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2016 Annual Report TRANSFORM2016 Annual Report Retired Rutgers University Library catalog cards take on renewed life in the Spring Sutras installation by Karen Guancione at the John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University–Newark BY THE NUMBERS borrowed 55,818 Interlibrary Loan 50,848 47,971 loaned Reference questions 7,630 Chat and Ask a 2,997,410 Librarian visitors to our libraries library classes 711,692 2,065 2015–2016 663,097 2014–2015 +48,595 3,659,836 4,213,904 4,149,282 3,709,034 new e-books 3,968,171 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 – – – – – 30,218 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 students taught +64,622 print volumes in collection ACRL data from July 2015–June 2016 WELCOME Reflections on a year of transformation, growth, and success. Hello, This year, even as we celebrated our history with the events and programs of the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Rutgers University Libraries looked to the future, embarking on a remarkable process of transformation with purpose, much of it detailed in this annual report. Our transformations span the physical, digital, and everything between, but they all share a single goal: to find and make available to the Rutgers community the tools, services, and spaces that our students and faculty need to succeed. We updated our physical spaces and extended our hours of operation to ensure that our libraries continue to provide the technology, security, and access that our students have come to expect. We also rapidly expanded our collections—particularly in the area of electronic materials—to address gaps in our disciplinary support and content. And we reorganized our central administration, creating a Shared User Services Department to make certain that the specific needs of our user communities—undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and faculty—are addressed. So, what is next? More change of course. This coming year, we will strengthen our information control—improving the discovery and delivery of our collections via our website—and continue to optimize our collections and undergraduate student support. All of this would not be possible without the stellar faculty and staff of the Libraries and the support we receive from the university and the departments with which we work. So I hope you will join me in saying, “Thank you,” for the above and beyond efforts this year. I hope you enjoy our annual report and encourage you to reach out if you have any questions about the Libraries. Krisellen Maloney Vice President for Information Services University Librarian 2016 Annual Report 1 COLLABORATIONS Making great things possible with the right partners Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Launches at Rutgers University $4 Million Grant from National Science Foundation to Establish With the launch of the Open and Affordable Textbook (OAT) Regional Data-Sharing Network Project, Rutgers University is taking action to address textbook affordability and improve the well-being and education of our The Libraries join a research team— students. composed of departments at Rutgers University and regional partners at The OAT Project, endorsed by President Barchi, includes a Penn State University and Temple $12,000 open textbook initiative pilot grant program which University—that will design a Virtual will be funded by the Office of Information Technology and Data Collaboratory. This regional administered by the Libraries. infrastructure will integrate state-of- The grant program awards $1,000 to 12 faculty or the-art, data-intensive computing department groups who will replace a traditional textbook platforms, storage, and networking with with a free, low-cost, or open alternative. This project has the an innovative data services layer across potential to save students upwards of $500,000 within one Rutgers and other institutions. year of its implementation. $186,204 Grant for the New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project New Jersey is the 44th state to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Project thanks to the Libraries’ collaboration with the New Jersey State Archives and the New Jersey State Library. With generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Libraries will digitize and catalog Undergraduate experience librarian Lily Todorinova (center) joins student 100,000 newspaper pages, originally representatives Kaitlyn Vitez (l) and Paveena Sachdeva (r) of New Jersey Public published between 1836 and 1922 and Interest Research Group for a press conference announcing the OAT Project. not currently available in digital format. Photo credit: Tan Ping. The files will be available through the Library of Congress website Chronicling America. 