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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>Realigning Library Services to Scale Research Support</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Deodato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2022, Rutgers University Libraries embarked on a comprehensive review of their organizational structure with the goal of improving operational efficiency, clarity, and communication. Part of this process involved the identification of service areas that could benefit from greater system-wide coordination and support. One of those areas was research support, which encompasses a broad range [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Promoting Well-Being Through Crocheting and Knitting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ermira Mitre]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences has successfully hosted four open crochet/knit gatherings in collaboration with the NJMS Crochet and Knitting Club, with a strong turnout of 36 participants, including New Jersey Medical School students, faculty, and staff. This monthly initiative, Joyful Collégialité through Crocheting and Knitting, is funded by the Rutgers Health [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Behind the Title: What I Really Do</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhonda Marker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably seen my job title—head, open knowledge strategies—and wondered what it means. My position is new, but it builds on work that many people in the Libraries have been doing for a long time. The short explanation is that my job touches on all things “open” at the Libraries to help our services thrive. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Media Recording Studio at Robeson Library</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Regina Koury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Fall 2025, under the leadership of Rutgers University–Camden&#8217;s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost, Paul Robeson Library—along with the Office of University Online Education Services (UOES) and Rutgers–Camden IT—opened a Media Recording Studio on the second floor of the library (Room 290). This is the first recording studio of its kind at Rutgers–Camden. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Virtual Poster Presentations from State of the Libraries 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The annual State of the Libraries was held as a virtual event on August 13, 2025. The following virtual posters provided a glimpse into the diverse work of Rutgers University Libraries faculty and staff: An Automated Approach to Enhancing Legacy Library Catalog Records – Our library catalog contains numerous brief records lacking essential information, making [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Let Me Reintroduce Myself: Coordinator for Training and Mentorship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Weber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much of my career at Rutgers University Libraries has been in technical services, primarily in resource description (aka cataloging), and I’ve collaborated with many colleagues regarding projects, gift collections, and related concerns. As part of our recent reorganization, I was offered a new role that’s different in many ways from the work I had been [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AADC Reunion Visit to Douglass Library</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kayo Denda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On June 6, during the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College reunion, multiple alumnae visited Douglass Library. As an indication of the meaning Douglass Library holds for Douglass alumnae, the library is consistently an option on the reunion’s list of activities.   The highlight of this year&#8217;s visit was Barbara Gray Nicholson, a 1950 graduate of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fernanda Perrone to Be Inducted as SAA Fellow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fernanda Perrone, archivist and head of the exhibitions program for Special Collections and University Archives, will be inducted later this month as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) during an awards ceremony at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Anaheim, California. The distinction of Fellow is the highest honor [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Awards for 2025</title>
		<link>https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/robeson-library-undergraduate-research-awards-for-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Paul Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Award recognizes excellence in undergraduate research projects that make use of a range of library resources, collections, and services and show evidence of critical thinking, originality, and creativity.  All winners have their papers added to our digital collection in RUCore and presented lightning talks at the award ceremony held [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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