Libraries Annual Report
 2016 was a transformative year for the Libraries and we are delighted to share our journey with you in our 2015-2016 annual report.
Here you will learn about the activities, events, services, resources, honors, and more that we are celebrating.
Library Named in Honor of James Dickson Carr
 Earlier this month, the Board of Governors voted to recognize and commemorate the roles that African Americans have played throughout university history by naming buildings and an area of Rutgers University.
The Kilmer Area Library on Livingston Campus will be named for James Dickson Carr, Rutgers’ first African American graduate who completed his degree in 1892, was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and went on to attend Columbia Law School.
Kilmer Area Library was built in 1971 on land that was formerly part of Camp Kilmer (hence the name). It is the primary business library in New Brunswick and provides support for undergraduate instruction. The library is a popular spot for students who can study with friends at the tables on the first floor, find a quiet carrel on the second, or take advantage of one of the largest computing and printing labs on campus. Located close to the center of campus and adjacent to the student center, the library is busier than ever and is a hub of academic activity.
Following graduation from Columbia Law School, Carr went on to become an assistant district attorney of New York County and held other offices in New York City government. To learn more about this accomplished Rutgers alumnus, please read this article from the Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries.
“The Libraries are honored that one of our spaces will be named for James Carr,” said Jeanne Boyle, interim assistant vice president for information services and director of New Brunswick Libraries. “By all accounts, he was an excellent scholar and we hope students who use the Carr Library in the future will find inspiration in the personal story of ‘one of the best known of New Brunswick students,’ as he was described by his fellow student Henry Kimball Davis.”
The 31st Annual Bishop Lecture Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of WWI
 Join Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives for the opening reception and the 31st annual Louis Faugères Bishop Lecture by Dr. Virginia A. Dilkes on the subject of “Through the Eyes of a WWI Combat Engineer,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2017.
The lecture will also be the opening reception of the Rutgers University-New Brunswick Spring 2017 exhibition “Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken!”: New Jersey in the Great War. The exhibition, commemorating the Centennial of the Great War, will examine the storied history of our state during the Great War, showcasing one-of-a-kind documents, photographs, and artifacts from Rutgers University’s Special Collections and University Archives, the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, and the Johnson & Johnson Archives.
March 9, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Alexander Library
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ
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New Exhibit: Records at Play:
The Institute of Jazz Studies @50
 We are proud to announce that Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50 is the inaugural exhibit in the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark (54 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102). On display through the end of the calendar year, this is the first time the IJS has exhibited so many of its treasures at once. Although they represent only a small fraction of the Institute’s collections, the artifacts, documents, and sound recordings in this exhibit provide a record of IJS history and the music at its core.
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