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May 2018

  • Faculty authors
    Panelists John Pavlik (SC&I), Brian Landrus (MGSA), and Sona Jasani (RWJMS) speak at the Celebration of Faculty Authors and Creators at Alexander Library. Credit: Rich Sandler.
  • Birthday cake
    Birthday cake was served in honor of Paul Robeson’s 120th birthday at a film screening co-hosted by Paul Robeson Library. Credit: @RobesonLibrary on Twitter
  • Librarian leading workshop
    Joseph Deodato presents a SAPAC talk on search log analysis. Photo: Jessica Pellien.
  • librarians with mascot
    Regina Koury and Zara Wilkinson pose for a photo op with the Scarlet Raptor at Rutgers–Camden’s Admitted Students Day.
  • student artwork
    Artwork by students in the Douglass Creativity House on display at Douglass Library. Credit: Irina Radeva
  • lecturer at podium
    Professor David Greenberg presents the 32nd annual Bishop Lecture at Alexander Library.
  • books marked for weeding
    Bound periodicals marked for weeding at Chang Library.
  • JSTOR Digital Labs held a session for public health researchers at Alexander Library.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
Krisellen Maloney We need your input on the new QuickSearch logo.

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FEATURES
Update from the ExLibris Implementation Team for May.

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President Symposium Katie Anderson with takeaways from the President’s Symposium on fighting hate speech.

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NJMS exhibit Bob Vietrogoski has the scoop on the donation of the New Jersey Medical Society’s archives.

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Digital Projects poster Isaiah Beard debriefs on the Digital Projects Template Working Group.

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Rutgers Day Thanks to all for another successful Rutgers Day.

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Kohn center visit Social media lessons for the Libraries, from a recent panel hosted by the Rutgers Communicators Network.

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April 1988 Agenda A glimpse at the Agenda from May 1999.

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HAPPENINGS
What's Happening What’s happening around Rutgers in May.

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children's book 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
Chronicling America has added issues of the Perth Amboy Evening News from April 1, 1913 through September 30, 1915 to those already available. With this inclusion 39,301 pages of this newspaper are now online on the site.

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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