In 1996 I was History and Foreign Languages Librarian at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. While in library school at the University of Texas at Austin two years earlier, I discovered the fledgling internet organization for historians, H-Net, and… Continue Reading
Under the leadership of Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University—Newark (RUN) is implementing a number of initiatives to advance the role of RUN as an anchor institution in the city. In the spirit of these efforts, in June 2014 I organized… Continue Reading
The Libraries’ first Social Media Summit was held on Tuesday, April 19. More than 20 of our colleagues gathered at Alexander Library or attended remotely for a day-long program focused on all things social media at the Libraries and beyond.… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway for a copy of Tom Glynn’s new book, Reading Publics: New York City’s Public Libraries, 1754-1911. We are delighted to announce that our winner is: Stephanie Bartz We hope you enjoy the… Continue Reading
Special collections and university archives processing archivist, Tara Maharjan, recently traveled to Nepal, almost one year after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. While in Nepal, she took a trip to the 120-year old Kaiser Library, the oldest library in the country. The… Continue Reading
In order to better represent the magnitude and diversity of materials the Libraries hold, we are opening up the Featured Collections block on the Rutgers University Libraries homepage to submissions. We can include a photograph and a brief description of… Continue Reading
As you may have noticed in the Staff News, Tom Glynn’s new book, Reading Publics: New York City’s Public Libraries, 1754-1911, has won three major awards: The Hornblower Award for a First Book from the 2015-2016 New York Society Library’s… Continue Reading
Check out the new Research Impact panel on the Information for Researchers and Scholarly Communications website: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/services_researchers. Intended for the libraries users, it includes an overview of traditional citation analysis tools and metrics, as well as an Altmetrics description and… Continue Reading
1) ProQuest is merging RefWorks and Flow into a single platform known as the new RefWorks. Flow users have automatically been moved to the new platform. RefWorks users can choose to upgrade by logging into their account and clicking “Move… Continue Reading