Please save the date for a celebration of the Dana Library Transformation! Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Time: 5:00–7:00 p.m. Location: Dana Library, 185 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102 This is an invitation-only event, so please stay tuned for RSVP… Continue Reading
Want to learn a new skill or refresh an existing one? Enroll in our free workshops today at libraries.rutgers.edu/workshops! Rutgers University Libraries’ spring 2023 workshops feature instructors, presenters, and subject-matter experts from our Camden, Newark, New Brunswick, and Health Sciences… Continue Reading
After an extraordinary 50 years of service to the John Cotton Dana Library, Maggie Harris-Clark retired on July 1, 2022. Maggie began working at Rutgers University in January 1972. It was a cold and clear day. The temperature eventually climbed… Continue Reading
Targum Documentary Spotlights NBMSA Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon Returns to Dana Library Dana Library hosted its second Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon last semester. Professor Alex Seggerman’s Islamic Architecture course was one of a group of classes participating in the December 9 Islamic Art Wiki-a-Thon. Students spent… Continue Reading
These are exciting times for Dana Library. Last month, we began a series of renovations that will address the highest priorities for improving the library that were identified through the Rutgers University–Newark strategic planning process several years ago. The changes… Continue Reading
In November and December 2018, Dana Library and the Institute of Jazz Studies hosted a series of five workshops presented by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) via SAA’s “Lone Arranger” Section. The workshops provided free training on archival basics… Continue Reading
New Jersey has a remarkably diverse, though largely understudied, Latino population. In 2016, according to the American Community Survey, people who identify as Hispanic or Latino were estimated to number over 1.7 million making them nearly 20 percent of all… Continue Reading
Chicago-Bound for Research Data Summit Congratulations to Yingting Zhang whose application for the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries’ Data Scholarship has been accepted. The award will support Yingting’s participation in the Research Data Access and Preservation Summit next year… Continue Reading
As the nexus of a dynamic university in the midst of transforming and reinventing its brand, Dana Library/Institute of Jazz Studies is poised to move into its next iteration. Our goal is to become a user-centered library that can nimbly… Continue Reading
Where do you find population figures from a century ago? Health statistics over time in Newark, New Jersey or the U.S. as a whole? Business and economic or other information for those studying small business development or wanting to go… Continue Reading