Gary A. Golden, M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D., Director

Susan J. Beck, M.A., M.L.S., Associate Professor

Vibiana Bowman, M.S.L.S. Assistant Professor

Jean D. Crescenzi, M.A., M.L.S., Emerita

Theodora Haynes, M.A., M.B.A., M.L.S., Associate Professor

John Maxymuk, M.L.S., Associate Professor

James D. Nettleman, M.S., M.L.S., Associate Professor

Julie Still, M.A., M.L.S., Associate Professor

Donna Wertheimer, M.L.S. Visiting Assistant Professor

E. Parker Worley, M.A., M.L.S., Director Emeritus

Reference Services  856/225-6033, ext. 14

Circulation Services  856/225-6033, ext. 17

The Paul Robeson Library contains more than a half-million physical bibliographic items. Subscribing to approximately 700 print periodical and serial titles, the collection includes nearly 220,000 monographs, 210,000 pieces of microform, and 51,000 bound periodicals. Students also have computer access to over 100 online indexes, approximately 12,000 full text journals and newspapers, and almost 100,000 full text monographs published since 1600. These online resources are available anywhere on campus as well as from remote locations via the Internet, utilizing proxy server authentication.

Local physical holdings, which provide primary service for all schools on the campus (except law), are supplemented by the several million volumes contained in the other units of the Rutgers University Libraries System located in New Brunswick and Newark. Access to these collections is available through IRIS (Integrated Rutgers Information System) on terminals located in the Paul Robeson Library as well as through campus network terminals and remote authenticated web browsers. In addition, students have access on the campus to the comparably sized physical collections of the Camden Law Library. Information on holdings of non-Rutgers libraries is provided through RLIN, the computerized bibliographic system of the Research Libraries Group, as well as Internet access to local collections such as Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Materials from Rutgers and non-Rutgers libraries can be obtained on loan (books) or by photocopy (articles) through the Rutgers Delivery Service or interlibrary loan service at no cost to the requester. Articles are scanned and delivered to your desktop. The library staff is available to provide assistance to individuals in utilizing this wealth of informational resources. In addition, the reference librarians will meet with classes to provide instruction in general library use or, as part of our bibliographic instruction program, in the literature of a specific discipline or topical area.

The library building provides seating for over 800 students. The building is wired for laptop connections at most desks, has some wireless connectivity throughout the building, and microcomputers and selected software are available for student use in an on-site lab operated by the computing services department. Facilities are also provided for individual and group study, for the use of microfilm and other microtexts, and for photo duplication of both hard copy and microtext and the conversion of microfilm to disk or CD.

Library hours during the academic year, unless otherwise posted, are:

  Monday through Thursday                           8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

  Friday                                                           8:00 a.m. to  5:00 p.m.

  Saturday                                                       9:00 a.m. to  5:00 p.m.

  Sunday                                                         11:00 a.m. to  7:00 p.m.

Hours are normally extended late in each term and during exams, and are abbreviated between terms and during the summer.