UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
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With the last of the Welcome Days events now completed and the start of the fall semester fully complete, it is time to turn our attention to another annual tradition: the preparation of our annual budget request. While we regularly include data points to demonstrate that the Libraries make a difference, hard data about our impact on student success has been difficult to find. That’s what makes this news out of the University of Minnesota so exciting. They have completed a large, rigorous study—“The Impact of Academic Library Resources on Undergraduates’ Degree Completion”—to assess whether first-year students who used the library at least once during their first year were more likely to graduate or continue to be enrolled in four years (indicating progress towards degree completion). Here’s a quick summary of the results.
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FEATURES
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Irina Radeva reports on the Mid-Atlantic Futures Conference.
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Mary Beth Weber has the scoop on the inaugural ALCTS mentoring program.
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A glimpse into the Agenda from October 1984.
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HAPPENINGS
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Save the date – State of the Libraries will take place on December 6 at the College Avenue Student Center. Watch for more news, including a call for presenters for our poster session! |
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This week, Alexander Library will welcome a delegation from Japan as part of the New Brunswick Sister Cities project. Fernanda Perrone will give them a presentation on the Griffis Collection.
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Rutgers hosts Nobel Laureate for 14th Annual Weisse Lecture (with some librarian help!)
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Quick takes on events and news from the Libraries this month.
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Francesca Giannetti and Krista White held editathons to bring the Rutgers community together to map geospatial data to help Puerto Rico recovery efforts. In New Brunswick, the event was so well attended, they had to move from the Digital Humanities Lab to the Pane Room!
