As promised, my contribution to the Agenda this month focuses on our action plan for the current fiscal year. Please view the PDF to read the plan, titled Resetting the Rutgers University Libraries, in its entirety. Inside, you will find further… Continue Reading
The New Brunswick Libraries have partnered with South Asian Studies Program (SASP) in the School of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick to acquire a membership for the South Asian Open Archive (SAOA) database. SAOA is a part of the South… Continue Reading
OIT has announced some recent changes and enhancements in Rutgers Connect. We’ve highlighted and described some of them here. Some are already available, while others are currently rolling out to all Microsoft users. Please do not hesitate to contact IIS… Continue Reading
Library Tutorial Insights assessment and reporting provides a view of assessment and usage data for the tutorials that are used in a course. The detailed interface allows the course instructor to analyze learner performance on specific assessment questions, gauge students’… Continue Reading
The redesign project reached a real milestone late last week, with the official handoff of the website from NewCity to the Rutgers team. This follows an intense period of testing, during which we worked closely with NewCity to ensure that… Continue Reading
Ex Libris Datacenter Migration and Outage During Memorial Day weekend Ex Libris will migrate our cloud platform which includes Alma, QuickSearch(Primo VE), Leganto, and Esploro to a new datacenter. From 9:00 PM on Saturday, May 29th until 09:00 PM Sunday,… Continue Reading
It’s hard to believe that this is my last article for the Agenda. When I look back at all that we have accomplished since I arrived at Rutgers in 2015—from the implementation of our new library system and QuickSearch, to… Continue Reading
Box is a cloud-based file storage application where students, faculty and staff can securely store, manage, and share files. With an unlimited storage capacity, Box offers a great way to store lots of data and share it with colleagues. However,… Continue Reading
The Reading Lists: Documentation and Resources LibGuide has been updated to include another page that describes additional functionality. New content includes a quick start guide as well as printable handouts. Liaisons can share this information with course instructors whether their… Continue Reading
In the September 2020 issue of “The Agenda,” we wrote about the numerous modules of Springshare’s LibCal software that are in use at RUL. This month, we’ll give you an overview and update on one of those modules, LibCal Events,… Continue Reading