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)
