Category: Math and Physics Library

  • NBL’s 2022 Finals Week and Stressbuster Events Schedule

    Stressbuster.

    Stop by the following NBL locations for finals week/stressbuster events:

    Alexander Library
    • Thursday, December 15, to Friday, December 23
    • Stop by Alexander Library for a treat during finals week! At various times, Stressbuster Grab n’ Go snack bags will be placed in the lobby (while supplies last).
    Art Library
    • Thursday, December 15, to Friday, December 23
    • Visit the Art Library during finals week for a Stressbuster Grab n’ Go snack bag (while supplies last).
    Carr Library
    • Thursday, December 15, 3–4 p.m.
    • Tuesday, December 20, 3–4 p.m.
    • Visit Carr Library during finals week for Stressbuster Grab N’ Go snack bags (while supplies last).
    Chang Library
    • Thursday, December 15, 11 a.m.
    • Take a study break at Chang Library and refuel for finals with delicious snacks (while supplies last).
    Douglass Library
    • Thursday, December 15, noon–2 p.m.
    • Monday, December 19, 10 a.m.–noon
    • Wednesday, December 21, noon–2 p.m.
    • Thursday, December 22, 10 a.m.–noon
    • Stop by Douglass Library for snacks and water bottles (while supplies last).
    Math and Physics Library
    • Thursday, December 15, 1–4 p.m.
    • Friday, December 16, 1–4 p.m.
    • Warm up at Math and Physics Library with coffee, cocoa, or apple cider (while supplies last).
    LSM
    • Thursday, December 15, 11 a.m.
    • Good luck with finals! Stop by LSM for a snack break and games.
  • Quick Takes on Events and News — May 2017

    StressbustersThe New Brunswick Libraries announced their schedule of #Stressbusters events for the spring exam period. Highlights include a photo booth at the Math/Physics Library, button making at the Art Library, and pet therapy sessions at Alexander, Douglass, Kilmer, and LSM.


    MARAC Spring 2017 was held April 20–22 in Newark.

    Don’t despair if you happened to miss out on the recent Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference in Newark, as Tara Maharjan put together a comprehensive Storify of the event (titled Adaptable Archives: Redefine, Repurpose, and Renew) that’s the next best thing to having been there in person.


    Several new exhibits opened across the Libraries this past month:

    At the Art Library, a display of undergraduate student work from the Environmental Planning Studio of the Department of Landscape Architecture will be on view through May 31. Students in the studio were challenged to create a master plan for the Bergen County park system, and the exhibit communicates their creative solutions and work through large-scale posters.

    There's a Run in My Tights

    At Paul Robeson Library, There’s a Run in My Tights: Classic Comic Book Covers from the Golden Age and Beyond is on display through May 4. This display, which opened in advance of the 2017 Camden Comic Con, highlights superheroes such as Bat Girl, Aquaman, Luke Cage and the X-Men, as well as villains like Cat Woman and misunderstood monsters like Werewolf By Night.

    A group exhibition of works by students in the Women, Gender, and Creativity House of Douglass Residential College is on display now at Douglass Library. Students in this community explore topics of gender, sexuality, identity, creativity, perception, and visual communication of women in the arts. The exhibition highlights the self-portraits, sculptures, video performances, and written works produced by the student artists during the course of the academic year. It closes on May 1, so be sure to check this one out while you can.


    Finally, many new resources were announced in April:

    • The Andrew Hill Collection at the Institute of Jazz Studies contains the papers, music, and audiovisual recordings of acclaimed pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Andrew Hill (1931–2007). The collection was processed as part of the 2016 Jazz Archives Fellows residency.
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      Attitude Check (vol. 1 no. 1, 1969) via Independent Voices.

      JAMAevidence provides guides to the systematic consideration of validity, importance, and applicability of problems and outcomes in health care. It consists of three textbooks, user tools, and forms useful to the critical appraisal process. See more in our deep dive.

    • Academic Video Online Premium provides access to over 50,000 videos from reputable producers such as BBC and PBS, mostly on the subjects of social sciences, American history/American studies, music and performing arts, science and engineering, and health sciences.
    • Independent Voices is a full-text database of alternative press periodicals published in the U.S. in the second half of the 20th century. It includes publications like Aegis (1978-87), Death Ship Times (Fat Albert’s) (1972-74), The Feminist Voice (1971-72), Meatball (1969-71), Off Our Backs (1970-76), The People’s Voice (1980-1983), San Francisco Good Times (1969-72), Up from the Bottom (1971-74), Where It’s At (1968-70), the Yardbird Reader (1972-76), and Zeitgeist (1965-69), among dozens of others.

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  • Halloween fun at the Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library

    The Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library included separate prizes for their student workers and library users.
    The Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library included separate prizes for their student workers and library users.

    This Halloween season the Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library asked and answered an important question: how many mathematics, engineering, or pharmacy students does it take to figure out how many peanut and peanut butter M&M’s are in a jar?

    From October 17 to October 31 the library held a candy guessing contest for both their student employees and library users–6 lucky winners in total were declared on November 1.

    According to L. Melanie Miller, the students have used many different methods and tools to put forward their best guess.

    “What is most fascinating, is watching how a number of students have used ruler’s, calculators and several different calculations to figure out how many pieces of candy there are in the jars,” said Miller.

    She also notes that a number of the student workers collaborated to help each other figure it out. Miller describes the scene, saying, “they measured the width, length and circumference of the Jars and even went so far as to include the size and shape of the candy into their calculation.”

    An example of one student's candy counting equation taking into account the diameter and height of the jar measured in candy.
    An example of one student’s candy counting equation taking into account the diameter and height of the jar measured in candy.

    Needless to say, this has been a fun activity for both users and staff. From funny discussions about the choice of candy — what was it about peanut M&Ms? Why not choose plain ones? To last ditch efforts to coerce or persuade the librarians to reveal the correct number of M&M’s, the users and students workers who participated made this a great program.

    So, what were the prizes that were on the line?

    Student Staff Prizes

    1st Prize – $15.00 Amazon Gift Card

    2nd Prize – the Jar of Candy

    3rd Prize – $5.00 Cash

     

    User Prizes

    1st Prize – the Jar of Candy

    2nd Prize – Library Gift Bag

    3rd Prize – Library Gift Bag

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  • New Brunswick Welcome Days

    The New Brunswick Libraries hosted several events to welcome students to the new semester, as part of the campus-wide Welcome Days activities, which are organized by New Student Orientation and Family Programs (a division of Student Affairs).

    This year, staff and librarians at the Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library in Hill Center challenged students with a giant tumbling tower, while the Library of Science and Medicine offered free snacks and science puzzles. At the Alexander Library, students enjoyed cookies and the chance to spin a wheel for prizes after successfully answering library trivia. Kilmer Library offered carts of granola bars and other treats popcorn was handed out at the steps of the Art Library on College Avenue, and the Douglass Library offered students a much-appreciated coffee/cookie break.

    All of these activities were made possible through the annual Senior Class gift, which is offered in appreciation to the library for hosting the wildly popular ClubAlex dance. The Undergraduate Experience Team sends a HUGE thank you to all of the staff and librarians who made these events possible and helped to create a warm welcoming atmosphere at the libraries.