Faculty and staff news from the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers University-Camden.
My research on social media and admitted overuse of Twitter has taken me on an interesting, and at times disturbing path in the past two years. While exploring the use of social media by the performance artists LaBeouf, Rönkkö &… Continue Reading
For the last two months, I have used the Agenda to provide updates about a framework we are developing to provide us with a common vocabulary and a shared understanding of the relationships and dependencies between local and central services.… Continue Reading
Alma Workshop From March 13 to 15, an Ex Libris consultant came to the Libraries and facilitated a three-day workshop on Alma workflows. The first one and half days of the workshop were devoted to technical services topics, from ordering… Continue Reading
California-Bound! Congratulations are in order for Consuella Askew, who was recently announced as one of the 17 library leaders who have been selected to participate in this year’s Library Senior Fellows program at UCLA. Consuella will join an international cohort… Continue Reading
Compiled by the Collection Analysis Group Journals and Periodicals Taylor & Francis journals “Modern Archive” (1997-2006) in 5 subjects (BTAA purchase): Allied and Public Health Clinical Psychiatry and Neuroscience Education Mental Health and Social Care Psychology The Economist Historical Archive… Continue Reading
Last month I introduced the idea of using Frameworks to describe our increasingly complex environment. As a reminder, Frameworks provide a way to divide complex processes into manageable chunks while retaining information about relationships and dependencies between the components. Developing… Continue Reading
Kayo Denda and Fernanda Perrone have coauthored, with Mary Hawkesworth, The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women’s College at Rutgers University. This book is part of the centennial celebrations planned at the University and is published by Rutgers University Press.… Continue Reading
There are so many ways for video/web conferencing. Why should I use WebEx? Who: All RUL faculty and staff can initiate a WebEx call to hold virtual meetings. What: A WebEx meeting is an online meeting that allows you to… Continue Reading
Migration Milestones in February The implementation project continued to move forward at a brisk pace. The Libraries’ Implementation Team finished the Alma configuration form and the Primo Central Index activation form. Ex Libris completed the Alma test data load and… Continue Reading
New Brunswick Libraries is inviting faculty from Rutgers University-New Brunswick to join their New Brunswick Faculty Author and Creator Event. This year’s event will be an immersive experience, showcasing the full range of RU-NB intellectual output. We will create neighborhoods of content, featuring… Continue Reading