News and Events at the UC Riverside Libraries http://library.ucr.edu http://backend.userland.com/rss092 you@example.com you@example.com en http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news http://library.ucr.edu/images/librarylogo.jpg http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=792 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=791 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Due to routine maintenance, The UCR Libraries Catalog SCOTTY will be unavailable: Friday, November 6, 2009 from 5pm-7pm We apologize for the inconvenience. To find books in the UCR Libraries, please use the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=790 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 If you are interested in learning more about Special Collections amp; Archives including our unique materials, current exhibits, and upcoming events...then visit our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter! http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=789 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=788 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=787 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Open Access week 10 19-10 23 Open-access OA literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions OA is compatible with copyright, peer review, revenue even profit , print, preservation, prestige, career-advancement, indexing, and other features and supportive services associated with conventional scholarly literature. Come join the UCR Libraries we will be hosting a forum with Elise Proulx California Digital Library for Faculty and Graduate Students on Friday, October 23rd from 11:15 12:30 in the Science Library, Room 240. Elise Proulx is the Outreach amp; Marketing Coordinator for the California Digital Library CDL Publishing Group. Ms Proulx will be demonstrating the launch of the redesigned eScholarship website and discussing the substantial array of digital publishing services for the University of California scholarly community and a dynamic research platform for scholars worldwide. She will be providing insights on how faculty will be able to keep their copyrights, attract more readers, publish when faculty want to publish and how to protect your work s future in this age of constant change. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=785 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 30,000 Springer electronic books and 1,140 E-Textbooks now available! The UC Libraries, including UCR, have recently collaborated to license access to more than 30,000 Springer e-book titles and content with publication dates from 2005-2009 for use by faculty and students covering more than 13 disciplines including: Behavioral Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Business and Economics Chemistry and Materials Science Computer Science; Computer Science Engineering Engineering Earth and Environmental Science Humanities Social Sciences and Law Mathematics and Statistics Medicine Physics and Astronomy In light of rising textbook costs, the UC-wide concern about these costs to students and the convenience of electronic textbooks, we have included in this 30,000 title Springer e-book collection a list of more than 1,140 publications that are categorized by the publisher as textbooks. See the University Librarian s Letter to Faculty, Department Chairs, and Textbook Coordinators. Free Faculty and Student Access to More than 1,140 E-Text Books Online If faculty are exploring new textbooks for their classes, and would like to offer their students the convenience of a free electronic textbook, they are invited to check the Springer list to see if there are text book titles that would be useful to them and their students. These text books are freely available to students online for reading and linking; or they may be accessed chapter by chapter for linking, reading, and printout. Eventually they will be available for downloading to a PDA or Kindle at some future point. To review all of the available 30,000 e-Books titles included in this new publisher package, visit www.springerlink.com. This collection may offer many e-Books that are suitable for instruction, but which are not textbooks. E-Text Book Purchase Options from Springer for Students for 24.95 In addition to free online access to the 1,140 e-Textbooks included in the package, students can also purchase black-and-white printed copies of the both e-Books and e-Textbooks through the Springer MyCopy service available on the Springer website. This service is available for books with up to 832 pages and each book would cost only 24.95 including shipping and handling. If faculty are already using a textbook published by Springer, and it is available online, the link may be shared with students and students may be informed them of the MyCopy option for inexpensive print copies. Faculty can also post the link to their course website, to BlackBoard, or work with the Libraries e-Reserves Services in the Rivera Library or the Science Library for linking. We hope that this enhanced service will be beneficial to faculty and students; and would very much like to hear from faculty and students about their experiences using this new service initiative. The UC Libraries are collaboratively exploring other appropriate e-Book options. One of the goals of this joint initiative is to assist UCR and other UC campuses in addressing student textbook costs at the same time that we expand access to e-books generally. We encourage faculty to give the librarians feedback about the selection and the quality of Springer textbooks in their discipline. For more information on the UC Libraries Springer e-Book Pilot refer to the University Librarians s Announcement or visit: http: www.cdlib.org inside projects springerebooks. If faculty have any questions or concerns as they test this new service, they are encouraged to call or contact Barbara Schader, Assistant University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communications at Ext. 2-3221 or bschader@ucr.edu. