Believe Eric LeGrand
October is Disability Awareness Month at Rutgers, when the community comes together to raise awareness highlighting diversity and disabilities with events hosted by the Office of Disability Services. October 16 … Read More
Judit Hajnal Ward
Banned Books: Animal Farm Revisited
If there’s only a single book you can recommend to readers of all ages to explain the concept of banning books, what would that title be? The question is similar … Read More
Banned Books Week 2024
As a large academic library in the United States, censoring, challenging, and banning books is out of the question. Our collection development policies allow us librarians to add pretty much … Read More
Staff Picks: “Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez” by Gustavo Arango
Have you ever read a book that had such a profound impact that it defined you and your career for the rest of your life? Contributing to the English-language literature … Read More
Parallel Worlds: AI in College Writing
A popular title with the Rutgers READ Book Club, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore by Robin Sloan, is a perfect book to kick off the new semester, whether reading for fun … Read More
Staff Picks: “Breaking Through: My Life in Science” by 2023 Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó
Breaking through: My life in science, a modest and unpresuming title, sounds unlike the typical editorializing titles of memoirs published by “celebrities” in the popular culture sense of the word. … Read More
Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 2)
This post continues my (non-competitive) efforts to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries, previously detailed in Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 1). Our Hamburger Story (cont’d) While … Read More
Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 1)
Without trying to compete with our in-house foodie and accomplished food writer, Becky Diamond, in this post I’d like to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries that I … Read More
Three Sisters and Historical Fiction
A good title is short and memorable. As such, titles of literary works can’t be copyrighted. For generations, Three Sisters referred to a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. who … Read More
Bringing Ukrainian books to the library (Part 2)
Following up on part one of the interview with the representatives of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), the second part continues to advocate and educate the public … Read More