Research involving 134 New Jersey middle school students and two school librarians found that Bookji’s peer recommendations, social features and emoji reactions encouraged reading engagement and increased interest in visiting school libraries.
Professor of Library and Information Science Denise E. Agosto has been elected president-elect of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
SC&I faculty and scholars present research, moderate sessions, serve as panelists, and receive award recognition at the 109th annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference.
Interviews with business owners in Newark, Trenton, and New Brunswick show survival ran through loyal customers, neighboring businesses, and community and faith-based groups—while the government agencies and major media assumed to lead in a crisis were largely absent from owners' accounts.