Month: December 2021

The commercial mover has now moved 973 linear shelf feet of SC/UA manuscripts and rare books from the Alexander subbasement to off-site storage. They have also moved 70 filing cabinets that include printed material, photographs, and maps into the New Jersey Reading Room that will be available onsite when SC/UA reopens. Packing and moving will continue through December 22 and begin again in January.

You can catch up on all of our move updates under “SC/UA Migration Project: Seeking Higher Ground.”

We wish you happy holidays and look forward to a return to reference services in 2022!

The ​phased reopening of SC/UA will begin January 10, 2022, with remote reference service being provided through ​the Libraries’ Ask a Librarian Service. ​Please be aware that the availability of research material will be limited and ​our response time will be longer than usual ​due to many collections being located off-site. When the SC/UA move is complete, ​which by the mover’s estimation will be in March ​2022, research visits for Rutgers patrons will resume by appointment-only. The Clifford Case room in Alexander Library will be used as a temporary reading room for patron visits.