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		<title>Seen and Heard</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A drawing by Megan Lotts, art librarian, is featured on the cover of College &#38; Research Libraries News. Her sketch captures the energy of the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, where conversations around intellectual freedom and digital equity took center stage. (The 2026 ALA Annual Conference will be held June 25–29 in [&#8230;]]]></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[Submissions to The Agenda Submissions for the next issue of The Agenda are due by Monday, August 3. Please submit all content using The Agenda Submissions form. If you are interested in writing a feature, please first contact Lara De Meo Hoyt at lara.hoyt@rutgers.edu to discuss your idea. &#160; Library Closures for Summer Considering a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corisa Mobley-Victory, Principal Management Assistant at Smith Library, is a certified Mental Health First Aider for Youth and Adults from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Through this certification program, she is trained to recognize and provide initial support to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use challenges. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Milestones for Robeson Undergraduate Research Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Paul Robeson Library celebrated the sixth annual Undergraduate Research Award on April 16 as part of the official campus SPARK! week (Showcase of Projects, Art, Research, and Knowledge). Five undergraduates were awarded cash prizes ranging from $250 to $1,000 for their exemplary research projects making use of a range of library resources, collections, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Everts]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Special Collections and Digital History Class Collaboration in Camden Over the Spring Semester, Special Collections at Robeson Library hosted Jesse Bayker’s digital history class as part of their class project commemorating Rutgers University–Camden’s centennial. Robeson librarian Bart Everts met with Bayker during the fall semester to plan how students might interpret the history of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Engagement Day 2026 Builds Connectedness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Engagement Day 2026 was held on Friday, May 22 at Livingston Student Center. About 90 Rutgers University Libraries faculty and staff gathered for a day of professional development and team building. The theme was Building Bridges: Creating a Connected Workplace. Connie Cinko, a human resources professional with a focus on learning and development, led [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating Rutgers Composers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bret McCandless]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; On April 18, in conjunction with the Mason Gross School of the Arts 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Rutgers University Libraries cosponsored a concert of music by composers who have taught and studied at the school since its inception in 1976. The idea for the concert came from Music and Performing Arts Librarian Bret McCandless, who [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Examining the Evolving Meaning of America’s Birthdays</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; On April 30, Robeson Library hosted an opening reception for its latest exhibit, America’s Birthdays: Selling &#38; Redefining the American Dream. The event brought together students, faculty, librarians, and guests to celebrate the launch of the exhibition and the collaborative work behind it. The students’ research, creativity, and curatorial efforts were recognized, and visitors [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Letter to the Libraries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Consuella Askew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We made it to the end of the academic year! I want to congratulate all of you on an incredibly productive year, even with many changes at the highest levels of our university administration. These include a new president, executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer, executive vice president and chief administrative [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara De Meo Hoyt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In celebration of America’s 250th, Rutgers University Libraries produced a professional video to highlight the work of our archivists and the importance of distinctive collections. Special Collections and University Archives collaborated with Middlesex County and Cornelius Low House (the Middlesex County museum) on a special exhibit that opened on Saturday, April 11, and runs through the end of 2028. A reel-formatted version [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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