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2017 Annual Report 147,751 “Libraries are the FOUNDATION for learning.” —Mark Davis 2017 Annual Report 147,751 media streams 1,096,762 checkouts ebook downloads 421,515 737,358 ebooks 15,061 reserve checkouts its 47,116 reference questions answered 70,560 hours is reserved in V 1,944 classes taught to Group Study Roomsour 33,702 students 48% 3,208,295 online 2,938,623 4,394,088 in-person print volumes Table of Contents 52% Collections ................................ 2 48,129 hours open Discovery ..................................3 Open and Affordable 52,244 interlibrary loans Textbooks Program ..............4 facilitated ORCID ........................................5 44,378 Rutgers to Rutgers deliveries Newark .......................................6 Institute of Jazz Studies ...........8 Special Collections and University Archives ...............9 New Brunswick .......................10 Camden ...................................12 RBHS .......................................14 Donor Thank Yous ..................16 Annual Report design: Faculty and Staff News ..........18 Jessica Pellien Welcome I am so proud to share this year’s annual report with you. The stories collected here demonstrate Rutgers University Libraries’ commitment to supporting the mission of Rutgers University and to building a strong foundation for academic success and research. Thanks to the publication of a large, rigorous new study, “The Impact of Academic Library Resources on Undergraduates’ Degree Completion,” we know that academic libraries can have a big impact on student outcomes. This bodes well for the thousands of students who use the Libraries each day, but it also means we have to make sure our core services meet their needs and expectations and that we are ready to support them throughout their academic careers. This year, we made significant improvements to our collections, instruction, and discovery, adding thousands of new resources and making them easier to find. We also saved Rutgers students close to $1.6 million through the Open and Affordable Textbook Program; supported Rutgers researchers with the launch of ORCID iDs; IMPACT dedicated the James Dickson Carr Library in honor of the Students who used the university’s first African American graduate; and celebrated the 50th library at least once anniversary of John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers University– during their first year Newark. were • nearly 40% more And we aren’t done. We have big plans for 2018—including the likely to be enrolled implementation of a new library services platform to further improve after four years access to our collections—and I look forward to sharing them with • 44% more likely you next year! to have graduated after four years * Krisellen Maloney * Source: “The Impact of Academic Library Resources Vice President for Information Services on Undergraduates’ Degree Completion,” University Librarian College and Research Libraries 78(6), 2017. 2017 Annual Report 1 Collections We are WHAT’S NEW responding to the needs of students Streaming media Databases and faculty by acquiring and • Kanopy • BMJ Case Reports • Symptom Media • Brepolis Latin Databases making available resources that • Data-Planet Statistical Datasets will help them succeed. Journals and Periodicals • Past Masters Philosophy Texts Independent Voices PrivCo This year, that means acquiring • • • Music Magazine archive • ProQuest Dissertations and Elsevier journal backfiles—our single • Philadelphia Inquirer archive Theses Global Full Text largest acquisition to date. We now • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette archive • Race, Ethnicity, and provide access to more than 290,000 Nationalism Ebooks and Encyclopedias • SBRnet top-tier academic journals. Since • Encyclopedia of Social Work • Slavery, Abolition & Social January, the Rutgers community has • Encyclopedia of Victorian Justice, 1490–2007 downloaded 57,170 full-text Elsevier Literature • Social and Political Movements • ProQuest Ebook Central • Women in the National journal PDFs. Archives (UK) 2 Rutgers University Libraries Discovery Our collections are growing IMPACT and we want to make sure that students and faculty Thanks to changes in how we can find what they need and access information present search results, abstract wherever they are located in the world. views, full text downloads, and Get it @ R clicks are up 10%. This year, we have invested heavily in improvements to our web-scale discovery platform. What this means is that our searches deliver better results and advantage of interlibrary loan (ILL). We now waive users are connected more directly with full-text all ILL fees and will deliver the materials you need digital materials when they are available. We have within days of your request. also improved the Get It @ R service so it is easier Analysis and assessment are ongoing, but early than ever to have materials scanned or delivered data indicates these incremental changes have made right to the closest library. a big difference in how our users explore our And in case our users need something that isn’t collections. Articles+ sessions have increased by in our collections, we have made it simple to take 25% since last year and searches are up 15%. 