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=786 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 MRS Proceedings Online We have just completed negotiations for access to the complete library of MRS Materials Research Society Proceedings! The MRS Online Proceedings Library features over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers presented at MRS Meetings. The proceedings papers can be viewed sorted by meeting by selecting a meeting from the list on the left side of the main page. Proceedings can also be viewed sorted by topic. These proceedings are available directly at: http: library.ucr.edu go mrs Unfortunately, the way the site is arranged makes linking impossible from Google Scholar, UC-eLinks and Compendex, but Compendex does index the papers pretty well and a Google search works well for pulling up papers by title. Access is available from campus or from Web or client VPN. I hope you are as excited about this as I am, let me know what you think! This is a fairly expensive package so we will want to have plenty of justification for continuing it in the future. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=783 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 UC Campuses to Evaluate Scopus The University of California community will be trialing Scopus, a large, multidisciplinary research database, through December, 2010. Scopus was developed by the scholarly publisher Elsevier, and contains research literature and selected websites. Overview: Scopus indexes, selectively abstracts, and provides citation analysis since 1996 for nearly 18,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4000 publishers including 1200 Open Access journals . Unlike Web of Science, Scopus also includes conference proceedings, trade publications, patents and over 431 million web pages. Although most comprehensive in the sciences, Scopus is currently expanding its coverage of the social sciences and humanities literature. Features: Alerts Citation information i.e. number of times cited UC eLinks support for access to full-text, call numbers, or Request Evaluation: During the Scopus evaluation period, members of the UC community are invited to consider its coverage and functionalities in comparison with similar databases. e.g. Web of Science and Google Scholar . Given the current fiscal restraints throughout the UC system, it is unlikely that CDL or any of the UC Libraries will be able to provide access to multiple resources with duplicative or similar content after 2009. The UC Libraries will be actively soliciting feedback on Scopus from end users during the course of the access period. Contact: The librarian at UCR who is coordinating the systemwide evaluation of Scopus is Michele Potter who may be contacted at michelep@ucr.edu for additional information and feedback. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=784 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 MAKING EXCELLENCE INCLUSIVE A UCR Diversity Certificate Program Poster Project on display at the UCR Science Library September 21-December 14, 2009 Posters from the members of the first graduating class of UC s first diversity certificate program are on display at the Science Library. The class developed projects that went beyond learning and created programs and resources that the campus can use today, tomorrow and into the future. The posters reflect the overall projects in summary form. The Team Projects include: Graduate Diversity Recruiting and Retention Diversifying Staff Search Committee Members Communicating Across Cultures Respond to Bias with the STAR Treatment An Educational Campaign for the Awareness and Benefits of Diversity Redesigning Diversity@UCR The next MEI Making Excellence Inclusive Diversity Certificate Program begins December 2009. Deadline to Register is November 2, 2009. To Register, go to www.human.resources.ucr.edu For more about Diversity, go to www.diversity.ucr.edu Diversity@UCR http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=782 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=557 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 On September 17, 1787, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia held their final meeting with only one item on their agenda: the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America. Within just four hand-written pages, the document represents one of the world s greatest expressions of statesmanship. To acknowledge the nation s September 17th commemoration of Constitution Day 2009, the Libraries have created an exhibit in the T mas Rivera Library lobby that pays tribute to the Constitution and its authors. The Libraries have also created a guide to Constitution Day Resources for your further interest and research. See more information on the constitution at Constitution Day at UC. We hope you will take the time to explore these resources and exhibits to learn about the history and meaning of the 222-year-old document. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=780 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 As of September 11th 2009, the UCR Libraries will no longer participate in the Link consortium. We have made this difficult decision as a cost savings in view of the current fiscal crisis. Please feel free to use Melvyl Request to place all interlibrary loans for items not available at the UCR Libraries. See Interlibrary Loan Services if you have any questions. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=779 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The UCR Libraries will be closed for a half day on Thursday, September 10, 2009, from 8:00A.M, to 2:00P.M. to accommodate our annual Library Planning Retreat. This includes the Rivera, Science, Multimedia, and Music Libraries. All libraries will reopen and resume regularly scheduled hours and services at 2:00 p.m. