Top 10 Skills for Professional Success
| June 23. 2016 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. |
This course is ideal for staff, managers, supervisors, and administrators who recognize the need to improve their overall confidence and competence in critical skills and apply positive strategies for transferring ideas learned to the workplace.
Location: Pane Room, 1st floor, Alexander Library with teleconference to Smith Library, Dana Library and Robeson Library RSVP: Erica Parin on behalf of the Professional Development Committee |
Digital Humanities Lab Open Houses
| June 2. 2016 10 a.m.June 8. 2016 12 p.m. |
We’re hosting a couple of DH Lab Open House events in early summer session as a way to acquaint faculty and students with this research space. If you are curious about how to use this space, or what is available there, please feel free to join us. At each event, there’ll be a short presentation followed by an open discussion on digital humanities work and research at Rutgers.
Location: Digital Humanities Lab, Room 406-407, Alexander Library Refreshments will be provided. RSVP with preferred date to Francesca Giannetti. |
Open and Affordable Textbooks at Rutgers
The Libraries have recently formed a taskforce to plan and implement the President’s Affordable Textbook grant initiative. This taskforce has representation from RBHS, Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick and will be charged, among other things, with creating criteria for judging course redesign grants. We are excited to have the support of the Open Textbook Network in these efforts, as we have recently joined this nation-wide system of partners, with a wealth of experience in promoting access, affordability, and student success through the use of open and affordable textbooks. In the next few months, we will be actively working with all of our colleagues at the Libraries to shape this program and educate students and faculty about the importance (and learning benefits) of open texts. Stay tuned for much more to come, including a website describing the grant process, application guidelines to share with interested faculty, as well as workshops organized by the Open Textbook Network in the fall semester. Please feel free to email the chair of the taskforce, Lily Todorinova, with any thoughts or suggestions. We look forward to working with you!
-Lily Todorinova
Dana Library Loans Portable DVD Players
As part of the growing TechnologyLending @Dana Library program, four portable DVD players will be available for short-term loan to Rutgers University students, faculty, and staff, beginning May 31, 2016. The players may be borrowed for up to four hours, with the option of one in-person, four-hour renewal, if there is at least one other DVD player available. They may be used in or out of the library, and must be returned exclusively to the Dana Library circulation desk at least 30 minutes before library closing. Students are also asked to report any problems with the DVD players to library staff upon return.For more complete information, please read Portable DVD Player Borrowing: Policy and Procedures, issued on May 25.
-Tad Hershorn
Watch “Preserving Your Digital Life” with Krista White and Isaiah Beard
Our stories as individuals and as members of a community are preserved in each of our homes, in our family histories, and in life stories—not just in libraries, archives, and museums. Today, many of us record and keep these stories in digital formats, often on our smartphones. The ability to easily create audio and video recordings leads to deep and rich documentation of events that may be personally important but may also have regional or national significance. Preserving these narratives for our families and for future generations means considering how we create the files and how we store them. As part of ALA Preservation Week, Krista White and Isaiah Beard presented a Webinar Titled “Preserving Your Digital Life” that touched on these issues, and provided a high-level primer on how best to make sure your digital memories stay in focus for years to come. Watch their presentation on YouTube.
-Isaiah Beard
