April 2016

Edible books return as part of the Byrne Seminar taught by Megan Lotts: “The Book: Digital, Edible, and as Art.” Click on this image to see more.
Gustav Friedrich, Betty Turock, Faith Ringgold, join the Institute of Jazz Studies’ director Wayne Winborne (l to r) at the Rutgers 250 Celebration at Rutgers University-Newark. Photo credit: Ed Berger.
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi, seen here with Krisellen Maloney and Kayo Denda, attended the panel event “From Exclusion to Inclusion” at Douglass Library on March 8, 2016. Photo credit: Richard Sandler.
Dana Library has received positive feedback from students for their reconfigured spaces.
Click to watch a USPS stamp tribute video to Sarah Vaughan, featuring Wayne Winborne.
LibQUAL+ survey ended on March 6. The Libraries collected over 6700 responses. Our previous LibQUAL+ survey had 600 responses. Thank you to everyone who went out of their way to help the survey succeed!
Angela Lawrence, Elizabeth Surles, and Adriana Cuervo (l to r) celebrate at the WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala on March 16. The Institute of Jazz Studies was one of three NJ jazz institutions honored for their “tremendous role in the cultural past, present, and future of Newark.”
In response to student demand, Chang Library is pleased to announce new OIT Lab Printing capabilities.
The faculty and staff of the Institute of Jazz Studies and Krisellen Maloney welcomed IJS supporter John Van Rens.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
	A quick update on the Master Space Plan and the presentation by CannonDesign. More>>
DIRECTORS’ REPORTS
	The New Brunswick Libraries are reorganizing — here’s what that means. More>>
FEATURES
	Introducing a new website events calendar — everything happening in the Libraries all in one place. More>>
	Rutgers Connect, Microsoft Cloud, Office 365 — Tibor Purger explains what to expect and when. More>>
	RefWorks is changing to New RefWorks. Here’s some quick info from Joe Deodato on this change and how it impacts Rutgers University Libraries. More>>
	Announcing a new research impact panel on the Libraries website. More>>
	The interactive topic model for the fortieth anniversary edition of Signs, Signs@40: Feminist Scholarship through Four Decades, is now publicly available in RUcore, the Rutgers University Community Repository. More>>
	Win a copy of Tom Glynn’s award-winning book, Reading Publics: New York City’s Public Libraries, 1754-1911. More>>
HAPPENINGS
	The communications department is hosting a social media summit on April 19. More>>
	Rutgers Day planning is heating up for New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden. Here’s what is in the works and how you can help. More>>
	For the third year in a row, Robeson librarians will participate in Camden Comic Con. Join the fun on April 9. More>>
	The opening reception for A Celebration of Books will take place April 12. Our guest speaker will be Micah Kleit, incoming director of Rutgers University Press. More>>
	Quick takes on events and news from around the Libraries. More>>

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