Alexander Library

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Karen Guancione on “Art Trash”

In this short video, artist Karen Guancione talks to me about the “Art Trash” series exhibit. The exhibit “A Portable Constant Obsession,” was on display at Alexander Library, Rutgers University until August 31, 2012. This video accompanies my blog Here and there, at http://hereandthere123.blogspot.com.

Photo: The Archibald S. Alexander Library is the main library at Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University or just Rutgers, US: /ˈrʌtɡərz/), is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen’s College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into a coeducational public research university. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities, the other being The College of William and Mary.

Libraries and museums

The Rutgers University library system consists of 26 libraries and centers located on the University’s three campuses, housing a collection of over 10.5 million holdings, including 3,522,359 volumes, 4,517,726 microforms, 2,544,126 documents, and subscriptions to 42,875 periodicals, and ranking among the nation’s top research libraries.   The American Library Association ranks the Rutgers University Library system as the 44th largest library in the United States in terms of volumes held.

The Archibald S. Alexander Library, in New Brunswick, is the oldest and the largest library of the University.   It houses several million volumes focusing on an extensive humanities and social science collection.   It mainly supports the sort of research done in the School of Arts and Sciences, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Communication and Information. Alexander Library also maintains a large collection of government documents, which contains United States, New Jersey, foreign, and international government publications.