Bishop Lecture Returns The 34th annual Bishop Lecture will feature photographer and author Barbara Mensch, who will speak about how she was inspired by Special Collections and University Archives’ Roebling Collection to create her recent book In the Shadow of Genius: The… Continue Reading
Talking Vocational Awe at ACRL Congratulations to Fobazi Ettarth, who was one of the invited presentations at the annual ACRL conference in Cleveland, Ohio last month. Fobazi’s talk was titled “Becoming a ‘Bad Librarian’: Dismantling Vocational Awe in Librarianship” and… Continue Reading
This month we travel back in time 38 years to June 1980. What were the hot topics around the Libraries? Not So Fast The Library Administration has abandoned plans to sponsor a van to drive ALA conference attendees to New… Continue Reading
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National Employee Appreciation Day Friday, March 2 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Stonsby Commons, Rutgers–Newark Human Resources–Newark in partnership with the Chancellor’s Office will sponsor lunch for 300 employees at Stonsby Commons in celebration of National Employee Appreciation Day. In… Continue Reading
Sure, the Libraries play host to a slew of great events throughout the year—but so do other units across the university. Check out what’s in store from other departments in November. The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival October 29–November 12 Times… Continue Reading
This edition of “This Month in the Agenda” takes us back to November takes us back 25 years to November 1992. What was the latest and greatest from the Libraries? Coordinator of the Coordinating Committee? Dem Bones, Dem Bones As… Continue Reading
Many of you will have seen by now that this year’s State of the Libraries meeting on December 6 features special guest speaker Calvin K. Lai. (If you haven’t yet registered on Eventbrite, please take a moment to do so.… Continue Reading
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) issued a call for participation in its new Mentoring Program earlier this year. I submitted a mentor application because I have enjoyed serving as a mentor at Rutgers and welcomed the… Continue Reading
Welcome to the newest regular feature of the Agenda. In “This Month in the Agenda,” we’ll explore highlights from this month in the history of Rutgers University Libraries. For the inaugural column, we’ll travel back in time 33 years to… Continue Reading