Talking AI: A Guided Conversation on AI Critique and Refusal in Academic Librarianship
Are you a current or future librarian against AI? Do you want to learn how to advocate for AI refusal in professional environments and job interviews when faced with opposition? Are you curious about finding and creating resources and communities that oppose big tech’s influence on the information environment? Let's talk about it! Join SCARLA, the Student College, Academic and Research Libraries Association for our next event, Talking AI: A Guided Conversation on AI Critique and Refusal in...
Banned Books Week
Join SCARLA and LISSA on October 7th at 6:30 PM EST to celebrate Banned Books Week 2026. Come learn about the current state of book bans in the US and celebrate the freedom to read by sharing a passage from one of your favorite banned books--and/or join to listen to passages shared by others! Censorship is no longer creeping into the fabric of our country; it is steamrolling forward. And many of the loudest pro-censorship voices have positions of power within our communities. The data released...
General Interest Meeting – Fall 2026
Curious about academic librarianship? Come join SCARLA for our Fall 2026 general interest meeting. Everyone is welcome! Here’s the topics we will cover: What is academic librarianship? What kind of jobs fall under that umbrella? What courses in the MI program will prepare me for academic librarianship? SCARLA events to look forward to this semester–we’ll be holding events about how to approach conversations about AI in academic libraries, digital accessibility, and more! Ways you can get...
Feminism in Academic Librarianship
How can feminism be applied in academic librarianship? Hear from Maria T. Accardi (Indiana University Southeast), Kayo Denda (Rutgers University New Brunswick), Molly M. Wolf (Widener University), and Caitlin Shanley (Temple University) on how they infuse feminism into pedagogy, collection development and use, research methods, and more! Meeting information: Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Time: 6 PM – 7 PM EST Location: Zoom Register here:...
Academic Librarian Hiring Process
This event will be an opportunity for current MI students interested in academic librarianship to learn more about the hiring process in academic libraries! How many interviews are there? What is the “job talk” and how do you prepare for it? What is the expected timeline for hiring in academia? Panelists will answer these questions and more, as they relay their experiences with hiring at their institutions. The floor will open up for student questions at the end of the event. Meeting...
General Interest Meeting – Spring 2026
Curious about academic librarianship? Come join SCARLA for our first general interest meeting of the semester. Everyone is welcome! Here’s the topics we will cover: What is academic librarianship? What kind of jobs fall under that umbrella? What courses in the MI program will prepare me for academic librarianship? SCARLA events to look forward to this semester–we’ll be holding events about the academic librarian hiring process, feminism in academic librarianship, and more! Ways you can...
Career Panel with Recent Alumni – Fall 2025
Join SCARLA as we welcome Chelsea Rizzolo, Lisa Thornton and Taylor Baugher, all alumni of the Rutgers MI program who now work in academic libraries! This event will be an opportunity for current MI students to hear from our panelists about their career experiences and to gain insights into academic librarianship as a career. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists and connect with alumni and other MI students. Please submit questions for the panelists here! Date:...
Guest Speaker: Jay Singley – #CritLib & Writing for Publication as a Graduate Student
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...
Celebrating Intellectual Freedom: Banned Books Week
Join SCARLA and LISSA on Monday October 6, 2025 in a free-flowing discussion & open mic night celebrating the right to intellectual freedom and highlighting the leaders in our communities championing the fight against censorship. Come read an excerpt from your favorite banned book or sit with us in solidarity. Register here. We also have a padlet, Celebrating Intellectual Freedom, for more info and community submissions! Censorship is no longer creeping into the fabric of our country; it...
General Meeting – September 2025
Curious about academic librarianship? Come join SCARLA for our first general interest meeting of the semester. Everyone is welcome! SCARLA is the Student College, Academic, and Research Libraries Association at Rutgers. Feel free to bring your own questions, and here are the main discussion topics: What is academic librarianship? What kind of jobs fall under that umbrella? What courses in the MI program can I take? Our first event this year, Celebrating Intellectual Freedom: Banned Books Week,...