Joining the club of the ChatGPT discussion, what’s a better experiment for a blog post on a book than Brave New World? As college professors and grade school teachers express their worries about Artificial Intelligence (AI) perpetuating plagiarism; being robbed from critical thinking, or how to develop the skill, seems more concerning. The latter, resulting in … Read More
It has been over five years since Jeffrey Beall, who coined the term “predatory publishing” and maintained a list of such publishers and journals (see archived version), was forced out of the University of Colorado Denver and had to shut down his list. We are still talking about predatory journals and predatory conferences. Now the … Read More
[This post was written in mid-March, 2022. Scroll down for updates to follow the story of warship Moskva and the stamp.] True or false? The Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian Post Services released a stamp with a soldier giving the middle finger to a Russian warship. In the past few days a social media post went viral … Read More
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) is committed to support students throughout their studies at Rutgers. The SEBS Academic Support page provides not only an Academic Success Calendar, but also lists two special courses. Organized by the Office of Academic Programs, the Academic Mentoring course aims to help first-generation SEBS students with their transition … Read More
Question: Is it true that in Lenin Square in Moscow they are gifting Volvos? Answer: Yes, it is true, but with a slight modification. Not in Lenin Square in Moscow but in Moscow Square in Leningrad, not Volvos but Volgas, and not gifting but lifting. (From Radio Yerevan jokes, source: word of mouth, translation J. H. … Read More
Finding the right book to read for fun or the articles to cite in your next paper might sound daunting sometimes. Libraries and librarians are there for you to help. Here’s a quick example how to use Subject Headings, such as “Dictators” in the title of this post, to find content in the collection of … Read More
Creative Commons is a non profit platform that allows you to “legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world — unlocking the full potential of the internet to drive a new era of development, growth and productivity.” Most images that you will come across on any digital platform … Read More
Librarians are often invited to provide instructional knowledge about citations. Since I just taught such a class for one of my favorite colleagues, a SEBS instructor and researcher who deeply cares about her students, I thought I’d share what a librarian can accomplish in about an hour. The next installment of the “Cite Right” series under … Read More
During the month of April, Poetry Month, we at Books We Read shouldn’t abandon our main focus: science. After all, Chang is a science library! Here comes the missing post about the intersections of poetry and science. Run a search in QuickSearch or Google the topic, whichever you wish, and you will be surprised. So … Read More
In the fall semester, librarians and staff were equally overwhelmed by chat, AAL, phone, and email requests from retired Rutgers faculty for continued access to the resources of Rutgers University Libraries for both research and pleasure. No remote access with NetID, barcode not working, no retiree ID obtained… you name it, we have heard about … Read More