Digital projects have been an integral part of the services that Rutgers University Libraries have provided over the past decade. Making some of our resources available online adds to the discovery and accessibility of those holdings, providing a valuable service… Continue Reading
My research on social media and admitted overuse of Twitter has taken me on an interesting, and at times disturbing path in the past two years. While exploring the use of social media by the performance artists LaBeouf, Rönkkö &… Continue Reading
On March 14, we hosted a visit from the Joseph Kohn Training Center for the Blind (130 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick). The idea for the visit originated in a phone conversation initiated by Amo Musharraf, an instructor at the center,… Continue Reading
We tip our hats to the following colleagues who are celebrating milestone employment anniversaries this year. Join us in congratulating them all and thanking them for their service to Rutgers University and the Libraries! Stephanie Mikitish (Dana Library) Tao Yang… Continue Reading
Alma Workshop From March 13 to 15, an Ex Libris consultant came to the Libraries and facilitated a three-day workshop on Alma workflows. The first one and half days of the workshop were devoted to technical services topics, from ordering… Continue Reading
All Work and No Play… From the University Librarian I have a new personal computer at home, fully compatible with the office computers, and there is a busy traffic in diskettes with work begun in one place, completed in another,… Continue Reading
Kayo Denda and Fernanda Perrone have coauthored, with Mary Hawkesworth, The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women’s College at Rutgers University. This book is part of the centennial celebrations planned at the University and is published by Rutgers University Press.… Continue Reading
There are so many ways for video/web conferencing. Why should I use WebEx? Who: All RUL faculty and staff can initiate a WebEx call to hold virtual meetings. What: A WebEx meeting is an online meeting that allows you to… Continue Reading
This month we take a look at the Agenda in the aughts. Is it just me, or does 2000 not feel like almost two decades ago? Survey Says Systematic Thinking MESSAGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN At the last Cabinet meeting… Continue Reading
New Brunswick (NB) and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) are collaborating to upgrade spaces and publicize library services to our users, in particular those from RBHS schools (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), School of Public Health, Ernest Mario… Continue Reading