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=778 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Coverage: 1865-1922 Founded by two teenage brothers in 1865 when the West was still wild, the San Francisco Chronicle lets you travel back in time to experience the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Klondike gold rush, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and many other events. You will read how San Francisco grew from a muddy frontier town to a bustling metropolis. This newspaper also provides a distinctively Northwestern perspective, with a unique view of Chinese immigration, westward expansion, and urban planning. You might also stumble upon articles by Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Jack London, and Rex Beach. They were among the writers who contributed to the San Francisco Chronicle during the early years of publication - sometimes without benefit of a byline. It is easy to find relevant information quickly with browse, basic and advanced search options. Searches also can be narrowed by over 20 specific article types e.g. editorial article, front page, comic and dates to focus on the most relevant information. Click on More Search Options under the date limit for greater specificity. The Chronicle can be searched by itself or in tandem with the other historical newspaper collections Digitized cover to cover, this rich resource will be welcome by historians, researchers, students, and history buffs alike. Vicki Bloom, Head of Reference Services, Rivera Library http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=777 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:02:00 +0000 The UCR Libraries are now offering reference services via Twitter. Twitter is a free Web-based social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send and receive messages of up to 140 characters long. For comparison s sake, the preceding sentence was 149 characters long . Beginning August 19, the UCR Libraries will answer reference questions via Twitter, allowing students a new way to get research assistance without having to be in the Rivera or Science Library. The UCR Libraries Twitter account is http: www.twitter.com ucrlibraries. Our Twitter policies are posted here. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=775 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 UC Campuses to Evaluate Scopus The University of California community will be trialing Scopus, a large, multidisciplinary research database, through December, 2010. Scopus was developed by the scholarly publisher Elsevier, and contains research literature and selected websites. Overview: Scopus indexes, selectively abstracts, and provides citation analysis since 1996 for nearly 18,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4000 publishers including 1200 Open Access journals . Unlike Web of Science, Scopus also includes conference proceedings, trade publications, patents and over 431 million web pages. Although most comprehensive in the sciences, Scopus is currently expanding its coverage of the social sciences and humanities literature. Features: Alerts Citation information i.e. number of times cited UC eLinks support for access to full-text, call numbers, or Request Evaluation: During the Scopus evaluation period, members of the UC community are invited to consider its coverage and functionalities in comparison with similar databases. e.g. Web of Science and Google Scholar . Given the current fiscal restraints throughout the UC system, it is unlikely that CDL or any of the UC Libraries will be able to provide access to multiple resources with duplicative or similar content after 2009. The UC Libraries will be actively soliciting feedback on Scopus from end users during the course of the access period. Contact: The librarian at UCR who is coordinating the systemwide evaluation of Scopus is Michele Potter who may be contacted at michelep@ucr.edu for additional information and feedback. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=774 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Patriotic Collection by Sherri Anderson, Library Facilities Receiving Part of the cycle UCR Librarians as Collectors http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=773 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Looking for a great summer read? Browse our Leisure Reading Collection. UCR students, staff and faculty can now find literary fiction, science fiction amp; fantasy, mystery, romance, biography, and non-fiction in the our new Leisure Reading Collection. Acquired through an endowment by a former alumni, Eddie Allen and his wife Wendy, this collection of over 300 titles is conveniently located near the Rivera Library s 1st floor entrance. The check out period is 4 weeks. Need book suggestions? Check out our new Leisure Reading Collection Blog. Blog Each week we will post a new review or information about one of the titles in this collection. You can share your thoughts by posting comments and inviting discussion with fellow readers. We look forward to hearing from you! RSS feeds can be easily set up, too. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=772 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 What s new on JSTOR! JSTOR Arts amp; Sciences VI To be completed by the end of 2010 This collection will extend JSTOR s coverage in disciplines across the social sciences, with clusters focused in economics, education, linguistics, political science, and area studies. Current journals include: Economic Theory, Human Ecology, IMF Staff Papers, Middle East Journal, Risk Management, Journal of Advertising, Brookings Papers on Educational Policy, plus many others. Upcoming journals include: The Reading Teaching, BMJ: The British Medical Journal, Journal of the Southwest, Presidential Studies Quarterly, International Journal of Anthropology, and Perspectives on Psychological Sciences. JSTOR Arts amp; Sciences VII Launched in 2004, this section is now complete. It has a broad intellectual scope, and now includes more than 180 titles from 34 of JSTOR s 50 disciplines. Included are D dalus, The Journal of Marketing, Third World Quarterly, Record of the Art Museum - Princeton University, Public Historian, and Proceedings of the Aristotlian Society, among others. About this collection: http: www.jstor.org templates jsp jstor templates info about archives aboutCollections aboutASVII.pdf LEARN . . . how to search and refine results; locate a known item; and manage citations: http: www.jstor.org page info about archives tutorials.jsp Vicki Bloom, Head of Reference Services, Rivera Library http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=770 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Adam Repan Petko 1896-1995 Please join us in celebration of the winners of the 2009 Adam Repan Petko Memorial Student Book Collection Competition Friday, June 5, at 3PM Special Collections, Rivera 4th floor Presentation of the awards will be followed by a