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DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2000 TO: RAPHAEL J. CAPRIO, VICE PRESIDENT FOR CONTINUOUS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FROM: JEANNE E. BOYLE, ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS RE: LIBRARIES OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR 1999/2000
The summary report for the Libraries' outreach activities for the period July 1999 through June 2000 is enclosed. The report this year is presented in chart form.
Again, the Libraries' provided programs for elementary and high school students, New Jersey teachers, business people, and professionals. The work with high school students and teachers was expanded, and there were more participants from abroad reflecting a new emphasis on global outreach. The overall number of participants rose from 537 in the previous year to 1,794, an increase of 234%. The total hours spent in this effort rose from 1,138 to 4,209, an increase of 270%.
On the Newark campus, the Dana Library is working closely with Robert Nahory on a number of programs. Dr. Nahory's activities, many of which center on the library or involve librarians, are listed on pages three through five of the report. This effort is in addition to the work enumerated above.
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| Date | Program | Location | # Enrolled | Contact Hours | Total Hours |
| July 6-23, 1999 | The Engineering Experience for Minorities, 15 Sessions | Allison Classroom/LSM | 377 | 2.5 | 942.5 |
| July 8, 1999 | Prudential High School Students | Dana Library | 24 | 2 | 48 |
| July 9, 1999 | Pre-College Students | Dana Library | 20 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| July 9, 1999 | Pre-College Students | Dana Library | 20 | 1.5 | 30 |
| July 14, 1999 | Electronic New Jersey Project NJ High School Teachers | Alexander Library | 20 | 7 | 140 |
| July 15, 1999 | Summer Youth Employment and Training | Alexander Library | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| July 21, 1999 | Electronic New Jersey Project NJ High School Teachers | Alexander Library | 20 | 7 | 140 |
| August 24, 1999 | Humphrey Fellows Program International Fellows | Alexander Library | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| August 30, 1999 | Library Orientation for High School Students, 14 Sessions | LSM | 420 | 0.5 | 210 |
| September 24, 1999 | African Delegation | Alexander Library | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| October 15, 1999 | Edison Job Corps | Alexander Library | 25 | 1.5 | 37.5 |
| October 26, 1999 | Science High School Students | Dana Library | 15 | 5.5 | 82.5 |
| October 30, 1999 | Bristol, Myers, and Squibb | Douglass Library | 17 | 2.5 | 42.5 |
| November 9, 1999 | Staten Island High School Students | Alexander Library | 35 | 2 | 70 |
| November 12, 1999 | Small Business Training Group On Government Information | Dana Library | 24 | 3.5 | 84 |
| December 3, 1999 | AP English High School Teachers | Alexander Library | 45 | 4 | 180 |
| December 3, 1999 | Small Business Training Group On Government Information | Dana Library | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| January 12, 2000 | Zimbabwe International Book Fair | Alexander Library | 30 | 3.5 | 105 |
| January 12, 2000 | Woodrow Wilson High School Literary Resources | Robeson Library | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| January 21, 2000 | Inroads Conference High School Students | Alexander Library | 75 | 4.5 | 337.5 |
| January 22, 2000 | Inroads Conference High School Students | Alexander Library | 75 | 6 | 450 |
| January 27, 2000 | Woodrow Wilson High School Literary Resources | Robeson Library | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| February 9, 2000 | Friends Computer Workshop | Alexander Library | 15 | 4.5 | 67.5 |
| February 15, 2000 | Spotswood High School Exchange Program | Alexander Library | 50 | 2.5 | 125 |
| February 16, 2000 | Electronic New Jersey Project | Alexander Library | 20 | 3 | 60 |
| February 23, 2000 | Advanced History High School Students | Dana Library | 25 | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| March 2, 2000 | History of World War II | Alexander Library | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| March 5, 2000 | Friends of the Library Internet Workshop | SCC/Alexander Library | 20 | 3 | 60 |
| March 15, 2000 | Fukei Exchange Students (Sister Cities) | Alexander Library | 40 | 1.5 | 60 |
| March 16, 2000 | Electronic New Jersey Project | Alexander Library | 20 | 6 | 120 |
| March 28, 2000 | New Jersey Institute for High School Teachers | Alexander Library | 25 | 3 | 75 |
| April 3, 2000 | Woodrow Wilson High School Literary Resources | Robeson Library | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| April 5, 2000 | Woodrow Wilson High School Literary Resources | Robeson Library | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| April 5, 2000 | LEAP Academy | Robeson Library | 18 | 0.34 | 6 |
| April 14, 2000 | LEAP Academy Teachers | Robeson Library | 41 | 2 | 82 |
| May 2, 2000 | Tohoku University Group | Alexander Library | 50 | 2 | 100 |
| May 9, 2000 | Inroads Conference: Library Educational Resources | Alexander Library | 40 | 4 | 160 |
