Libraries Welcome New Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian

Dr. Krisellen Maloney joined Rutgers University Libraries as vice president for information services and university librarian on July 15, 2015. Maloney succeeds Marianne Gaunt who served in that role since 1997.

A noted researcher, librarian, and educator, Maloney comes to Rutgers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), where she served as the dean of libraries since 2009.

At UTSA, Maloney led a five-year, multimillion dollar renovation of the John Peace Library, oversaw the development of the university’s first Faculty Center, fostered partnerships with key stakeholders throughout the university, and expanded usage of and access to library collections and services. Under her leadership, the UTSA libraries received wide recognition both locally and nationally, most notably winning the American Library Association’s prestigious John Cotton Dana Award for library public relations in 2014.

She has also previously held leadership positions at Georgetown University, the Library of Congress Law Library, and the University of Arizona.
 

Long-time Director of Paul Robeson Library to Retire

After 30 years of service, Dr. Gary Golden, director of Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers University–Camden, will retire this summer.

Golden started working at Rutgers in June of 1986, shepherding the Camden Library, as it was then  called, through many transitions—new technology; a new building; a new name as Paul Robeson Library; and, most recently, a $3 million, four-year renovation that completed in 2015.

Because of Golden’s efforts, Paul Robeson Library is truly a 21st-century institution that Rutgers University can be proud to call its own. We wish him well as he enters into this next chapter.
 

Exhibition Celebrates Lives of Robeson, Other Rutgers Revolutionaries

"To Rutgers Library, where I spent so many happy and useful hours. Sincerely, Paul Robeson."

So reads the inscription on a 1935 concert program from the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey that is on display in the Special Collections and University Archives Gallery in Alexander Library. It is part of Rutgers through the Centuries: 250 Years of Treasures from the Archives, an exhibition running through November 2016 that commemorates the university’s 250th anniversary.
 
More than just the namesake of the library at Rutgers–Camden, Paul Robeson (RC1919) is one of Rutgers’ most distinguished alumni. The university’s third black student and first black football player, he was named a first team All- American and played a brief stint in the NFL despite the protests of opponents and teammates alike. He attended Rutgers on a full scholarship, was a member of the Cap and Skull honor society, a Phi Beta Kappa scholar, and earned a law degree from Columbia. As an activist he supported civil rights at home and abroad, and he gained international acclaim as a recording artist and actor for both screen and stage.
 
Robeson was also, in many ways, an embodiment of the Rutgers revolutionary spirit who would not let prejudice or intimidation shake his convictions.

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Rutgers Art Library’s Acquisition Is a Window into the Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

The book slips free of its protective case, revealing a luxurious leather cover, embossed in gold. It may be a chilly winter afternoon in New Jersey, but in the Art Library archives—known as the X Room—the sunny warmth of 15th-century Italy is spilling across the pages of this rare and impressive work.
 
Composed of two back-breaking volumes that are 50 centimeters tall and weigh in at more than 30 pounds, Disegni by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most sought after books in the world. It is also a recent acquisition by the archives at the Rutgers University Art Library.

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