April 2017

  • Coach "Pony" Wilson's family visited Robeson Library to view the exhibit about his great basketball career at Rutgers-Camden.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN REPORT
Vice president of information services and university librarian Krisellen Maloney What can we learn from Toy Story? Or more accurately, what can we learn from Pixar’s success in harnessing the power of open collaboration between individuals with differing expertise and viewpoints?

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FROM CABINET
This at-a-glance document gives a quick overview of the tasks accomplished by Cabinet in 2016.

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FEATURES
Performance appraisals for URA-AFT Employees are due April 30. Here’s the basic info from Libraries HR to get you started.

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Jan Leavitt and Ann Smith, formerly of Rutgers University Libraries, recall the early days of The Weekly Agenda newsletter which started in 1979 and is the inspiration behind this modern day version. Did you know they used to have funny April Fool’s Day issues? Check out the 1990 issue here.

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Smith Library’s Roberta Fitzpatrick Benson offers a crash course in bioPreprint and GrantForward resources for Rutgers scholars/researchers.

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  Back in November, we reported on the preliminary Rutgers Giving Day results and the news was good. Now the final numbers from the Rutgers Foundation are in, and we are proud to say that the news is even better!

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Michael Joseph and Henry Charles have published The True History of Puss in Boots on Mars.

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HAPPENINGS
Lots of Big Events coming up this year, so save the dates now and learn more about how you can help.

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Quick takes on events and news from the Libraries this month.

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JUST FOR FUN
Nifty 50 United States Beautiful Libraries from Business Insider. Newspaper Tricksters – Check out these April Fool’s Day issues in Chronicling America. 30% of librarians secretly love the loud shaking of an empty book cart in a quiet library.

Introducing: Fake Library Stats!

 

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