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		<title>Virtual Posters from State of the Libraries 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The annual State of the Libraries was held as a virtual event on July 29, 2026. Eleven virtual posters provided a glimpse into the diverse work of Rutgers University Libraries faculty, staff, and student employees. Below are descriptions and links to these posters, which are housed on the Rutgers University Libraries Staff Resources Site. A [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Seen and Heard</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A July 6 Rutgers Today story featured summer reading recommendations from five of our librarians: Melissa De Fino, cataloging and metadata librarian, Collections and Digital Strategies; Naomi Gold, reference and instruction librarian, Dana Library; Tony Nguyen, associate university librarian, Rutgers Health Libraries; John Powell, reference and instruction librarian, Paul Robeson Library; and Lily Todorinova, undergraduate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seen and Heard</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A drawing by Megan Lotts, art librarian, is featured on the cover of College &#38; Research Libraries News. Her sketch captures the energy of the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, where conversations around intellectual freedom and digital equity took center stage. (The 2026 ALA Annual Conference will be held June 25–29 in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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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 Jun 2026 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corisa Mobley-Victory, Principal Management Assistant at Smith Library, is a certified Mental Health First Aider for Youth and Adults from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Through this certification program, she is trained to recognize and provide initial support to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use challenges. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Staff Advisory Committee Town Hall: March 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiaki Mills]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Andy Martinez, Corinne Suarez, and Eddie Suarez also contributed to this report. &#160; Summer Leadership Transition of the Executive Council John Gibson began the meeting by announcing that he will step down as chair of the Staff Advisory Committee Executive Council as his term ends in June.  Jeff Teichmann will take over as chair on [&#8230;]]]></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 committee’s initiatives by encouraging participation from the Rutgers University Libraries staff. The committee hopes to [&#8230;]]]></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 in using technology led her to successfully pursue a master’s in biomedical informatics from the [&#8230;]]]></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 Rutgers lead for the BBP, which seeks to revitalize the practice of bibliography for African [&#8230;]]]></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 in SOAR. We are pleased to see the Libraries recognized for their contributions to faculty [&#8230;]]]></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 the Institute of Jazz Studies. She has worked in University Archives, serving as Interim, Associate, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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