From the Archives: 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
Resources
Ukrainian Libraries a Year Later
You don’t have to be a librarian to think about the damages of war to libraries. If you love books, you must be horrified to see images of shelled buildings … Read More
New Experiences in the Archives
This summer I spent a lot of time in the air-conditioned library working on a project in the X room, the archives and special collections of the Douglass library. Behind … Read More
In Their Words: More Than Just Books
What Students Say About the Library Following up on the Books They Read post, miniposters SEBS students created during their library session as part of their Academic Mentoring course in Fall 2022, … Read More
Death is Not the End: Legacy Titles in Mystery
Poodle Springs sounds like an intriguing title alone. The eighth novel in the famous Philip Marlowe series has two authors listed, Raymond Chandler, the original writer of the series, and … Read More
Books They Write – Celebration of Scholarship 2022
Planning to attend the Celebration of Scholarship at New Brunswick Libraries? To be held in Douglass Library on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 4 pm to 6 pm, this event … Read More
The Library Book
Editor’s note: celebrating the freedom to read with The Library Book on Banned Books Week 2022. Held September 18 – 24, this year’s theme is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides … Read More
Short Stories We Read: Science Fiction
I am a science fiction fan. So much so, that my love of the genre is one of my go-to “fun facts” whenever I introduce myself. I have short stories … Read More
Back to Books We Read
Welcome to the new academic year, whether you are back or here for the first time. Books We Read staff will continue what we do the best: Recommend books to … Read More
We Say “Aluminom” – Books by Szilárd Borbély in English
In addition to Borbély’s poems sporadically published in English in online journals, full volumes written by him have also been masterfully translated, starting with Berlin-Hamlet (Borbély, 2008): a book of … Read More