Rutgers University Libraries: New Employee Handbook

Library Faculty Personnel Issues

• Information on reappointments, promotions, travel, mentoring, and leaves: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/lib_fac/lib_fac.shtml
• Information on benefits: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/faculty

Library Services 

• Our RUL collection of books, periodicals and media – RU has four campuses and 20+ libraries
• Beyond RUL – borrowing agreements with ILL and our EZ Borrow and UBorrow partners
• Reference and instructional services – 34,000+ reference transactions and 22,000+ attendees in instructional sessions in 2013
  
• Databases – thousands of full text scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines
• NEW: McNaughton collection of popular titles available at Carr; hundreds of titles available
• Streaming video – search the catalog 
             Clip service for teaching and learning – through our Media Center

Professional Development

Library Human Resources, as well as the Training and Learning Committee (a committee under the auspices of Library HR), will send out announcements about upcoming training opportunities and workshops run by RUL, RU, and regionally.  The RUL Training and Development resources can be viewed at http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/training/training.shtml.

Additional resources include:

• Leadership Education and Development Program Procedures (RUL LEAD): http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/lib_fac/lead/lead_procedures.shtml
  
• Short Research Assignments: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/lib_fac/pdfs/sra.pdf
  
• Center for Continued Professional Development at RU: http://ccpd.rutgers.edu/
• Services which emphasize “Work/Life Balance”: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/worklife-balance.
• The Faculty Survey can be used to collect evidence of your contribution to librarianship, scholarship, and service. It can also be used to generate a CV: https://surveys.rutgers.edu/facsurv/

Other Benefits and Discounts

For general information, please see http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/non-state-benefits-rutgers-positions/employee-discounts.

Benefits include:

• Employee discounts with Verizon Wireless
• Participation in the Rutgers Federal Credit Union
• Discounted tickets to local museums, events. and concerts (through the Impact Booth at Camden)
• Identity Theft Assistance (http://uhr.rutgers.edu/worklife-balance/victims-assistance/identity-theft-assistance)
• Discounted insurance through New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance (http://www.njm.com); use discount code: 91531.

Travel

Information and forms regarding travel can be viewed at http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/budget_office/budget_office.shtml.

For information on relocating to either the New Brunswick/Piscataway, Camden/Philadelphia, or Newark areas, please visit the relocating information in the "Our Communities" tab.