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A new exhibition at Alexander Library celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin (1924-1987). An American writer, activist, and visionary, Baldwin’s works explore themes of race, sexuality, identity, and social justice. “Native Son, Global Voice: James Baldwin’s Centennial” was curated, designed, and installed by the undergraduate students in Maurice Wallace’s Black Narrative class with support from Special Collections and University Archives. Wallace is a professor and associate chair in the Department of English at the School of Arts and Sciences. The exhibition runs through February 5 in Gallery ‘50, located on the first floor of the library. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. https://lnkd.in/e3jBa3n3

Librarian John Powell discusses the legend of the Jersey Devil on Planet New Jersey, a podcast of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA). Powell is a reference and instruction librarian for Robeson Library at Rutgers University - Camden. https://lnkd.in/eQ8H_wHc

Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora. Learn about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito. Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. https://lnkd.in/exMryw3A

Amazing Veterans Day story found in our Special Collections and University Archives! Thank you Rutgers University for featuring this.

?? ?? Upcoming author talk: Join us this Thursday, November 7, for a conversation with Navajo Ranger Stanley Milford, Jr., as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland. ?? https://lnkd.in/gECyTW7c

?? Spooky Season is in full effect at Rutgers University Libraries! ? Stressbuster pumpkin decorating events at the Library of Science and Medicine at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and at Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers University - Camden ? Anatomical model dressed as Batman (educational AND fun) courtesy of Smith Library on the Newark campus of Rutgers Health ? Scary book display at Paul Robeson Library Thank you for helping us all get in the spirit, Katie Elson Anderson, Consuella Askew, Maria Deptula, Jonathan Embres, John Gibson, Samantha Kannegiser, Regina Koury, Ann Marie Brunke-Latini, MLIS, Soo Jung Lee, Ermira Mitre, John Powell, Jen Reiber, Edward Robinson Leonor, Caroline Muglia, Michele Tokar, and Zara Wilkinson. Happy Halloween from the Libraries!

Join us for Possible Futures, the 30th Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium! This daylong event is free and open to the public. It includes a workshop, an exhibit, eight artist speakers, and times for networking and fellowship. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. This event is presented in partnership with Middlesex County, NJ - County Government, Discover Jersey Arts, and NJ State Council on the Arts. https://lnkd.in/eisj_7PQ

University Archivist Erika Gorder unearthed the photographic gems featured in this story by Rutgers University. Gorder is based at Special Collections and University Archives, a part of Alexander Library at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Special Collections and University Archives is a rich resource for research on both New Jersey and Rutgers history.

ICYMI: Earlier this month, Megan Lotts was featured in the Daily Targum for her Zine Teaching Collection, which lives in the Art Library on the College Avenue campus. Thanks to The Daily Targum writer Priya Raman-Bogan for her well-written and well-researched piece: "Derived from the word 'magazine,' fanzines, or zines, began in alternative spaces, gaining traction in counterculture and the early punk movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Easy to make and print, the low bar to entry is contrasted by the total freedom of creativity and message, all packed into a book as small as a Rutgers ID." https://lnkd.in/eqYziKdh

It was an honor for Rutgers University Libraries to host Ambassador Mikio Mori from the Consulate General of Japan in New York and a group of students from Koshi High School in Fukui, Japan. Ambassador Mori and the Koshi High School students spent time in Alexander Library during their visit to Rutgers on Wednesday, October 23. Vice President for University Libraries and University Librarian Consuella Askew gave welcoming remarks, and Archivist Fernanda Perrone prepared a special exhibition and gave a lecture on the William Elliot Griffis Collection. Ambassador Mori also gave a talk on the relationship between Japan and the U.S. and viewed an exhibit in the East Asian Library, "Akiko’s Dolls: The Story of a Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivor," with Librarian Tao Yang. The visit was arranged by Haruko Wakabayashi of the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, and Librarian Kayo Denda facilitated Rutgers University Libraries' role in the day. ?? https://lnkd.in/emmzx2xj