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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>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>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>Generative AI Features in Major Databases and Platforms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth York]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several platform providers have recently added generative AI features to Rutgers University Libraries&#8217; e-resources. To bring this information together, we created a LibGuide: Generative AI Features in Major Databases &#38; Platforms. This new guide provides information about generative AI features that are available to Rutgers University Libraries users within the Libraries’ major databases and platforms.   [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Facilities Updates Across the Libraries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Multiple libraries are undergoing or have recently completed improvements and repurposing of existing space.   Front door swipe card access is now complete at all eight Rutgers–New Brunswick locations (seven libraries plus the Annex), with the most recent installations (completed in FY25) having occurred at Art, Chang, Carr, Douglass, and Math/Physics Libraries, and at the Library [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Letter to the Libraries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Consuella Askew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[University Librarian Report]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce the re-launch of The Agenda, a newsletter first issued in February 1979 to improve internal communication within Rutgers University Libraries. At that time, The Agenda was a weekly printed newsletter, and it has since taken on many revised formats. Today, of course, we have many more technologies and platforms to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strong Showing at ALA Conference</title>
		<link>https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/strong-showing-at-ala-conference/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutgers University Libraries were well represented at the ALA Annual Conference &#38; Exhibition, held in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center from June 26 to June 30. In a preview article, American Libraries Magazine characterized the theme of the conference as follows:  “As the Association – and the nation – approach monumental anniversaries, library workers will reaffirm [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;One Libraries&#8217; Engagement Day Focused on Well-Being</title>
		<link>https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/one-libraries-engagement-day-focused-on-well-being/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 30, more than 100 Rutgers University Libraries faculty and staff gathered for the Libraries’ first organization-wide Engagement Day. The full-day, in-person event was held at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Livingston Student Center. All library locations were closed for the day.  &#160; Professional Development Focused on Well-being  Engagement Day featured two professional development sessions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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