The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion

Judit Ward, PhD, MLIS

William Bejarano, MA

Deborah Fanslow, MLIS

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Center of Alcohol Studies• Interdisciplinary research center• Grew out of a Yale Lab starting in 1939• At Rutgers (NJ) since 1962 • Home of oldest addiction journal in the US• “Firsts” in alcohol studies

• The oldest alcohol research library with over 100,000 items

• Library evolved from journal (QJSA)

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Addiction History 101

• Carnegie Grant to collect alcohol literature: 1939

• 1st system to disseminate information: 1939

• QJSA 1st issue: June 1940• 1st Summer School of Alcohol

Studies: 1943• 1st Yale Plan Clinic: 1944• Yale CAS RU CAS: 1962

Early addiction history = History of CAS

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Library ServicesIn the Past• Alcohol Bibliographies• Alcohol Studies Database • Alcohol Research Guide • Document Delivery• Online Searching• Publications, including

the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

For undefined, broad audiences

In the Present• Online Bibliographies• Database ceased• LibGuide• Document Delivery*• Literature Search*• JSAD + online archives

with previous publications

*For core users

CELEBRATIONS!

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CAS Digital ArchivesDocuments and objects related to all scholarly activities at Yale CAS and RU CAS include the • history of JSAD• history of Summer School • prominent scholars • publications • inventions

• Digital representation of CAS history with CAS-related documents

• Archive is meant to celebrate and promote CAS anniversaries

EVOLVING PROJECT

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Library in CAS Projects

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CAS Conference Room

…now reflects CAS history

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Jellinek Corner in the Library

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Thinking Big

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JSAD 75th Anniversary Celebration

“honored to be part of history”(SALIS Librarian)

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See more at: http://library.alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/newsletters

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Library as a cohesive force

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Thank you!