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 NJLA College and University Section and the ACRL New Jersey Chapter.

We want to hear from you! Contact us anytime with questions, event suggestions, and more!

Upcoming Events & Meetings

Guest Speaker: Jay Singley – #CritLib & Writing for Publication as a Graduate Student

Guest Speaker: Jay Singley – #CritLib & Writing for Publication as a Graduate Student

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Join SCARLA in welcoming Jay Singley, author of the recent ACRLog guest blog post “We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question”. The post is a critical examination of using Ex Libris’ “Summon Research Assistant”, an AI-powered research assistance tool meant to aid users in summarizing and locating citations. Jay audited the Summon tool after seeing reports of error messages and results suppression for certain topics. These error messages were first reported while searching for keywords...

General Meeting – Spring 2026

General Meeting – Spring 2026

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Hi all! We're excited to see you in Spring 2026. Event date and details TBD, open to all who are curious in academic librarianship. Event will be held over Zoom. Check back later for more information.

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 NJLA conference
  • Share an article at a meeting
  • Teach a workshop
  • Become an officer

The SCARLA board (2025-2026)

President: Lauren Gaudite
Vice-President: Adrianna Bugliarello-Wondrich
Treasurer: Ashli Aaron
Secretary: Tallulah Pentecost
Member-At-Large: Christina Oster

Faculty advisor: Nancy Kranich

If academic libraries interest you, consider running for a position on the board!

About the board