1. 10 Things You Need to Know about Rutgers University Libraries
Dee Magnoni
Assistant Vice President for Information Services and Director of New Brunswick Libraries
August 28, 2018

2. 1. Libraries and Centers 21 libraries and centers
16 in New Brunswick and Piscataway
260 professional and support staff (FTE)
3 million building use
Open nearly 50,000 hours per year
24 hours/5 days at Alexander Library
The Law Libraries are not included in this count.

3. 2. A World-Class Collection
#26 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index
4.9 million volumes
110,000+ electronic journals
500+ indexes and databases
Carr Library, Livingston Campus

4. 2. A World-Class Collection
Delivery of print materials from Big Ten Academic Alliance, local university and public libraries
U-Borrow
E-ZBorrow
Interlibrary Loan
Request an E-ZBORROW Book
Not at Rutgers? Try E-ZBorrow for fast delivery from a Pennsylvania or nearby academic library. Read more about E-ZBorrow.
Request a UBorrow Book
Not at Rutgers or E-ZBorrow? Try UBorrow for delivery from a Big Ten library. Read more about UBorrow.
Request an INTERLIBRARY LOAN
For those really hard to locate items, request it and we'll look for one of our partner libraries to loan it.
Chang Library, Cook Campus

5. 2. A World-Class Collection
New acquisitions include
Statista: Statistical data from > 80,000 topics
Sage Research Methods
New Discovery platform
Provides access to:
4.3 million print books
3.3 million e-books
Millions of full-text journal articles
Streaming media, DVDs, CDs, records, tapes
Course reserves
Primary materials
This is all only in the last year. We have many other databases and research materials available.
Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 18,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG, or PowerPoint formats or embedded in web pages.
SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon SAGE’s legacy of methods publishing, SAGE Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.

6. 3. Valuable and Unique Resources
Special Collections and University Archives
Institute of Jazz Studies (Newark)
History of Medicine Special Collections (Newark)
Exhibits, concerts, workshops
…and much more.
Our current exhibit is:
“New Jersey First: The Life and Legacy of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg”
Alexander Library
Closes late September.
We have an events calendar on our website with concert and exhibit information.
Judith K. Brodsky, a Mason Gross faculty member whose papers are part of the Miriam Schapiro Archives on Women Artists

7. 4. Subject Specialist Librarians
More than 50% with dual master’s or doctoral degrees
Research consultations
55,000 reference transactions each year
Collection requests
Instruction tools and resources
For courses, departments & centers
For research consultations, I included Reference Questions, Ask a Librarian, and Chat Reference Service
Interlibrary loan – we borrowed over 55,000 items for Rutgers faculty and students.

8. 5. Teaching Support Library workshops for your students
2,000 instruction sessions, reaching 30,000 students.
Course reserve materials
Streaming media for classroom use
Subject or course-specific research guides (libguides.rutgers.edu) compatible with course management system
Streaming media collections include SWANK, Kanopy, AVON, Digitalia. We offer media support services and can provide clips for classroom use.

9. 6. Open & Affordable Textbooks
Resources to find open access or affordable textbooks and course materials
Open & Affordable Textbooks Program: The Libraries will give out 20 $1,000 awards.
Applications open in September, close November 2
All faculty and course instructors are encouraged to apply.
Last year we gave out 32 grants with projected savings of $1.6 million for Rutgers students.
Alternate
Last year was the first year of the program and the projected savings was $1.6 million for Rutgers students.
Interested faculty can work with librarians to identify appropriate course materials.
libraries.rutgers.edu/open-textbooks

10. 7. Research Tools and Information
Research impact
Citation management
Copyright and licensing guidance
RUcore—our institutional repository
ORCID
Research Data Management Support
Research Data Management Support –we offer advice on best practices and planning; one on one consultations on data management issues; and workshops in data management software.
ORCID will formally launch in October. It allows Rutgers faculty to connect their ORCID id and Rutgers NetID. Look for more information soon.
RUcore is our institutional repository and houses electronic theses and dissertations, digital library collections, the NJ Digital Highway, and more.
libraries.rutgers.edu/services_researchers

11. 8. Open Access Open Access Policy Effective September 1, 2015
“Each Scholar will provide, at no charge, an electronic copy of the author’s final version of each article, no later than the date of its publication, to the designated representative of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, in an appropriate format (such as PDF) as specified by the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. An author’s final version is the version that follows formal peer review, sometimes called the ‘postprint,’ as distinguished from the publisher’s branded PDF version.”

12. 8. Open Access soar.rutgers.edu SOAR website
Deposit Accepted Manuscripts of scholarly articles
Receive permanent DOI to share
Visualize impact through usage statistics
soar.rutgers.edu

13. 9. Collaboration on Projects
Launched Spring 2016
Grants
Exhibits and lectures
Digital projects
Byrne Seminars
We received an NEH grant to digitize New Jersey historical newspapers
We worked with Andrew Urban in the American Studies department on a digital project about Seabrook Farms that has received additional NEH funding to create a two-week Summer 2018 Institute for High School Teachers, titled "Seabrook Farms' Layered Histories of Displacement, Migration and Resettlement." This project engaged our Women’s Studies Librarian Kayo Denda and our digital projects team led by Rhonda Marker.

14. 10. Bookmark This Page libraries.rutgers.edu/services_faculty
Here you will find information about incorporating library instruction or research guides in your courses, remote access to our collections, distance education support, media and course reserves support, imaging services, and more.
Activate your borrowing privileges by registering your Ruconnection photo ID card – in person or by calling any circulation desk.
Consider using the Rutgers Libraries’ toolbar. This will alert you when books you are browsing on other pages like amazon.com are available in our collections.
libraries.rutgers.edu/services_faculty

15. Questions? Contact: dee.magnoni@rutgers.edu
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