Faculty and staff across the entire system of libraries at Rutgers University participated in numerous events over the summer to welcome students to the campus. The Paul Robeson Library is a longtime participant in Raptor Welcome, a fun and interactive… Continue Reading
In preparing a pop-up exhibition for the Northeast Victorian Studies Conference in April, we turned up a previously unknown and unrecorded letter from Charles Dickens bound into one of the Libraries’ books. Written by Dickens on 24 November 1849 to… Continue Reading
Like most other people, I cringe at the very thought that the fall semester is only a month away. Didn’t the summer just start? Where did all the time go? Why couldn’t we have a summer that is all year… Continue Reading
Spring Sutras, an art installation by Karen Guancione that features thousands of recycled catalog cards from Rutgers libraries, officially launched on June 2 and is on display through the fall at Dana Library. The artist statement, remarks, and acknowledgments below… Continue Reading
Cabinet recently approved a new set of guidelines for the use of photography at the Libraries. These guidelines endorse and support the guidelines for the university as a whole, but also add a few tweaks specifically for the Libraries. If… Continue Reading
The Libraries now have a Central drive (T:\CENTRAL) where shared items of interest to all areas of the Libraries can be stored. The plan is to eventually store shared resources, information, procedures, and manuals in this location. Currently, it contains… Continue Reading
On June 8th, the James B. Carey Library at School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) hosted librarians from the Martin P. Catherwood Library of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). As part of a “Liaison… Continue Reading
The Institute of Jazz Studies Archival Fellowship Program was established in 2011 to support archival career development, as well as to promote diversity in the archival field. Each year, three Fellows are selected from among dozens of applicants, who are… Continue Reading
The newly formed Research and Content Department in New Brunswick has been actively organizing itself and beginning its work, which involves 37 New Brunswick personnel at present. The Research and Content Department is designed to develop and implement services and… Continue Reading
On June 30, Gary Golden retired from his long-time position as director of Paul Robeson Library. His colleagues at Rutgers University-Camden held a retirement party earlier in June and assembled these photos to document some highlights from his time with… Continue Reading