The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) provides digital access to a significant portion of our titles held in print during temporary and involuntary disruptions to normal library collections services. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how patrons access and use… Continue Reading
The public-facing document on the FY21 collections budget has now been posted to our website. You can view it here or by navigating to About > Mission, Vision, & Strategic Plan from the homepage.
As I’m sure you’ve seen in your email or the Cabinet minutes, the Libraries’ Values and Principles Taskforce recently completed its work and issued a final recommendation to Cabinet for consideration. We are still in the process of finalizing our… Continue Reading
Antiracism LibGuide A new guide created by Katie Anderson highlights resources for research on antiracism with a focus on sources that are available at Rutgers. Antiracism is the practice of identifying, challenging, and changing the values, structures, and behaviors that perpetuate… Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks, the web redesign team and the local library owners have been hard at work developing and deploying an audience research plan in collaboration with NewCity. A brand survey specific to each campus was widely distributed… Continue Reading
The annual Ex Libris Users of North America conference, ELUNA, scheduled for May was cancelled due to the pandemic. However, the planners of the annual conference have scheduled a set of free half-day webinars during the month of July to… Continue Reading
Thinking of hosting a virtual event and don’t know how to? The COVID-19 pandemic has instantly changed how we work and interact with each other. It’s a challenging time for all of us. All in-person meetings, events, and training have… Continue Reading
In light of our “new normal” circumstances, we have created a LibGuide that lists many helpful resources and documentation to support remote instruction. The Library Instruction Continuity Resources LibGuide includes information on how to conduct live conferencing and record lectures… Continue Reading
The Discovery phase of the website redesign project has officially concluded. Feel free to peruse NewCity’s Discovery Report, which outlines their findings from their onsite visit, one-on-one interviews with some key stakeholders, discussions with the core project team, an intercept… Continue Reading
Rutgers students, faculty, and staff can now access over a million digitized texts available through HathiTrust’s Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). In response to the current public health crisis, HathiTrust is providing member libraries with temporary access to digital versions… Continue Reading