This ad appeared in the February 2001 issue of American Libraries. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is an innovative, residential, liberal-arts and sciences college with a student body of 6,300 and a recognized record of academic excellence. Baccalaureate degrees are awarded in 27 academic programs and master's degrees in 6 graduate programs. The college has a mission to meet the needs for master's-level graduate education in southern New Jersey and currently provides programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, business studies, Holocaust and genocide studies, and instructional technology.
Plans call for the establishment of additional programs in the near future.
95 percent of the faculty hold terminal degrees. The college recognizes the importance of information literacy in creating a new generation of leaders, and the library faculty are actively engaged in enriching the curriculum. Richard Stockton College invites applications and nominations for the position of director of library services. The recently renovated library facility encompasses 65,000 square feet of space in the center of the college's educational complex and includes a dedicated electronic classroom for information literacy instruction. The library has made a major commitment to technology and has its own electronic classroom.