The Library Directors of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) are pleased to announce the appointment of the BIG Collection Steering Committee. The objective of the BIG Collection is to create a coherent knowledge environment for Big Ten faculty and students,… Continue Reading
One of America’s Most Celebrated Writers Meets More than 300 Readers on Zoom On September 27, Connie Wu organized a special Meeting Author and Book Discussion event on Zoom. Ha Jin, an award-winning writer and a professor of the Department… Continue Reading
In early October the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Music Library Association (MLA) co-published a new open-access ebook, Archival Description of Notated Music (ADNM), co-authored by the MLA Working Group for Archival Description of Music Materials, which I… Continue Reading
New security features introduced by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) make it possible to ensure security and prevent unwanted guests in your Zoom meetings. If you host online meetings using Zoom, please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself… Continue Reading
The website redesign project team has completed baseline usability testing and analysis, and we’ve combined that with other research from the discovery process and are now moving into wireframing. Using the ideas generated during prototyping sessions last month with each… Continue Reading
Alma Analytics Upgrade Alma Analytics will be upgraded the week of November 1. Users who want to retain their personal reports in My Folders after the upgrade will need to save a copy in the Analytics shared folder’s Migration directory… Continue Reading
Student success librarian Samantha Kannegiser of the Paul Robeson Library kicked off the Personal Librarian Program, now in its second year, on August 28 with a “Meet Your Personal Librarian” event. The Personal Librarian Program is run in collaboration with the Student Success Coach office, part of the… Continue Reading
Some recent changes and enhancements in Rutgers Connect have been announced by OIT. Several are highlighted and described here. Please do not hesitate to contact IIS at support@rulhelp.rutgers.edu if you have questions or comments about these enhanced or new features, or anything related to Rutgers Connect. Login Upgrade: Rutgers Connect now allows you… Continue Reading
Past Workshops Returning to Rutgers Safely: Wear Your Mask, Watch Your Distance & Wash Your Hands Information Sessions on COVID-19 Health and Safety Precautions were held earlier this month hosted in partnership with Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety (REHS). Subject… Continue Reading
Many of you have heard of the LibCal application from Springshare, LLC, but did you know that it does more than one thing? LibCal is actually made up of five modules – Hours, Spaces/Seats, Appointments, and Events/Calendars. Each of these… Continue Reading