 studies. Prompted by a Vesalian illustration, some even recalled which bone in the human body is the only bone not connected to another.

    If it works, do it again:  Attendees showed interest and stayed longer than originally anticipated. (By the end, my voice was shot.) So I intend to make similar rare book, manuscript, or even historical object show and tell events a regular end of semester activity.

     

  • Quick takes on events & news – May 2016

    Retirement Party for Gary Golden

    June 6, 2016

    12 p.m.

    		 gary goldenJoin us as we celebrate Gary Golden’s incredible career at Rutgers University Libraries. The faculty and staff at Paul Robeson Library are planning a festive party to commemorate Gary’s retirement on June 6 at 12 p.m. Join them on the 2nd floor of the Robeson library for food and fun.

    If you plan to attend, please let Monique Whittle know. RSVPs and the suggested donation of $25 is due to Monique by May 19.

    We will have a couple of speakers at the event, but we want to give everyone a chance to share their special memories and moments with Gary. If you would like to participate in a special display during the event, please fill out this Google form.

    Rutgers Day Photos?

    If you took some great photos at Rutgers Day, please send them along. We’ll have a nice photo slideshow of the events in Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick. Send high res photos to Jessica or Matt.

    Exam Period Stressbusters at the Libraries

    May 3 – May 11
    Krista Iuliucci lets Daisy know she is appreciated at the pet therapy Fall 2015 Stressbusters event at Kilmer Library.
    Krista Iuliucci lets Daisy know she is appreciated at the pet therapy Fall 2015 Stressbusters event at Kilmer Library.

    During the spring semester final exam week (May 3 – May 11) stressbuster activities are being planned for the New Brunswick Libraries. Several pet therapy visits will take place at the Douglass Library, Kilmer Library, Alexander Library and the Library of Science and Medicine. Scheduled breaks offering coffee, cookies, snacks, bottled water, lemonade, iced tea, and other treats will be held throughout the week. Destressing activities or stations such as puzzles, adult coloring, crafts, and other stress relieving tasks will be made available as well.

    Club Alex Returns to the Library on May 12

    May 12 Alex1Alexander Library is partnering with Student Life to convert the library into Club Alex for the evening of May 12. Look for music, dancing, strobe lights, and everything else that has made this one of the most popular events on campus! Not sure what to expect? Check out this video:

    Sneak peek at Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, “Rutgers’ 1870 Centennial Celebration and Other Charter-related Puzzles”

    Rutgers is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2016, so why was its centennial celebrated in 1870? Caryn Radick’s article “Rutgers’ 1870 Centennial Celebration and Other Charter-related Puzzles” uses Rutgers’ archives to answer this and other questions. The article gives a “preview” of a soon-to-be-published anniversary-themed issue of the Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. The article can be viewed via http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7282/T38G8NSM

    Service Excellence, Human Resources Course

    May 25. 2016
    9 a.m. – 12 p.m.    		 This course is ideal for staff, managers, supervisors, and administrators who recognize the need to improve their client orientation and service skills and apply positive strategies for creating energy and enthusiasm that supports a strong service culture in the workplace.

    Location: Alexander Library, Pane Room (teleconferencing to Smith, Dana and Robeson)

    Deadline for ACRL Preconference Proposals

    The 2017 ACRL National Conference will be held in Baltimore, March 22-25, 2017.

    The deadline for submission for proposals for Preconferences is May 6, 2016. Preconferences are full-day programs that focus on a particular subject of interest to academic and research librarians. These programs should allow participants to develop a skill on a specific topic and should focus on interactive learning using a variety of presentation styles. Preconferences that offer practical tips and cutting-edge techniques, as well as programs that address one or more of the conference’s tags, are especially encouraged. Preconferences have separate registration fees, so please contact Margot Conahan at ACRL during the development of your proposal in order to develop a budget for your session.

    For more information on the ACRL Conference and the Call for Participation see http://conference.acrl.org/.

    “The Elusiveness of Progress: Voting Rights in America” Exhibit at Kilmer Library

    Ends August 31, 2016 Voting rights ondisplay obama 300 pxThe Elusiveness of Progress: Voting Rights in America is on display at Kilmer Library, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, now through the end of August. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

    Women and Creativity House Student Exhibitions

    April 20 – May 2, 2016
    Sarah Ferreira, After Jill Magid, Muse Portrait, 2014, digital photograph, 14 x 11". From 2014-15 WCH Exhibition.
    Sarah Ferreira, After Jill Magid, Muse Portrait, 2014, digital photograph, 14 x 11″.
    From 2014-15 WCH Exhibition.

    Women and Creativity House Student Exhibitions will feature the work of Sarah Ferreira, CWAH intern and Stacy Scibelli, learning community coordinator.The annual Women and Creativity House Student Exhibition is sponsored by Douglass Residential College and the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, a unit of the Office of the Senior VP for Academic Affairs. The exhibition is part of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, a program of the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries, and is the oldest continuous running exhibition space in the United States dedicated to making visible the work of emerging and established contemporary women artists.

    “Cherry Blossoms in Spring” Exhibit at Dana Library

    April 14 – June 30, 2016 cherry blossoms in spring exhibit image 300Dana Library is hosting “Cherry Blossoms in Spring,” an installation by artist Karen Guancione, in the Gallery from April 14 through June 30. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, April 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Library’s Dana Room and an accompanying program on the history of cherry trees in the Garden State featuring horticulturist Anthony S. Aiello will take place on Thursday, April 21, at 3 p.m. in the Dana Room. Read up on these events here.

     

  • Rutgers University Libraries at NJLA Conference, May 16 – 18

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    Many of our colleagues will attend or participate in the 2016 Annual NJLA Conference this month. The conference will run from May 16-18 and will take place at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City. Perusing the program, it looks like the following sessions will feature people from Rutgers University Libraries. If I’ve missed one, please send me a note and I’ll update this post.

    Tuesday, May 17:

    Poster Sessions
    “Embracing Challenges in Times of Change: NJ Academic Librarians Identify Opportunities Presented by the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education”
    Leslin Charles
    11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

    Best Practices in Internal Communications
    Jessica Pellien
    11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

    Awesome Outreach by Academic Libraries
    Megan Lotts
    3:10 p.m. – 4 p.m.

    Music Advisory: Connecting Books, Music & Readers
    Jonathan Sauceda
    4:10 p.m. – 5 p.m.

    Wednesday, May 18:

    College & University Section Research Award Forum
    Gracemary Smulewitz
    2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

    Training Tips & Tricks: Templates and Strategies for Training New Staff
    Zara Wilkinson, Moderator
    3:40 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Some of our colleagues from Rutgers SCI will be presenting as well:

    Tuesday, May 17:

    The Changing Face of Education for Information Professionals
    Ross Todd, PhD, Rutgers University
    Lilia Pavlovsky, PhD, Rutgers University
    Joyce Valenza, PhD, Rutgers University
    Chirag Shah, PhD, Rutgers University
    3:10 – 5 p.m.

    Wednesday, May 18:

    Will Librarians be Ready When Professors and Students Move from Print Research Papers to Multimedia Presentations?
    11:30 – 12:20
    Dan O’Connor, Rutgers LIS
    GoUn Kim, Rutgers LIS