Last month, I attended a panel discussion hosted by the Rutgers Communicators Network titled Social Media – Industry and Platform Trends for Owned and Paid Content. You can check out a recording of the event below: While some of the… Continue Reading
Rutgers Day was last weekend and, by all accounts, it was another tremendous success. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped pull these great activities off! If you missed out on the fun, enjoy this collection of sights from… Continue Reading
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
In 2016, Rutgers University was not the only major New Jersey institution celebrating its 250th anniversary. On July 23, 1766, at Duff’s Tavern in New Brunswick, a group of physicians met and formed the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ).… 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
For the last two months, I have used the Agenda to provide updates about a framework we are developing to provide us with a common vocabulary and a shared understanding of the relationships and dependencies between local and central services.… 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
Rutgers Day Saturday, April 28 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Universitywide The biggest event of the year—Rutgers Day—is just around the corner, and the Libraries will have representation across the university, with activities in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick (on both the… Continue Reading