May 2016

Robeson Library staff held a retirement party for Theo Haynes and Jean Madden on April 28.
In case you missed it — this great video highlights Rutgers University Libraries!
Two-time Grammy winning artist Arturo O’Farrill wows the crowd with a rare piano performance at The Institute of Jazz Studies. Photo credit: Ed Berger.
Penn State’s Roger Geiger gave the 30th annual Bishop Lecture to a packed house on March 30. Photo credit: Matt Badessa.
Nita Mukherjee and student worker Sara Hazaveh (SEBS’18) attend the Supervisor of the Year luncheon on April 14.
A Celebration of Books took place on April 12 with guest speaker Micah Kleit from Rutgers University Press. Photo credit: Matt Badessa.
Hao Hwang was recognized at the 2016 Student Employee of the Year Award Luncheon. His supervisor is Li Sun. Photo credit: Li Sun.
Our eye-catching Rutgers Day R features images from Special Collections and University Archives.
Rutgers Day attracted a record 100,000 people to Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
	Good news regarding the outcome of our budget requests for 2016-2017. More>>
DIRECTORS’ REPORTS
	From a P3 Collaboratory to a new QuadCommons cafe, this is the new vision for the physical spaces of Dana Library. More>>
FEATURES
	Call for submissions for Featured Collections on Rutgers University Libraries website. What would you like to see promoted? More>>
	Tara Maharjan recently traveled to Nepal and visited the 120-year old Kaiser Library. Her photos document the lingering effects of a 2015 earthquake. More>>
	Historians on the Internet, Twenty Years Later – a reassessment from Jim Niessen. More>>
	The news you have all been waiting for… Who is our lucky winner? More>>
HAPPENINGS
	Join the Libraries as we celebrate Gary Golden’s thirty-year career and retirement. More>>
	NJLA Conference is May 16-18 and Rutgers University Libraries is well-represented in the program. More>>
	For those who missed it, here is a brief summary of the social media summit from April 19. More>>
	Elizabeth Surles, tri-chair for the Local Arrangements committee of MARAC’s 2017 meeting, gives us a sneak peek of how the program will showcase the Libraries and support local Newark institutions. More>>
	Quick takes on events and news from around the Libraries. More>>

JUST FOR FUN

Ghostbusters is real! The haunting of the Old Bernardsville Library.	Food for Fines — amnesty for late fines AND raising funds for a good cause? A win-win.	The first episode of the Dewey Decibel podcast, “Preservation: If You Don’t Have the Keepers, You Don’t Have the History”

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