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Library plans to digitize 100,000 papers in 2 years
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Over the next two years, 100,000 newspapers will be transferred from microfilm to a digital format, allowing the Rutgers community to read them without needing specialized equipment. The Alexander Librar y received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to convert microfilms into digital files, said Car yn Radick, a digital archivist with the librar y. She took on the role of writing the grant application. Currently the committee is planning the project of turning newspapers that are on microfilms into digital files. Microfilms must be loaded into a microfilm reader to be read, and while libraries offer these readers, they are not easily transportable. First, the advisor y board must select which microfilm newspapers to digitize, Radick said. The advisor y board, with members from all across New Jersey, wants to select newspapers that are representative of the entire state. The papers will come from the years 1836–1922, as detailed in the two-year grant. In the future, the hope is to reapply for the grant and be able to digitize more newspapers from the microfilm. “The goal of this first cycle is to have 100,000 pages digitized,” Radick said. “However, this is (a) relatively small amount of papers in comparison to what is available. Certain papers will have to be prioritized.” The project aims to give people access to information that was unavailable before and does not want to replicate any newspapers that are already digitized, Radick said. Digitizing the newspapers allows for them to be more useful to the general public and streamlines researching, Radick said. By digitizing papers, they become more searchable and people can easily access all instances of a certain date, event or person, said Jessica Pellien, Rutgers Libraries’ director of Communications. “A lot of these microfilms aren’t held at Alexander … they might have to go down to the state archives or potentially elsewhere,” Radick said. The digitization will allow people to conduct research remotely, Pellien said. The committee hopes to find newspapers that represent the whole state. But selecting which papers to digitize is a large part See years on Page 4
Donald Heilman, director of Student Legal Services, explained his department’s work at last Thursday’s RUSA meeting. Any student can access free legal services at Rutgers. BUSHRA HASAN / STAFF WRITER
A Rutgers alumnus hoping to improve student involvement in their legal services spoke to the Rutgers University Student Assembly at last Thursday’s meeting. Director of Student Legal Services Donald Heilman explained to RUSA how members can access the free services the University offers students. “Don went to Rutgers and lives Rutgers,” said Elections Chair and School of Arts and Sciences senior Viktor Krapivin in his introduction of the director. Heilman graduated from Cook College in 1976, received his Ph.D from the University, performed research at the medical college in anthropology and lettered in football and track during his undergraduate years. Much of Heilman’s personal life is also tied to the University: Two of his six sisters also graduated from the University, his father worked for the University for 27 years and Heilman married his wife in Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus on Rutgers Day. “I consider myself Rutgers through and through,” Heilman said.
Heilman holds a law degree from Seton Hall University and became “invested in how civil trial works.” Out of 80,000 lawyers in the state of New Jersey, only 2 percent are certified trial attorneys. He knew he wanted to work in education and worked at the University in student affairs as a director of club sports and intramural sports, eventually becoming an associate dean of students. As the current director of legal services, Heilman connects education with law. “(My department) provides legal assistance and representation with full attorney-client privilege to eligible University students about any legal issue whatsoever, for free,” he said. “(This job is a) general practice dream come true for attorneys who want to help people with their problems.” The department helps students with a large variety of problems, which range from dealing with criminal charges to divorce to patent issues. “We’ve had two students kill other people, we’ve had 14 students die, we’ve had — don’t know how many — students lose See students on Page 4
RUSA lobbies New Brunswick to build new sidewalks at U. matthew powell contributing writer
RUSA has asked the city of New Brunswick to build new sidewalks on Landing Lane, so that students can walk to football games from the College Avenue campus safely. At present, the path to High Point Solutions Stadium is dangerous. GEORGETTE STILLMAN VOLUME 148, ISSUE 78 • University ... 3 • opiNIons ... 6 • classifieds ... 7 • science ... 8 • Diversions ... 9 • SPORTS ... BACK
The Rutgers University Student Assembly is working with the City of New Brunswick to make it safer for students to get around while traveling on foot. While the project is still in the planning phases, RUSA hopes to install sidewalks alongside Landing Lane on the College Avenue campus near High Points Solutions Stadium. These sidewalks would protect students walking to football games from nearby traf fic, said RUSA President Justin Schulberg. “There’s not really a sidewalk over there, which creates a potential hazard, especially given the fact that that road is extremely narrow,” Schulberg said. The City of New Brunswick recognizes the potential problems that may result from the lack of sidewalks on Landing Lane, and the See sidewalks on Page 4