125 Years of the New York Times Books Review
You have read the right titles. You even enjoyed many of them. But you still feel uncomfortable showing off in your own words how well read you are. Here is … Read More
Cook Reads
Spring Break Responsibly
Spring break and books? The idea of reading recommendations is so obvious that it really annoys me that it didn’t occur to me. Following Julie’s lead, we decided that, instead … Read More
From the Alcohol Archives: Haywood’s Present
Note: we are reposting a series of pieces written to accompany the ALA-funded Reading for Recovery Project. The following was originally published in the March 2016 issue of the Information … Read More
Audiobooks: Trailblazers of Inclusion
What kind of a librarian reads only sparingly and reluctantly? The kind who has to be mindful about screen time and number of pages read. The kind who routinely adds … Read More
2021 Bishop Lecture: Reading from Home: Book History in Pandemic Times
Rutgers Distinguished Professor Leah Price will deliver the 35th annual Louis Faugères Bishop III Lecture “Reading from Home: Book History in Pandemic Times,” on Thursday, March 25 at 5:00 p.m. … Read More
Reading for Recovery: Alcohol Memoirs
Note: we are reposting a series of pieces written to accompany the ALA-funded Reading for Recovery Project. The following was originally published in the December 2015 issue of the Information … Read More
Staff Picks: Hurricane Season
Last semester, I was tasked with finding a short story for Tales We Read, the Fall 2020 semester recreational reading program at Rutgers – New Brunswick. I quickly realized I … Read More
Audiobooks: Voices of Diversity
Watching the snowfall in the freezing cold in New Jersey, one thinks fondly of the past summer, the time for audiobooks. Our corona reads book recommendations also included this format, … Read More
Name that book: A picture is worth a thousand words
Strapped for ideas how to engage students in the online classroom? Scrambling for methods and resources to maintain momentum? Enter book covers. A popular internet game called “Name That Book” … Read More
Urban Sketching – End of Story?
Members of the Rutgers University community in New Brunswick had a lot of fun in Fall 2020 by documenting their campus and daily life via Urban Sketching. This sentence, which … Read More