-Continued from Hungarian Refugee Scientists at Rutgers (Part 1) Language instruction Students had a full schedule. In addition to classes 9 to 4 on weekdays, they had evening programs and all kinds of special events, all added to their job search. The eight-week course started on Monday, January 21 with twenty-nine students, including scientists as … Read More
Note: Around October 23, the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, I can’t help feeling proud to remember how Rutgers stepped up and helped a small group of Hungarian scholars and graduate students. In our world of inexplicable hatred towards immigrants, I’d like to share a Rutgers story related to refugees who fled the Hungary … Read More
Last week we celebrated Banned Books week in an event called BANNED: A Virtual Banned Books Read-Out & Discussions on the Freedom to Read at Rutgers. In my flash talk at the online event, I mentioned a library and information science-related weekly newsletter called KIT Hírlevél (Library, Information & Society News) in Hungary. The newsletter polled its readers … Read More
The International Youth Literature Collection (IYLC), housed in Alexander Library, was launched with an inaugural reading session on Friday, April 2, 2021, on the birthday of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the event. In case you missed it or would like to watch the rerun, … Read More
Did you know Rutgers University Libraries have children’s books? Books for Young Adults? Yes, we do! There is a whole collection of International Youth Literature at the Alexander Library with diverse titles waiting to be checked out (pun intended) not only by graduate students taking courses on the Reading habits of young adults or children, … 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
Launched in August 2019, the Books We Read site will continue to serve the virtual Cook Campus in its fifth semester in Spring 2021. In addition to a brief timeline posted on the site, here are some statistics, focusing on the online environment, with data collected with Google Analytics from 3/16/2020 through 12/31/2020. The homepage … Read More
Speaking of citations for a course paper, once you have mastered the skill of citing right, i.e., giving the appropriate credit to the appropriate source in the appropriate way, it will feel not only inappropriate, but plain annoying to look at incorrect quotes on websites, including social media. Instead of elaborating on why it is important … Read More
Do you feel a panic attack coming when you have to add the bibliography to your paper? Do you know where to look when you want to cite a tweet or a blog post? The volume of citation-related questions in virtual reference proves that the message has reached Rutgers students: you must cite your sources … Read More
Books We Read has some exciting news: New Brunswick Libraries and the Department of Continuing Studies have teamed up to launch Summer Tales Book Club, a short story discussion group this summer, and we’ll be facilitating it! We’ve picked out three short stories for summer session students to read and discuss, starting with Neil Gaiman’s … Read More