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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Adriana P. Cuervo, director of Special Collections and University Archives, has been appointed co-chair of the Society of American Archivists&#8217; Annual Meeting Program Committee for the 2027 meeting. Barry Lipinski retired as library supervisor I, Access Services, James Dickson Carr&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/faculty-and-staff-news-2026-02/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seen and Heard</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maria Deptula, health sciences collections librarian at Smith Library, published a featured article in Doody’s Core Titles: “Weeding with Care: A Renovation-Driven Weeding Project in the Health Sciences Library with a Focus on the Last Institutional Copies” (January 2025). Bart&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/seen-and-heard-2026-02/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Data Speaks: Stories from People, Places, and Time</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Triveni Kuchi]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Xu Guo, graduate specialist for qualitative methods at the Rutgers–New Brunswick Libraries, contributed to this report and to the development of the exhibition. &#160; In celebration of International Love Data Week, a new exhibition opened on February 9 at Carr&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/when-data-speaks-stories-from-people-places-and-time/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bacchetta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; As the metadata archivist at Special Collections and University Archives (SC/UA), I have had the privilege of working with our collections on a daily basis. Though I’ve just been able to scratch the surface of our ample and unique&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/unearthing-treasures-in-the-archives/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Consuella Askew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since our last issue, we’ve weathered some big storms. After the intense snowfall we saw in late January, I know we were all surprised by the rapidly intensifying Blizzard of 2026. Thank you all for pivoting to remote services without&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/letter-to-the-libraries-2026-02/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Open and Affordable Textbooks Program: Deadline Approaching The Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Program is currently accepting applications. This program, which has saved Rutgers students more than $13 million since its inception, awards research funds to Rutgers faculty who redesign&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/need-to-know-2026-02/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutgers University Libraries recently welcomed Keena Arbuthnot, the new executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer for Rutgers, for a tour of several locations across Rutgers University–Camden, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers University–Newark, and Rutgers Health. These visits&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/seen-and-heard-2025-12/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Need to Know</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Data Visualization Championship for Love Data Week For the first time, Rutgers is participating in the Big Ten&#8217;s Data Visualization Championship for Love Data Week 2026! Rutgers students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit entries. Rutgers University Libraries are&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/need-to-know-2025-12/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Raymond (Ray) Balter, library assistant II in Access Services at Douglass Library, is retiring effective January 1, 2026. His first day at Rutgers was July 16, 2001, when he started in University Mail and Document Services. He joined Rutgers University&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/faculty-and-staff-news-2025-12/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Muglia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This semester, the Rutgers University Libraries DEI Committee welcomed a new chair and vice chair/chair elect. The committee’s new chair, Phil Wilson, library specialist I at Robert Wood Johnson Library, will serve through June 30, 2026. The committee’s new vice&#8230; <a href="https://agenda.libraries.rutgers.edu/dei-spotlight-2025-12/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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