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June 2018

  • snack cart at library
    The snack cart all ready to go for Stressbusters at Chang Library. Credit: Judit Ward.
  • serving cookies
    Jeff Teichmann delivers cookies to students at Alexander Library during Stressbusters. Now that’s service! Credit: Laura Costello.
  • worksohp at Dana Library
    Dana Library held its yearly Staff Development Day in May, including a True Colors personality inventory. Credit: Consuella Askew.
  • librarian and puppy
    John Powell gets some puppy love at Robeson Library during Stressbusters! Credit: Zara Wilkinson.
  • people during graduation
    Steph Mikitish and Dee Magnoni take a selfie at the SC&I graduation ceremony. Credit: Dee Magnoni.
  • glow sticks
    Preparing the glow sticks for Club Alex…. Credit: Dee Magnoni.
  • paper artwork
    Jim Galt’s expert paper cutting skills are on display with this recreation of Henri Matisse’s Icarus at RWJ Library. Credit: Jim Galt.
  • dogs at library
    Therapy dogs Gladys, Cheddar, Aspen, Cole, Glow, Tiger, and Ali (l. to r.) ready to help students de-stress at LSM! Credit: Michele Tokar.
  • thank you note
    There are no lengths the staff at LSM won’t go to in order to help out a student…. Credit: Michele Tokar.
  • Matt Bridgeman shows off the QuickSearch display at RWJ Library. Credit: Victoria Wagner.
  • steps construction
    Construction begins on the new steps at Robeson Library! Credit: John Powell.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
Krisellen Maloney Continuing our discussion of frameworks.

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FROM CABINET
A reminder from HR about workplace injuries.

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FEATURES
Update from the Ex Libris Implementation Team for June.

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President Symposium Congratulations to these staff members celebrating milestone anniversaries.

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Rutgers Giving Day thank you letter The 2018 Rutgers Giving Day numbers are in!

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Glenn Sandberg Wishing Glenn Sandberg a fond farewell.

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Agenda A glimpse at the Agenda from June 1980.

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HAPPENINGS
Picnic invitation RSVP today for the Faculty and Staff Appreciation Picnic.

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What's Happening What’s happening around Rutgers in June.

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Quick Takes Quick takes on events and news from the Libraries this month.

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TRENDING – news from other Libraries’ blogs
newspaper clipping Chem Informer Photo of War letter
Recently Chronicling America added more issues of the Perth Amboy Evening News to their site. With this latest inclusion, 50,207 pages of this newspaper are now freely available online. They include issues from March 30, 1903 through June 29, 1918. We expect this newspaper’s remaining issues (up through December 30, 1922) to go live in the coming weeks.

New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project

As a result of your feedback, the Libraries have provided a link to the Cambridge Structural Database of small crystal structures through our website….. Full access to this database is made available courtesy of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, which currently has an office on Busch campus.

ChemInformer

The April 10, 1918 War Service Bureau letter to men in service shared the news that director Earl Reed Silvers had recently “enjoyed the companionship of an infected boil on the back of his neck.” During Silvers’s absence from work, his assistant handled his correspondence.

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