Author bibliographies, part 1: The process
What’s the point of spending countless hours digging up old books and journals to compile a list of publications by scholars no longer with us? About publication lists In general, … Read More
Resources
Rutgers meets the Digital Alcohol Studies Archive
“Treasures in our Backyard: Meet the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives” was the title of our talk hosted by Rutgers University Libraries faculty Scholarly and Professional Actives Committee (SAPAC) held on … Read More
Stepping Stones: What’s Next?
December is the month for reflections, or it should be, before considering New Year’s resolutions in January. It seems most appropriate for us to present the results of the Digital … Read More
Only at Rutgers: Unique Resources Related to Selden D. Bacon
Sociologist Selden D. Bacon is best known at Rutgers for being the CAS Director who brought the Center of Alcohol Studies to Rutgers from Yale in 1962, no small feat … Read More
Promoting the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection
Even if it’s going to be a never-ending project, the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection is now in good enough shape that it can be promoted widely. We even have … Read More
It Takes a Village: The Digital Alcohol Studies Archives at Rutgers
[Press release to introduce the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives Collection by Judit H. Ward, Nicholas Allred, and William Bejarano, September 2023.] The Digital Alcohol Studies Archives is an open-access collection … Read More
Highlights from Sabbatical Leave Project Report
Dedicated solely to this project, my first ever (and probably last) sabbatical leave came to an end on June 30, 2023. In my report, I called it “highly successful,” with … Read More
Time to Say Goodbye?
Or is it? This site was created in 2020 as a temporary Alcohol Studies Archives, which is the online version of the Special Collections and Archives that used to be … Read More
Treasure of the Month: The First Summer School of Alcohol Studies
Eighty years ago it must have looked like a rather ambitious attempt to bring together a diverse group of people on the Yale University campus for a six-week summer program … Read More
Treasure of the Month: Alcohol, Cats, and People
Alcoholism is occasionally referred to as “Jellinek’s Disease” in honor of E. M. Jellinek, whose works, including the book The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, published in 1960, has left a … Read More