2 Rutgers University Libraries COLLECTIONS Resources that ensure the success of our students, faculty, and researchers Now streaming... feature films from Swank Digital 250 Campus 50,000 videos from producers like BBC and PBS from Academic Video Online: Premium WHAT’S NEW? Streaming media E-books • SWANK Digital • EBSCO Campus • Springer • Academic Video • ProQuest ebrary Online: Premium Academic Complete • Springer Nature Medical databases Journals • VisualDx • DynaMed Plus • Sage Journals • JAMA Evidence • Wiley Journals Now available! • UpToDate • Oxford Journal Wiley Online Archive Library provides seamless access to Periodicals • American Institute backfiles from 700+ of Physics journals. • British Periodicals • Vogue magazine archives 2016 Annual Report 3 CELEBRATING 250 Special Collections and University Archives lends a hand 4 Rutgers University Libraries Telling the Rutgers Story The unique collections of Two days later, Rutgers through Rutgers University Libraries’ the Centuries: 250 Years of Special Collections and University Treasures from the Archives Archives were on full display opened in Alexander Library to throughout the 250th anniversary great fanfare. President emeritus of Rutgers University, starting Richard L. McCormick provided with the official opening on the keynote address and we also November 10, 2015. welcomed Congressman Frank Pallone, who gave brief The University Archives staff, congratulatory remarks. The who were among the authors exhibition has been viewed of Rutgers, A 250th Anniversary widely and the University Portrait, participated in the Archives staff has conducted opening reception hosted by several gallery tours for groups, President Robert Barchi. classes, and special guests. The 30th annual Bishop Lecture “Becoming a Modern Research University: The Postwar Challenges of Rutgers and Penn A commemorative double issue of the Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries State, 1945–1965” was presented featured a four-part article on the life and times on March 30, 2016 by Roger L. of Henry Rutgers. Geiger, professor of education at Penn State University. On April 19, 2016, the New Lastly, the university archivist Jersey Congressional delegation, Tom Frusciano was in the press led by Representatives Rodney box during President Obama’s Frelinghuysen, Frank Pallone, commencement address to and Senators Robert Menendez provide context for this historic and Cory Booker, hosted a presidential appearance. reception in honor of Rutgers 250. The University Archives staff In April, we celebrated Rutgers Day with a Rutgers prepared a traveling exhibit for 250-themed “R” on Voorhees Mall. Photo credit: Matt Badessa. the occasion that was favorably received by the attendees. 2016 Annual Report 5 JOHN COTTON DANA LIBRARY Celebrating the past and building for the future So Much to Celebrate! In addition to Rutgers 250th anniversary, the John Cotton Dana Library has been commemorating the 350th anniversary of the city of Newark and the 50th anniversary of Rutgers University–Newark. Festivities so far have included the exhibit Newark 74! Remembering the Puerto Rican Rebellion (a collaboration with Rutgers–Newark Latino/a Working Group and the Newark Public Library) and Spring Sutras, an art installation by local artist Karen Guancione that took the city’s famous spring cherry blossoms as its inspiration. Dana Library also hosted several film screenings for the annualWomen’s Dana Library was the centerpiece for modernist History Month Film Festival. buildings at Rutgers–Newark. Photo credit: Dana Library Archive. Most exciting was the DOCOMOMO US Tour Day that took place on October Recognition for an Architectural 15, highlighting the original 1960s Legacy campus buildings. In the 1960s, seven new buildings were The fun will continue through constructed at Rutgers–Newark. 50 years fall 2017 with additional later, this legacy of significant modernist programs to celebrate the 50th architecture and spatial concept is being anniversary of Dana Library locally and internationally recognized. and the university’s focus on the arts, including The campus will enter the registry of experimental music. DOCOMOMO, the world’s leading modernist preservation organization. To further celebrate this history, Dana Library presents Making a Place: Rutgers University–Newark as a Microcosm Where can you find population figures from a century ago? of 1960s America, a multisensory exhibit Or health statistics for New Jersey? of original architectural blueprints, This December, Dana Library celebrates 50 years as a Federal Depository Library for the 10th Congressional District of the photographs, yearbooks, and other State of New Jersey. artifacts bearing on the campus and Other Rutgers Federal Depository Libraries include Robeson student life during socially tumultuous Library and the Law School Library in Camden; the Newark times. Law Library; and Alexander
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