Welcome to SCARLA
The Student College, Academic, and Research Libraries Association (SCARLA) organizes speakers, lecture series, events, trips and workshops to promote our understanding of academic librarianship. We aim to foster community among the students, faculty and librarians at SC&I and the Rutgers Library System and participate in conferences and activities sponsored by professional organizations at both the state and national level.
We are also affiliated with the NJAL and the ACRL New Jersey Chapter.
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Upcoming Events & Meetings
Digital Humanities Librarianship: Hiring, Career Challenges, and the Field’s Future
Are you an MLIS student interested in digital humanities? Do you want to learn what it’s like to work as a digital humanities librarian? Join the Student College, Academic and Research Libraries Association (SCARLA) for our next event, Digital Humanities Librarianship: Hiring, Career Challenges, and the Field’s Future on Wed, Nov 4 6:30-7:30 PM EST via Zoom. The conversation will be led by Cynthia Heider (digital scholarship librarian at the University of Pennsylvania) and Francesca Gianneti...
Digital Accessibility in Academic Libraries
Come and join SCARLA on December 9th at 6:30 PM EST to explore some important topics regarding digital accessibility! The event will address basic questions, such as what digital accessibility means in academic libraries. Almost everything is digital today, and it is essential to ask how academic libraries can assist students with cognitive or learning disabilities when they try to access resources or information on library websites. The panelists will help the audience understand why digital...
Ways you can participate with SCARLA:
- Attend meetings and events (in-person or online)
- Write blog posts about events, internships, or issues
- Coordinate programming and panels
- Volunteer during the Spring Career Fair
- Co-author the SCARLA poster for the NJAL conference
- Share an article at a meeting
- Teach a workshop
- Become an officer
- Have an idea? Reach out!
The SCARLA board (Fall 2026)
President: Adrianna Bugliarello-Wondrich
Vice-President: Dahlia Oxford
Treasurer: Cassandra Arencibia
Secretary: Erin Kagel and Kellen Penner Coxon
Webmaster: Yesun Lee
Member(s) at Large: Robert Fisher and Asher McMahan
Faculty advisor: Nancy Kranich
If academic libraries interest you, consider running for a position on the board!