Quick Takes on Events and News – October 2017

Chicago-Bound for Research Data Summit 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… Continue Reading

Report from Social Media Summit 2017

Video: Rutgers communications professionals discuss social media planning and how to best reach users.   The Libraries held our second Social Media Summit on July 20, 2017. The full-day event, hosted by the Social Media Task Force, was broken into… Continue Reading

Friends Toast the Life of Ed Berger

Tears and laughter punctuated remembrances of longtime Institute of Jazz Studies associate director Ed Berger, during a celebration of his life on August 18 at the Dana Library. Berger, who died of heart failure January 21 at his home in… Continue Reading

Human Resources – Dates to Remember for Open Enrollment & Flu Shots

Two bits of news from the Rutgers University Libraries Human Resources Department: There will be a clinic for annual flu shots on October 4, 2017 at 11:00 in the Pane Room at Alexander Library. University Human Resources (UHR) will host… Continue Reading

2017 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Picnic

I know everyone has been busy over the summer preparing for the fall semester (or recovering from not one, but two major floods in a week!) and it is almost here. Before we get caught up in the work of… Continue Reading

Quick Takes on Events and News — September 2017

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… Continue Reading

Social Media Summit 2017

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10 a.m. Introductory Presentation. The Social Media Task Force will lead a discussion of their work over the last year and the resultant social media guidelines and process. 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Round Table Discussions. Share your thoughts and… Continue Reading