February 2017

Supriya Sinha, student, Susan Kenney, instructor/grad student, and Ellen Delvallée, grad student in the Pane Room standing before 3 antiquarian French books from Special Collections and University Archives after their class on early French printing.
Class learns about Early French Printing using SCUA books.
From Pastoral Nomadism to Global Urbanism: The Complex Journey of Kalmyks in America and Russia, on display at Douglass Library.
Living in the Shadows: Underground Immigrant Communities is on display at Douglass Library.
In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, #SpecialCollectionsSunday in February will feature photos from the John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers-Newark that recount the story of the three-day takeover of Conklin Hall at Rutgers University—Newark by the Black Organization of Students (BOS) in February 1969.
The Scarlet Knight loses track of time at Alexander Library and needs a lift home.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
	Change is in the air. I recently had two meetings that demonstrate that we are not alone in trying to figure out the delineations between New Brunswick and central. More>>
FROM CABINET
	This at-a-glance document gives a quick overview of the tasks accomplished by Cabinet in 2016. More>>
FEATURES
	One of our librarians recently received a surprising note of thanks. More>>
	In Memoriam for Ed Berger. More>>
HAPPENINGS
	MARAC will meet in Newark, NJ April 20-22. Elizabeth Surles served as a tri-chair for the Local Arrangements Committee and describes what to expect this year. More>>
	Quick takes on events and news from the Libraries this month. More>>

JUST FOR FUN

Now a writer can spend 3 hours writing in Mark Twain’s library…	Libraries, including our own, are collecting signs, photos, and oral histories of the Women’s March on Washington.	Virtual and augmented reality is coming to Rutgers.