The Geospatial Resources section is now available on the first floor of Orbach Library. This section contains maps and atlases that were formerly housed in the Map Collection on the ground floor, including computers with licensed GIS software, California regional materials, light table, aerial photos, and more. Other items are now available by request through...

The end of each academic year brings many goodbyes, both farewells to graduating students and to members of our career staff who retired in 2019. We would like to recognize and celebrate the following UCR Library colleagues, who shared some of their UCR history with us: Sharla Desens Music Library Manager Sharla Desens started as...

The topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are critical to our campus at UC Riverside. On April 10, 2018, the UCR Library’s Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (CODEI) held a kickoff event to encourage library staff to start thinking about DEI issues in their everyday work, led by guest expert Mark Puente, Director...

The UCR Library is delighted to announce that Andrea Hoff joined our team on June 17, 2019 as the University Archivist. Andrea will be located in Special Collections and University Archives, on the fourth floor of Rivera Library, reporting to Cherry Williams, the Director of Distinctive Collections. Andrea earned her BA in Art History from...

Melvyl’s long-awaited switch to WorldCat Discovery, the Online Computer Library Center’s ( OCLC) newer discovery user interface, launched on Monday, June 17, 2019. Melvyl is the discovery platform for the University of California libraries. As the world's largest library catalog, WorldCat helps users find items in libraries close to them and makes the UCR Library’s...

The UCR Library will offer a Replacement Fee Amnesty Period from Monday, June 17 through Sunday, June 30, 2019. Users who return late items (with the exception of Reserve or Recall Fines and Fees) during the Amnesty Period will have all Replacement Fees waived completely. We are offering this Amnesty Period as part of the...

The UCR Library is pleased to announce a new Fines & Fees structure that will greatly benefit both the library and its patrons, effective July 1, 2019. We are eliminating all processing fees ($10 per transaction) and campus late payment penalty charges ($25 per month), as the UCR Library now will handle all payments directly...

We are delighted to announce that Stephen Breski joined the UCR Library on June 3, 2019 as our Access Services Assistant. Stephen’s office is located in Access Services on the first floor of Rivera Library, reporting to Michelle Gipson, Collections Maintenance Manager. Stephen earned his Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Massachusetts, Boston...

The UCR Library is pleased to welcome Kevin Comerford as our Associate University Librarian for the Digital Library, effective June 3, 2019. Comerford comes to UC Riverside from the University of New Mexico, where he served as the University Libraries Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication and Director of IT Services. “The fact that...

The UCR Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of several new online databases, archives, reference works, and more. These new resources, selected by librarians in the Collection Strategies Department, will enhance the library’s existing distinctive collections, support emerging areas of research at UCR, and provide access to valuable research and teaching resources. These new...

As the second-largest student employer on campus, each spring the UCR Library takes time to celebrate the students who comprise half of our staff team. At the annual Student Employee and Staff Appreciation Luncheon held in the lower courtyard at Rivera Library, we also recognized these 25 library student employees who will graduate with UC...

At all-staff meetings held in spring quarter 2019, Library Human Resources acknowledged two UCR Library employees for their outstanding contributions. These team members became the fifth round of employees to be recognized through the KUDOS program. Under the KUDOS program, non-probationary staff and academic employees at the UCR Library can be nominated by a peer...

Spring quarter 2019 is drawing to a close, and with it the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. Finals Week is only days away. UCR Library is committed to creating a supportive atmosphere for our students, as final exams can breed a lot of stress. That is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief...

Special Collections & University Archives employees are constantly working to process recently acquired collections and make those materials ready for use by students, faculty, and researchers. Each quarter, we will provide a list of the UCR Library's newly processed archival and primary source collections. Check out this list to see if there are any items...

Digitization Services continuously works to digitize library collections in an ongoing effort to preserve and improve access to library holdings for use by students, faculty, and others. The UCR Library utilizes the Calisphere digital collections platform to provide free online access to our unique and historically important materials for research, teaching, and exploration. There are...

Volunteers at Riverside National Cemetery’s annual “A Flag for Every Hero” event on Memorial Day weekend 2019 can now read biographies for many of the Veterans whose graves they adorn with flags, thanks in part to the work of two UCR Library employees. When UC Riverside partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National...

Over the past year, librarians in the Research Services Department have taken an old-fashioned approach to innovation: one-on-one, face-to-face meetings over coffee with faculty and researchers to ask how the library can best support their work. Director of Research Services Brianna Marshall first launched this initiative, called the Conversation Project, in winter quarter 2018, basing...

The UCR Library is pleased to welcome La Toya Beckman as a Human Resources Generalist affiliate, effective May 6, 2019. La Toya has over four years of human resources experience working primarily as an HR Administrative Assistant. Her key expertise includes: record management, on-boarding/off-boarding, payroll administration, policy implementation, HRIS reporting, compliance, training, and benefits administration...

On Monday, May 13, the UCR Library’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) unit will relocate to offices behind the Circulation/Reserves Desk at Rivera Library. The ILL unit move and phone line transfers will occur on Friday, May 10. Please excuse any service disruptions on this date. The book return slot at the current Rivera ILL office will...

During winter quarter 2019, the UCR Library collaborated on a survey with ASUCR and their Student Voice Committee to learn how we can improve students’ academic experience. 463 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the survey and identified these top five obstacles to student success at UC Riverside: 1) Difficult classes (32%) 2) Time management...