From the western front to the home front, the experiences of New Jerseyans will be on display at Special Collections and University Archives through one-of-a-kind documents, photographs, and artifacts. The exhibit, curated by Flora Boros, opens March 9 with a… Continue Reading
Say it isn’t so! Believe it or not, the 2018-2019 planning process is beginning. This will be our third planning cycle under the RCM model, so we are gaining an understanding of the flow of things. Over the last few… Continue Reading
In December, the Center of Alcohol Studies Library completed Reading for Recovery (R4R), a two-year ALA-funded project. Judit H. Ward formerly of CAS Library and now Reference & Instruction librarian at LSM was Principal Investigator for the project. The central hub… Continue Reading
We just received an invitation to participate in the SC&I Wide Career Expo on Monday, March 20 from 6-9 p.m. The Expo will be located in the College Avenue Student Center and refreshments will be provided. There is no fee… Continue Reading
Spam and phishing messages are pouring into our inboxes almost every day. Some of these messages cleverly mimic the look and feel, and in some cases naming conventions, of trusted sites, leading people to accept the legitimacy of the messages.… Continue Reading
Rutgers Day will take place on Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Just like last year, events will take place on all campuses and the Libraries will be well represented. This year, the Libraries have formed local… Continue Reading
On February 8, 2017, the Medical History Society of New Jersey (MHSNJ) and Rutgers University Libraries co-hosted the MHSNJ’s fifth annual Lunar Society winter meeting, held in the Pane Room at Alexander Library. Over 30 MHSNJ members, surgeons, librarians, and… Continue Reading
A request from the Spinoza Society sent us into the stacks in search of Baruch Spinoza’s René Descartes’ Principiorum Philosophiae. The Dutch philosopher’s response to René Descartes’ ontological arguments concerning substance (dualistic views that Spinoza, arguably a pantheist, sought to… Continue Reading
Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Will Save Almost $1.6 Million in First Year More than 32 classes are switching over to low cost or no-cost textbook solutions as part of the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project, with a projected… Continue Reading
Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50 A new exhibit of materials from IJS titled Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50 is the inaugural exhibit in the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark ( 54… Continue Reading