Rutgers Day 2015 had a Legos theme
Looks like fun, doesn’t it?
Rutgers Day 2016 will take place on April 30, 2016 and will include–for the first time–festivities in Newark and Camden, in addition to tables on Voorhees Mall in New Brunswick. The themes of our Rutgers Day booths will merge the heritage of Rutgers University with the excitement of pop culture icons like Star Wars and superheroes. Intrigued? Want to help out? Read on…
New Brunswick and Newark will draw on Rutgers heritage, library technology, and the always-popular Star Wars films to explore the theme of “Libraries into the Future.” The Robeson Library staff is partnering with the Nilsa Cruz-Perez Downtown branch of the Camden County Library for a joint library tent with a superhero theme in honor of Camden Comic Con.
The Rutgers Day Committee has been busily planning for the event and request assistance or volunteers for the following activities:
Newark events – coming soon!
New Brunswick events
- Children’s story time — we need readers for our story time area and donations of children’s books. We are hoping to have a Rutgers VIP read at the top of each hour, but we need volunteers to read between these scheduled events. Please consider volunteering to read a story or two! And if you know any Rutgers VIPs or have suggestions of people to reach out to, let us know.
- The Libraries’ Wheel of Fortune table — ask trivia questions and hand out prizes.
- Our Rutgers R statue — the committee is looking for some artistic and crafty help in putting together our R. The R will be on display at Rutgers Day and in past years the competition has been stiff to be the best looking R out there!
- Live demos of our 3D printers as they print souvenirs for our guests.
- Donate new or gently used children’s books, particularly those related to the future, galaxy, robots, Star Wars, etc. The age range varies from 3 years to 10 years old. After Rutgers Day, each book will be donated to the RUL collection. Please take a moment during your Spring cleaning and find us a book!
Camden events
- Children’s book corner with superhero-themed books so families with kids can sit and take a reading break.
- Coloring and a crafty “make your own superhero” station (not just for the kids!).
- A selfie station with superhero props.
- A public library card sign-up drive.
