{"id":1817,"date":"2020-03-25T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2020-03-26T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T12:38:43","slug":"rutgers-university-groups-reading-alone-together-rugrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/rutgers-university-groups-reading-alone-together-rugrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers University Groups Reading Alone Together (RUGRAT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>This current moment of social distancing and public anxiety has left many of us with the contradictory needs to both feel connected and to escape: to feel less alone, but also to carve out space and time outside the constant stream of news and social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1828\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rugrats\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1828 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/03\/94E57C5E-F6EE-486B-8CDE-D0A26CE0C545-300x159.png\" alt=\"Rugrats cartoon\" width=\"327\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/03\/94E57C5E-F6EE-486B-8CDE-D0A26CE0C545-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/03\/94E57C5E-F6EE-486B-8CDE-D0A26CE0C545.png 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who were the original Rugrats? (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>We believe that recreational reading can provide both at once &#8212; <strong>connection and escape<\/strong> &#8212; and the library&#8217;s role is to promote and facilitate reading even as our physical location is closed.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why, as part of the Books We Read initiative at Chang Science Library, we have launched <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/rugrat\/\">Rutgers University Groups Reading Alone Together (RUGRAT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are many places to find books even with libraries closed, and we&#8217;re here to offer recommendations!\u00a0 Did you know you can download older books or virtually &#8220;borrow&#8221; newer ones for free from <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/books\">Internet Archive<\/a>?\u00a0 Or that <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/\">Librivox.org<\/a> offers free audiobooks of classics?\u00a0 Check out more tips for finding ebooks that Rutgers can provide access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraries.rutgers.edu\/how_do_i\/find_an_ebook\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The libraries also offer fun activities to do while stuck indoors &#8212; check out (and color!) <a href=\"https:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections\/category\/institutions\/rutgers-university-special-collections-and-university-archives\/\">images<\/a> from the University Archives and Special Collections (thanks to Tara Maharjan!), or enjoy our Buzzfeed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jlc570\/which-rutgers-library-are-you-cry6taj9b\">quiz<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, books not only connect us to the worlds we find in them, but also through the opportunity to talk about them with others &#8212; we&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts!\u00a0 Please <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/contact\/\">let us know<\/a> if you have a book you&#8217;d like to recommend, or ideas for more ways to connect around reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This current moment of social distancing and public anxiety has left many of us with the contradictory needs to both feel connected and to escape: to feel less alone, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/rutgers-university-groups-reading-alone-together-rugrat\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rugrat"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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