Libraries’ Wordsmith Wins National Slogan Contest Mary Beth Weber won the ALCTS Slogal Contest for her slogan, “Creating the future, preserving the past.” This slogan will be used during the 60th anniversary celebration of ALCTS in 2017. In addition to… Continue Reading
This fall, the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries in the Mabel Smith Douglass Library will welcome the 2016-17 Estelle Lebowitz Endowed Visiting Artist Exhibition, Laura Anderson Barbata: Collaborations Beyond Borders. The exhibit contains selected highlights of textile, sculptural,… Continue Reading
Rutgers is not the only major New Jersey institution celebrating its 250th anniversary this year! On Saturday May 23, I attended the Medical Society of New Jersey’s 250th Anniversary Celebration and Inaugural Gala. The celebration was held at the Heldrich… Continue Reading
The Rutgers Future Scholars program places rising High School juniors in an internship for one week during the summer. This summer, the New Brunswick Libraries hosted two internships. Ryan Womack hosted 5 students and worked with them on Big Data,… Continue Reading
On July 25, the office of research and economic development announced the impending launch of the Research Administration and Proposal Submission System (RAPSS) Phase II on August 8. The text below is taken directly from that announcement. As this system… Continue Reading
Faculty and staff across the entire system of libraries at Rutgers University participated in numerous events over the summer to welcome students to the campus. The Paul Robeson Library is a longtime participant in Raptor Welcome, a fun and interactive… Continue Reading
In preparing a pop-up exhibition for the Northeast Victorian Studies Conference in April, we turned up a previously unknown and unrecorded letter from Charles Dickens bound into one of the Libraries’ books. Written by Dickens on 24 November 1849 to… Continue Reading
Most of you have, by now, visited the Rutgers Connection Migration Support website. I hope you are finding a lot of useful information there, but if anything is missing, please let us know using the Submit Your Questions form. This… Continue Reading
Like most other people, I cringe at the very thought that the fall semester is only a month away. Didn’t the summer just start? Where did all the time go? Why couldn’t we have a summer that is all year… Continue Reading
We are at a strange point of the year where, like time travelers, we must work and plan in three different fiscal years. The close of FY16 necessitates the activities of closure and assessment; FY17 is already galloping along with… Continue Reading