Holodomor exhibit in Douglass Library
Douglass Library is currently hosting an exhibit to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the great Ukrainian famine in the 1930s in the rotunda and in the Mabel Smith … Read More
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What is “Books We Read” Again?
Back in 2019, little did we know that a small library’s reading initiative would survive its first semester, let alone that it would grow into a campus-wide program at Rutgers-New … Read More
Arms and Muses: Poets from Ukraine
The previous post introduced a volume of Ukrainian poetry entitled Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine published before the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine. Who are these poets? Let … Read More
Arms and Muses: Poems from Ukraine
“When arms speak, muses are silent” is the English paraphrase for an aphorism attributed to Cicero, albeit with a slightly different word order. Inter arma enim silent lēgēs is Latin for, … Read More
How We Read: Books = Comfort
The Books We Read Blog is conducting a series of interviews with contributors and friends of the blog to get a snapshot of our reading habits: the things we like … Read More
Pet Therapy: Cats
Stressbusters 2022: Pet Therapy (Ukrainian War Edition: Cats) Pets are very popular at library stressbuster events. This year, unfortunately, for many of us, there’s a lot more to worry about … Read More
Pet Therapy: Dogs
Stressbusters 2022: Pet Therapy (Ukrainian War Edition: Dogs) Pets are very popular at library stressbuster events. This year, unfortunately, for many of us, there’s a lot more to worry about than … Read More
Librarians Speaking: Voices from Ukraine
It was 6 pm in Ukraine, 9 am in California, and 12 pm in New Jersey on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, when 300 librarians gathered virtually for an international Zoom … Read More
Staff Picks: One Woman in the War
WARNING: This post contains graphic content dealing with sexual assault and war crimes against civilians. “You can’t possibly think anyone would publish a story with the slightest hint that the … Read More
InfoLit 101: Warship Stamp by Ukrposhta
[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 … Read More