RVCC Librarian wins NJAL's 2025 Distinguished Service award

Congratulations to RVCC's very own Electronic Resources & Web Services Librarian Alyssa Valenti, who has been awarded the 2025 Distinguished Service award from NJAL, the Academic Librarians section of the NJ Library Association. This award honors a librarian who, by their outstanding contributions, has directly enriched the profession of librarianship in New Jersey. Please join us in congratulating Alyssa on receiving this prestigious and well-deserved award!
You can read the full award announcement in the Spring 2025 NJAL Newsletter, available at: https://docs.google.com.mcas.ms/document/d/1WYqTapUaBKYpOh3B9EIKAHsSKz3oPVQD9hCw0wZBTfs/edit?tab=t.teqihnnu77xz#heading=h.8fimwp76t8e7
Therapy Dogs coming to Library for Finals - May 5th from 1:30-2:30pm!


What better way to de-stress during finals than to spend some time with a gentle and lovable therapy dog? Stop by the library next Monday 5/5, and visit with dogs Buddy and Maddie-Mae. Dogs will be in the leisure reading lounge, right near the main library entrance.
New & Improved Group Study Rooms!
Over the past few weeks, we've been busy here in the library upgrading our group study rooms. We've added new collaborative tables, new adjustable chairs, and LCD monitors for sharing computer screens with your group. Here's a look at some of the progress, in pictures!
Library study rooms (pre-renovation):

Step 1: Old furniture removed:
New Chairs waiting to be installed:
New tables with integrated USB/AC power outlets:
Completed rooms - new furniture and monitors in place:

Whiteboard question of the week ("is it lunchtime yet?" edition)

The Library Scavenger Hunt is on!
Stop by the library and try your hand at the RVCC Library Scavenger Hunt. It's a great way to learn your way around the library, have some fun, and maybe even win a prize - all completed student entries will be entered into a drawing for one of 2 Starbucks gift cards! The hunt runs through Fri, Sept 19.
Welcome New and Returning Students!
September is always a favorite time of year at the Evelyn S. Field Library! The weather is getting cooler, football is back, and the campus once again is bustling with activity. And the best part - we get to welcome new RVCC students to our library, and get the chance to reconnect with our returning students.
If you're new to campus, stop by our library and say hello! We've got all sorts of resources in the library to help you succeed. For example, if you're just looking for a quiet place to study, we have the silent study floor on our upper level:
If you are working with classmates on a group project or presentation, you can reserve one of our newly renovated Group Study Rooms:
The library is also a main computing hub on campus - we've got black and white and color printers, a touchscreen digital scanner, a charging station, and plenty of PC workstations. Need to borrow a laptop? Headphones? A calculator? A charging cable? The library's got you covered.
And of course - we've also got thousands of books, ebooks, magazines, and videos - as well as dozens of online research databases that you can use to find scholarly sources.
And the best library resource of all… our team of friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable librarians. We can help you find quality sources, show you how to effectively navigate our databases, help you locate that perfect book or article for your paper, and assist with citations. Best of all, you can get help from our librarians in whatever way works best for you - in person, via email, by text, via live chat, or by zoom. You can also make appointments for in depth one-on-one research consultations with a librarian. Just click on the “Get Answers” link on our website to access all the methods for getting help:
Stop by the library, anytime you need help - no appointment needed. Librarians are on duty any time the library is open. You can find our current hours on our website.
On behalf of all of us in the library, we wish everyone a fantastic and successful semester. We look forward to seeing you in the library!
Dennis Schaub, Library Director