Spring Break Responsibly: World Tour
A much-needed spring break is coming up. I’m one of those people who dreams of traveling. But right now, traveling is dangerous and highly discouraged. Reading books helps scratch that … Read More
Corona Reads
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
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
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
Urban Sketching Project Wrap Up
As I started writing about the Rutgers Urban Sketching project, I found myself wondering about the difference between sketching and drawing. Eventually, I turned to the dictionary, where I learned … Read More
Stressbuster: DOTUS, aka Presidential Dogs
Did you know that there is a whole industry in book publishing related to presidential pets? Although these books are not available in the Rutgers Libraries collection, we were thrilled … Read More
Citizen Science: Get Involved!
Sitting out in your backyard or park you hear the rustle of animals through the trees, see the decomposition of leaves on the ground, and watch dogs follow the scent … Read More