Honorable Achievements
Sherri Farber, reference assistant at the Paul Robeson Library, received the Outstanding Student Award at the School of Communication and Information Honors Day 2017 for her work in the Master of Information Program. She is also a recipient of the 2017–18 Distinguished Library and Information Science Department Scholarship. Congratulations, Sherri!
You’ve Been Accepted—Now What?
John Bader will answer this question when he visits Alexander Library on July 6 to talk about his book Dean’s List: 10 Strategies for College Success. This is sure to be a great program with lots of practical advice, so if you are working with high school or early start students this summer, be sure to encourage them to attend.
Visitors from Afar
The Libraries welcomed a delegation of librarians and publishers from Japan in June. They enjoyed a tour of the Digital Curation Research Center and a pop-up display of the William Eliot Griffis Collection in Special Collections and University Archives, among other activities. Read the full recap of the day’s proceedings on our website.
Free People Read Freely
The Freedom to Read Foundation recently announced that the Rutgers Art Library is one of seven institutions that were selected to receive a grant in support of Banned Books Week events in September. The planning is well underway and there are lots of fun activities in store for our students come the fall. Congratulations to Megan Lotts for bringing this grant home for Rutgers!
OAT Project Receives RUSA Endorsement
The Rutgers University Student Assembly has issued a resolution endorsing the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project. The resolution “supports the expansion of the Open and Affordable Textbooks Project to permit more grantees and the launch of additional Open Education Resource initiatives to supplement this grant program.” President Barchi takes RUSA resolutions seriously into consideration, so the assembly’s support is a major coup for the Libraries. Kudos to Lily Todorinova, who spearheads this project for us, and who is hard at work preparing to launch the second round of grants in the fall.
Celebrating Childhood Studies
A new exhibit at Robeson Library features the work of the prestigious Childhood Studies Department at Rutgers–Camden. It was installed just in time for the Society for the History of Children and Youth Biennial Conference, which was held at Rutgers–Camden in June. The display looks fantastic thanks to the keen eye of John Powell, so stop by the library before July 31 to see for yourself.
A Parking Garage in the Lobby?
No, not exactly—but a new piece of art is slated for installation in the lobby of Robeson Library in August. Parking Garage is among several works by eminent American sculptor George Segal that were recently donated to Rutgers–Camden. Accompanied by several of Segal’s drawings, it will replace the Future Scholars mural currently in the lobby.
