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Consent to Receive Electronic W-2 Statements

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Matt Badessa

Dear Rutgers Colleagues, Here’s a reminder that W-2 wage statements for calendar year 2020 will be available later this month and that the University encourages all employees to take advantage of the paperless option and opt-in to receive electronic W-2… Continue Reading →

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IIS Updates – January 2021

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Tracey Meyer

Skype for Business Retiring on July 31, 2021 Effective July 31, 2021, Skype for Business will no longer be provided as part of Rutgers Connect (Office 365) and a three-phased transition to retirement is already underway. Microsoft Teams, the suggested product… Continue Reading →

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NJ Vaccine Scheduling System Registry

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Matt Badessa

The State of New Jersey has established a NJ vaccine scheduling system registry. COVID-19 vaccinations will be made available in phases to ensure those most at risk are prioritized. The registry is designed to send an email to individuals about the… Continue Reading →

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Announcing the BTAA BIG Collection Steering Committee

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Matt Badessa

The Library Directors of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) are pleased to announce the appointment of the BIG Collection Steering Committee. The objective of the BIG Collection is to create a coherent knowledge environment for Big Ten faculty and students,… Continue Reading →

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Ex Libris Implementation Team Update – January 2021

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Joseph Deodato

The new SOAR research portal, powered by Esploro, is now live and can be accessed at soar.libraries.rutgers.edu. Esploro helps advance SOAR’s mission to promote Rutgers scholarship by improving and extending our ability to collect and manage institutional research outputs. Benefits of… Continue Reading →

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University Librarian’s Report – January 2021

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Krisellen Maloney

Welcome back, everyone—I hope you all had a restful winter break and are feeling energized and ready to tackle the challenges of a new semester. Before we look forward to what the new year has in store, I wanted to… Continue Reading →

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An Evening with LIS Students

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Mary Beth Weber

As the editor of a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, I interact with many people. I work closely with potential authors during the review and publication process, and often keep in touch with some of them after their papers have been published.… Continue Reading →

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Alma Analytics Tips: Lifecycle and Status

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Chris Sterback

When creating reports in Alma Analytics, there are a couple of filters or dimensions that you should be using frequently to help you refine the figures you are reporting. Two such dimensions are Lifecycle and Status. Dimensions containing the term… Continue Reading →

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Website Redesign Project Update – November 2020

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Amy Kimura

The website redesign project team has completed baseline usability testing and analysis, and we’ve combined that with other research from the discovery process and are now moving into wireframing. Using the ideas generated during prototyping sessions last month with each… Continue Reading →

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Ex Libris Implementation Team Update – November 2020

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Abigail DiPaolo

Alma Analytics Upgrade Alma Analytics will be upgraded the week of November 1. Users who want to retain their personal reports in My Folders after the upgrade will need to save a copy in the Analytics shared folder’s Migration directory… Continue Reading →

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