| May 19, 2000 | High School and 8th Grade Students | Dana Library | 6 | 0.5 | 3 |
| June 2, 2000 | Information Technology: Joint Symposium with Tohoku University | Alexander Library | 30 | 3.5 | 105 |
| June 26, 2000 | Women & Gender in Global Perspective: NEH Program for High School Social Studies Teachers | Alexander Library | 23 | 1.25 | 29 |
| TOTAL | 1794 | 4209.1 | |||
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| July 1999 | PROJECT GRAD-Sicence & Technology Newark Shabazz HS Students | Dana Library (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| July 1999 | ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS-Physics Newark HS Students | Dana Library (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| July 1999 | Newark K-12 Teachers Workshop-Curriculum Modules Infused w/ Technology for Classroom Use | Dana Library (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| July 1999 | Newark Middle School Student Biological Science Presentation | Dana Library (Robert Nahory, Earl Shaw, Barry Kamisaruk) | * | * | * |
| July 1999 | Video conferencing Technologies Summer K-12 Teachers Workshop with Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri | From Dana Library, Rutgers to Springfield Missouri (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| Fall 1999 | Jazz Website Development featuring Bennie Carter | Dana Library | * | * | * |
| Fall 1999 | Advanced Physics Lab | Dept. of Physics RU-Newark (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| Fall 1999 | Pilot CIIT Activity-Creating a website for use in English 101 | RU-Newark English Dept. (Robert Nahory, Steve Aronne) | * | * | * |
| October 1999 | Rutgers SmartClassRoom Network - Composing in Multimedia in the Classroom | RU-NB Labor Ed Bldg Connecting to 8 HS Sites (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| November 1999 | Moon Mosaic Images, - Physics Student Talk (PowerPoint images captured by Rutgers Students Using TelescopeObservatory Atop Boyden Hall) | Sigma Pi Sigma Meeting in Amherst Massachusetts (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| December 1999 | Annual converence of National Center for Ed Alliances - Video Conferencing in the Classroom | Los Angles, CA (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| December 1999 | Saxophone Program- Poetry via Video Converencing Technology (Used Original Student Poetry) | 20 HS Sites Nationwide Using ISDN Bridge (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| February 2000 | Newark Center for Families & Community-Use of Digital Cameras and Computer Imaging (RU Students Mentoring Newark HS Students) | Dana Library (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
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| February 2000 | Astronomy Public Lecture (3 Lecturers) with Dale Gary, NJIT & Science Director Ismael Calderone, Newark Museum/Dreyfuss Planetarium | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Advanced Physics Lab | Dept. of Physics RU-Newark (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Independent Studies-Physics of Acoustics and Waves | Dept. of Physics RU-Newark (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | NSF Proposal Information Technology Research, Social & Economic Implications of information - ITR/SOC-Urban Social Systems and the Emerging Digital Library | (Robert Nahory, G. Laskaris, L. Mullins, L. Kennedy) | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Bell Atlantic Foundation for Digital Library Equipment Proposal | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Development of Web-based Content for English 101, 102 (Material posted for Students on Andromeda server) Continuation from Fall 1999 | (Robert Nahory, Steve Arrone, Bobbie Tipton) | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Lucent Foundation Proposal Teacher and Technology Associates Program for Summer 2000 (not funded) | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | NSF Proposal w/ Lucent Technologies Supporting Graduate Minority Students in the Sciences @ Rutgers/NJIT/UMDNJ in Newark (Mentoring Students) | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Academic Challenge RU-Newark - Digital Cameras: A Workshop for HS Students (Student image illustrating themselves interacting with Dana Library art. | Dana Library (Robert Nahory) | * | * | * |
| Spring 2000 | Graduate Level - Global Studies & Political Science Video Conferences (2) {A. Wiener Queen's University, Belfast & Greg Linden, US State Dept. in DC | Dana Library (Robert Nahory, Rey Koslowski) | * | * | * |
| May - June 2000 | Globalization: An electronic Learning Short Course (Early CIIT Activities in Dana) | Dana Library (Robert Nahory, Richard Langhorne, Steven Aronne) | * | * | * |
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| May 2000 | Video Conferencing Meeting w/ A. Pong, Dept. Physics, Cape coast University Ghana & NJIT {Sharing of astronomy data and enhance relationships via electronic communications} | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |
| May 2000 | NJ Institute of Jazz, NB examining outreach opportunities in the Newark community, making use of the expertisw and resources of the Institute of Jazz Studies @ Rutgers | Robert Nahory | * | * | * |