The Black Greek Letter Organizations: Divinely Made in the I.E. exhibition chronicles the collective history of nine Black Greek Letter organizations (BGLOs) at the University of California, Riverside, and beyond. These BGLOs, affectionately known as the “Divine Nine,” are the following sororities and fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Kappa...
The UCR Library acquired an array of online resources in the summer and fall of 2021 that include a variety of full text journals, magazine collections, and primary source collections. Read below for a summary of some of our major summer and fall online resource acquisitions. Emerald Insight The Emerald eJournal Premier collection from Emerald...
2021 was a year filled with innovation and creativity for the UCR Library, and it is with great pride that we share some of our 2021 highlights and accomplishments. One of the library’s highest priority projects in 2021 was the summer launch of UC Library Search. UC Library Search is a discovery and borrowing system...
It's hard to believe that winter quarter 2022 is drawing to a close, but suddenly Finals week is only days away. The 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 (FWSR) event...
Over the past several months, UCR Library has acquired several major online resources. These electronic resources make a wide variety of full text journals, magazine collections, and primary source collections available to UCR faculty, students, and researchers. These exciting new acquisitions include: Emerald Insight https://www.emerald.com/insight/ The Emerald eJournal Premier collection from Emerald Insight includes more...
AUTHOR: SARAH NIGHTINGALE On hot and steamy days in Saigon, Vietnam, there was only one place for an enlisted man to cool off for a while. “That place was the library,” said UC Riverside alumna Ann Kelsey, who served as a civilian librarian for the U.S. Army from 1969-70. “The libraries were air conditioned because...
November is drawing to a close, and with it the end of fall quarter of the 2021-2022 academic year. Finals week is only days away. The 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...
A chance meeting with a Special Collections librarian completely altered the career path of UCR alumna Andrea Valencia. A Latin American history major, Valencia often visited Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) for a history course with Professor Juliette Levy. While in SCUA, she met Robin Katz, Arts and Humanities Teaching Librarian, who led a...
UC Riverside class of 1968 alumna Ann Kelsey recently pledged a $489,000 planned gift to the UCR Library to fund an endowment that supports initiatives in technology advancement. Born on June 20, 1946 in Kokomo, Indiana, Ann Kelsey’s father served in the Navy, having enlisted after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. At age five...
An exhibition with selections from The Breck Collection of Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson is now on display at the UCR Library. Free and open to the public, the exhibition, “Picturing the World: The Work of Henri Cartier-Bresson” is open in the Reading Room of the Special Collections and University Archives Department, located on the fourth...
During summer quarter 2021, a task force charged with improving the public spaces at Orbach Library began gathering feedback from the UCR community. At present, the task force is preparing its final report to share their findings and suggested upgrades and changes for the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library. “Some improvements have already begun,” said...
The University of California, Riverside Library will host Open Access Week 2021, as part of the global event called International Open Access Week. “ It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity" is the 2021 theme. The event series will kick off on Monday, Oct. 25, with three workshops for the 2021 event. Data...
Nearly 6,000 digitized images from the Jay Kay Klein photographs collection are now more accessible, thanks to new, more descriptive and contextual information. In collaboration with the science fiction fandom community, the UCR Library staff updated the image details and descriptions for the 5,933 images, which were first digitized in 2017. (View the collection on...
The University of California celebrates Constitution Day, September 17. Read more about this special commemoration at constitutionday.universityofcalifornia.edu.
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, Megan Murphy joined the UCR Library as the new UCR NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Specialist. Megan has a BA in Archaeology from Dickinson College and an MA in Anthropology with a focus on Archaeology at University of Colorado, Boulder, where she also served as a Teaching Assistant...
We are pleased to announce that the UCR Library joins campus in reopening for fall quarter! Unfortunately, as the COVID epidemic isn’t over yet, it is important that library patrons follow campus health and safety guidelines. Library staff are prepared to adjust the availability of library spaces and services as conditions change. Library hours for...
With the library’s reopening for fall quarter, computer lending through the Laptops Anytime kiosks will also resume. Campus IT will be returning currently checked out laptops to the library kiosks by Wednesday, Sept. 15. A few notes to remember when borrowing from the Laptops Anytime kiosks: Windows laptops can be returned to any kiosk in...
The UCR Library has recently acquired access to three magazine archives, which will expand UCR Library users’ access to important historical and cultural content covering a wide range of topics. The three magazines are: Ebony (1945-2014) Originally published by John H. Johnson beginning in November 1945, Ebony has served as an influential African-American magazine promoting...
After four years of staff collaboration between all ten UC campuses, we are thrilled to announce that UC Library Search is now live! Today’s launch is just the beginning; UC Library Search will continue to evolve, refine, and improve its user experience (UX) and function over time. UC Library Search has replaced the local UCR...
As campus prepares to reopen for fall quarter, on September 7, the library will retire some remote services established during the pandemic closure, such as Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) through HathiTrust. “While campuses and libraries remained closed during 2020 and 2021, HathiTrust ETAS was a crucial partner to help us provide access to more...