Diane Biunno joined the Libraries as metadata archivist for the Institute of Jazz Studies back in February. Here, we catch up with her to learn more about her experience and what she has been working on since the shift to… Continue Reading
In 1867, Kusakabe Tarō (1844-1870), a samurai from Fukui in the remote west of the country, left Japan to study at Rutgers. After his untimely death in 1870, his mentor and friend, William E. Griffis (1843-1928) of the Rutgers Class… Continue Reading
I would like to share my experience during these difficult days of our quarantine to fight against COVID-19. While all of us are working from home, the medical staff are on the front line fighting the virus while lacking the… Continue Reading
Like people across the country and the world, many Rutgers students, faculty, and staff now find themselves stuck at home, their normal routines of work and leisure upended by the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to mitigate its spread. Chang Science… Continue Reading
In light of our “new normal” circumstances, we have created a LibGuide that lists many helpful resources and documentation to support remote instruction. The Library Instruction Continuity Resources LibGuide includes information on how to conduct live conferencing and record lectures… Continue Reading
Continuing the work of presenting our digital projects in a consistent arrangement, the Digital Exhibits page is available with its first five digital exhibitions. The page summarizes the completed projects and links to each online exhibition and its exhibit catalog.… Continue Reading
Over the past couple of years, the digital projects team in Shared User Services has been actively assisting campus libraries in organizing their work on digital collections, and making them available online. Thirty-one such projects are now publicly accessible through… Continue Reading
FindTime is an Outlook add-in that allows you to easily identify and come to a consensus on meeting times. FindTime shows you the dates and times you and your attendees are available based on the free/busy data in Outlook calendars.… Continue Reading
On February 1, 2020, I boarded a plane with bags full of LEGO as well as Rutgers University Libraries coloring books, zines, and library swag. My final destination was Doha, Qatar to visit one of Carnegie Mellon’s satellite campuses. I… Continue Reading
Targum Documentary Spotlights NBMSA Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon Returns to Dana Library Dana Library hosted its second Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon last semester. Professor Alex Seggerman’s Islamic Architecture course was one of a group of classes participating in the December 9 Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon. Students spent… Continue Reading