Retirement is defined as “withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from active working life”. Retirement is the goal most employees look forward too. Others not so much. There are a lot of decisions to make and for many the process can be daunting! Educating yourself on this important process is extremely important. To help explain the vital steps, please take note of the following info below:
1.) Attend a retirement seminar here at Rutgers
Retirement seminars are offered through UHR: You can register for a session through the UHR Learning and Development Course Registration System under the Human Resources Development tab: https://hrservices.rutgers.edu/crs/ then Employee Benefit and Work Life Programs drop down
PERS members – Tuesday, December 6, 2016 -10-NOON
ABP members – Wednesday, January 25, 2017 – 10-11:30
2.) Review accumulated leave balances (must take all accumulated leave prior to retirement date) with supervisor or Libraries HR to figure out last physical day at work
3.) Choose a retirement date (must be 1st of the Month)
4.) Write a brief letter to advise your supervisor of your retirement plans, making sure the letter includes your retirement date (i.e. 3/1/2017) and last physical day at work
5.) Complete and submit PERS or ABP pension paperwork to UHR
6.) Libraries HR finalizes retirement and confirms pension paperwork completed
As recently announced, University Human Resources (UHR) will host a series of Open Enrollment Benefits Fairs throughout the month of October to educate employees about their SHBP benefits options, as well as other benefits and services that are available and may be of interest.
Save the date and plan to attend the Open Enrollment Benefit Fair that is most convenient for you:
Rutgers University/ Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) New Brunswick
Oct. 10, 2016, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Medical Education Building, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl.
Rutgers University – New Brunswick/Piscataway
Oct. 11, 2016, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus
Oct. 20, 2016, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Busch Student Center, Busch Campus
Rutgers University – Camden
Oct. 13, 2016, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Athletic and Fitness Center, 301 Linden St.
Rutgers University – Newark
Oct. 19, 2016, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Rutgers University – Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) Newark
Oct. 25, 2016, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Medical Science Building, 185 South Orange Ave.
Contact the Benefits Administration staff with questions regarding benefits at (848) 932-3990 or via email at benefits@hr.rutgers.edu.
Making Rowan University and Camden County College Students Feel Welcome
Through a partnership agreement, Paul Robeson Library is now the campus library for Rowan University and Camden County College students. Bart Everts is the library liaison for these students and has started a new Facebook page to share information about their library privileges and resources. The agreement allows students to access the library, use library databases, and check out books using their student ID cards. Robeson also has computers reserved for their use.
Morroe Berger–Benny Carter Jazz Research Fund
Each year the Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) awards up to ten grants of $1,000 each to assist jazz researchers. Half of the awards are designated for students in the Rutgers University-Newark Master’s Program in Jazz History and Research and half are awarded to scholars from other institutions or unaffiliated researchers to enable them to visit IJS in conjunction with their projects. To date, we have given more than 70 awards to scholars and students worldwide working in a variety of disciplines, including jazz history, musicology, bibliography, and discography.
Applications for the 2017 grants are due October 21, 2016. Awards will be announced by November 14.
“Homecoming! Some Highlights from the Library of J. Milton French” at Alexander Library
Homecoming! Some Highlights from the Library of J. Milton French is on display now in the Scholarly Communication Center at Alexander Library. This case exhibit features a selection of volumes recently donated to Rutgers by the family of J. Milton French (1895–1962), a Milton scholar and professor of English at the university from 1940 to 1960.
The books on display include rare first and early editions of works by John Harington, Richard Barckley, Michael Drayton, Ben Jonson, John Suckling, George Wither, William Wollaston, and John Milton.
New Brunswick Music Scene Symposium Planned for October 27, 2016
Save the date. Special Collections and University Archives will hold the next New Brunswick Music Scene Archive symposium on October 27, 6 p.m. in the Teleconference Lecture Hall at Alexander Library. Stay tuned for more information, including the participants. In the meantime, here’s a look back at the 2015 symposium, featuring a who’s who of New Jersey music (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/news/symposium-local-notables-inaugurate-new-brunswick-music-scene-archive).
Credit: Laura Anderson Barbata.
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries Welcomes “Laura Anderson Barbata: Collaborations beyond Borders”
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, 2-dimensional, and video works from the traveling exhibition Transcommunality.
“Peep Show: Books from the Art Library X Room” Exhibit at Rutgers Art Library
Megan Lotts has raided the X Room to put on a case display of beautiful, surprising, amusing, and impressive books.
Stop by to get a taste of the treasures that reside in the Rutgers Art Library’s archives.
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 is implemented, our ability to work in an informal manner will be eliminated. In order to successfully submit a grant, we must follow the correct RAPSS process. If you have any questions about RAPSS and how it applies to your work at the Libraries, please bring those questions to your director or AUL.
What you need to know:
Faculty and staff need to complete training on the new system before it goes live.
On August 8, RAPSS will become mandatory for all new submissions of research proposals, corporate contracts, and associated items. Paper submissions will no longer be possible.
Information about RAPSS user training and the schedule of training sessions are posted here.
The communications department is hosting a social media summit to kick off a discussion of social media strategy for the Libraries and introduce the formation of a Libraries’ Social Media Taskforce. All Libraries faculty and staff who are currently working on social media are strongly encouraged to attend. The summit is also open to anyone interested in learning more about social media and how academic libraries can best reach their audiences through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Date/Time: April 19, 2016
9:30 am -3:00 p.m. (lunch will be provided)
Location: Teleconference Room, 4th floor, Alexander Library
Guest Speakers:
Karen Smith (Assistant Director, New and Emerging Media, Rutgers University Communications and Marketing) will provide an overview of Rutgers University’s social media, visual identity, and editorial guidelines and discuss what to consider when making a social media plan.
Aaron Kenji Ginoza (Social Media & Community Engagement Coordinator, University of Maryland Libraries) will discuss how academic libraries can best reach their audiences through social media, describing some of his most successful social media campaigns and highlighting pitfalls to avoid.
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