2017 Annual Report 3 Textbook Affordability “Instead of $150.00 worth of textbooks, we can reduce the cost to under $5.00 and make it more Students at Rutgers University received welcome interactive,” says Levounis. “This process benefits news during the spring semester. More than 32 both the students who are researching the case classes switched over to low cost or no-cost studies and the students who will use the textbook textbook solutions as part of the Open and in the future.” Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Program, with a projected savings of $1,597,444.00 in its first year. The Open and Affordable Textbooks Program will, with generous support from Camden College of One such course is the third year Psychiatry Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–Camden, Clerkship at Rutgers Biomedical and Health distribute an additional 28 awards this coming year Sciences. Petros Levounis, professor and chair and work with faculty to identify open educational of the department of psychiatry at New Jersey resources and existing resources in the Libraries’ Medical School, worked with students to develop collections to replace traditional textbooks. new, low-cost course materials based on their real world experiences with psychiatric patients. libraries.rutgers.edu/open-textbooks Paving the way for future students, Petros Levounis’s class wrote the new Psychiatry Clerkship textbook. THANK YOU William P. Keane and Rebecca A. Keane for their generous sponsorship of an 4 Rutgers University Libraries OAT award. Jane Otto, Laura Bowering Mullen, and Yingting Zhang (l to r) lead a training workshop on ORCID iDs. Along with partners from across the university, ORCID iDs This year, Krisellen the Libraries successfully launched this initiative, Maloney, vice president for information services generating over 1,000 connections by the end of and university librarian, chaired a university the year. working group to formally implement Open Researcher & Contributor IDs (ORCID iDs) “Looking at the long view, ORCID is becoming across the university. the central hub that links faculty research products across systems to save time, ensure accurate An ORCID iD is a persistent digital numeric attribution, and bring greater visibility to our identifier that distinguishes a researcher from scholars,” said Paul Copeland, director of research every other researcher. It creates a single source development for the Office of Research and of metadata that can then be integrated into a Economic Development and a member of the THANK YOU number of key research workflows, from grant ORCID implementation group. and manuscript submissions to the tenure and promotion processes. libraries.rutgers.edu/orcid 2017 Annual Report 5 birthday cake and a live performance by jazz/ hip-hop fusion band Nickel and Dime OPS. The library’s plans for the spring will commemorate John Cotton Dana and honor his social justice ideals. First up will be a deliberative dialogue This year, the John Cotton 50 Years training, offered in partnership with the Office Dana Library at Rutgers University–Newark of Community Outreach, to promote democratic celebrates its 50th anniversary. Named after John discussion; next will be an “Evening with History,” Cotton Dana, “Newark’s First Citizen” and long- featuring inspirational social justice activists from time director of Newark Public Library, the Dana the Newark community discussing their work. Library embodies its namesake’s commitment to Thematic exhibits will also run throughout the year. providing innovative and user-centric services. Join us at upcoming events: The #RutgersDana50 celebration kicked off in libraries.rutgers.edu/dana September during Rutgers–Newark’s Fall Fest with The kickoff event featured an open-air concert with Nickel 6 Rutgers University Libraries and Dime OPS and a 50th birthday cake. Dana Library welcomed Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow for a special community event to celebrate Administrative Professionals Day. with a special appearance by Big Read As a member institution of featured author and Rutgers the Essex County Big Read Program, John Cotton associate professor Tayari Jones. Dana Library collaborated with Women in Media– Newark’s eighth annual International Film Festival Consuella Askew, director of the Dana to present the Silver Sparrow Symposium. The Library, explains the significance of symposium
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