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		<title>Faculty and Staff News</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Raymond (Ray) Balter, library assistant II in Access Services at Douglass Library, is retiring effective January 1, 2026. His first day at Rutgers was July 16, 2001, when he started in University Mail and Document Services. He joined Rutgers University&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/faculty-and-staff-news-2025-12/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Staff Advisory Committee Town Hall: November 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Suarez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Andy Martinez, Chiaki Mills, and Corinne Suarez also contributed to this report. The Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) held a town hall on November 6. The purpose of the event was to emphasize the importance of staff voices in shaping the&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/staff-advisory-committee-town-hall-november-2025/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Yini Zhu Retires after 26 Years of Service at Smith Library</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Wagner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 22:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yini Zhu, Managing Librarian and Acting Associate Director at the George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences, retired on January 1, 2023. Yini was hired in 1997 as the Microcomputer/Media Librarian at UMDNJ’s Smith Library. Her interest and expertise&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/yini-zhu-retires-after-26-years-of-service-at-smith-library/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rutgers University Libraries Welcome Dr. Tajah Ebram as Black Studies Librarian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Magnoni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 03:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutgers University Libraries and the Black Bibliography Project (BBP) are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Tajah Ebram as Black Studies Librarian. In addition to supporting faculty and students working in Black studies, Dr. Ebram will serve as the&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-university-libraries-welcome-dr-tajah-ebram-as-black-studies-librarian/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SOAR Staff Acknowledged in Cancer Research Communications Journal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Deodato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutgers University Libraries&#8217; SOAR staff received a published acknowledgment in the January 2023* issue of Cancer Research Communications. Kudos to Geoff Wood, metadata librarian for Scholarly Communication and Collections, for helping author David Axelrod archive the supplementary data for his article&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/soar-staff-acknowledged-in-cancer-research-communications/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Erika Gorder Appointed University Archivist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Yaco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 03:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that Erika Gorder has been appointed University Archivist. Erika began working at Rutgers University Libraries in 1992 as an assistant archivist and, after time at several other repositories, returned in 1997 as an archivist at&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/erika-gorder-appointed-university-archivist/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Collection Acquisitions Department Holiday Party</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abigail DiPaolo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On December 22, members from the Collection Acquisitions department gathered to celebrate the holidays and their accomplishments over the past year. We were happy to see so many smiling faces!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Megan Lotts Drawing Selected for CR&#038;L News Cover</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Mark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Art Librarian Megan Lotts for having her drawing of Scott Hall (from inside the Art Library) selected for the cover of this month&#8217;s C&#38;RL News! Read the newsletter at this link. &#160;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DEI Spotlight &#8211; December 2022</title>
		<link>https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/dei-spotlight-december-2022/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Mark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[December 2022 Spotlight The DEI Committee 2.0 was formed in late 2021 and comprises staff and faculty representing all Rutgers campuses. The committee&#8217;s mission is to: respect and foster perspectives that reflect varying backgrounds, identities, roles, and their intersections; create and support structures and behaviors that&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/dei-spotlight-december-2022/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AvramCamp 2022: My Experience</title>
		<link>https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/avramcamp-2022-my-experience/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Weber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AvramCamp is a one-day preconference offered by Core, a division of American Library Association (ALA). The event is named in honor of Henriette Avram, the creator of MARC format. It was offered on July 29 as a virtual event. Core&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/avramcamp-2022-my-experience/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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