reception http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=771 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=744 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Rivera amp; Science Libraries Open 24 Hours during Spring Quarter Finals! Thanks to a partnership between the UCR Libraries and the Associated Students of the University of California Riverside ASUCR , the Rivera Library and the Science Library will be open 24 hours from 1pm, Sunday, June 7 UNTIL 7pm, Friday, June 12th. Circulation and Reserves Services will be available until midnight and will resume at 7:30am, Monday through Friday. Please observe the Building Use Policy and follow the library guidelines for snacks and drinks in order to keep the libraries clean and pleasant for all users during this heavy-use period. The regular Campus Safety Escort Service will operate until midnight. If you need a campus escort after midnight, call 2-5222 and a Community Service Officer will be notified. Good Luck on Your Finals! http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=769 Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 INFOMINE will be down for about an hour starting at 4:30 p.m. PST for system improvements. 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Many award winning books are featured. Of special interest to UCR is The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle, a novel in verse about Cuba s struggle for independence from Spain. Engle was a graduate student at UCR when she took a writing seminar with Tomas Rivera, former UCR Chancellor. She credits her writing career to his encouragement. Engle became the first Hispanic author to receive a prestigious Newbery Honor when The Surrender Tree was awarded this distinction in January. The Surrender Tree also won the 2009 Pura Belpre award for best portrayal of the Latino experience. The Library s collection of children s and young adult literature is in the Education Services Department on the 2nd floor of the Rivera Library. We invite campus parents to take advantage of this collection to bring home books for their children. Interview with Margarita Engle, School Library Journal, 3 4 09 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=762 Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 LIBRARIANS AS COLLECTORS - a new exhibit at SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, RIVERA LIBRARY, 4th floor Julia D. Ree: TO BOLDLY GO... THE ART OF COLLECTING STAR TREK MEMORABILIA Jim Clark: THE WORLDS OF APES, MARVELS, AND A GALAXY AT WAR Jim: In the early 1970s I got caught up in the world of talking apes when I saw the first movie Planet of the Apes on TV. It captured my imagination like nothing else had. Over the next few weeks the second movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes and the third movie Escape from the Planet of the Apes were shown. I eventually saw the fourth Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and fifth Battle for the Planet of the Apes movies. I started collecting everything I could find for Planet of the Apes. I found books, comic books, action figures, coloring books, plastic models, and read-along records. Planet of the Apes celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2008. There are several fan groups that have online forums that reminisce about all things Apes. They also create their own stories and comics based in the world of Planet of the Apes. Simian Scrolls is the bi-annual UK Planet of the Apes apezine that began publication in the summer of 2000. Ape Chronicles is a bi-monthly magazine for the International Planet of the Apes Fan Club. Both publications keep fans up-to-date with the latest news on Planet of the Apes. In 1977 I began my visit in the world of Marvel Comics. I started by picking up The Amazing Spider-Man. This was not your typical hero. He had problems like everybody else. I expanded my view of the Marvel Universe by picking up other titles. It was fun to see heroes make appearances in titles that were not their own. Spider-Man would show up in Daredevil one month while the X-Men would appear in the Avengers the next. 2009 marks the 70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics. The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the 1950s was generally known as Atlas Comics. Marvel s modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the launching of Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Also in 1977 came a movie that changed the way I looked at science fiction. Star Wars opened up my imagination even further with thrilling dogfights in space, lightsaber duels, and a hero that was less than perfect. I eagerly looked forward to going back to a galaxy, far, far away when each Star Wars movie was released. I picked up any books that would continue the adventures. I collected the action figures, comic books, and plastic models among other things. Star Wars celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2007 with Celebration IV. It was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California from May 24 to May 28. It was the fourth Celebration of the Star Wars saga. Fans from all over the world gathered together to dress up as their favorite character, hunt down an elusive collectible or just simply hang out with fellow enthusiasts. Star Tours has been a popular attraction at the Disney Resorts starting in 1987. Jim Clark Julia : i think it s safe to say that star trek is a cultural icon. the franchise has gone where no other tv show has gone before, to include five additional series--animated, next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise, ten movies, hundreds of novels and critical tomes, museum exhibitions, amusement attractions, countless merchandise, fodder for the critical and the criticizing, and fan clubs that stretch across the globe. it has inspired great debate and peaceful assembly. soon, the franchise will reinvent itself, yet again, as captain kirk and company take to the big screen in may of this year. star trek has become firmly intertwined with our society, our history, and possibly our future. do you own a cell phone? is it a flip phone? perhaps those original star trek communicators were the inspiration. physicists are trying to work out the principles of teleportation. only in star trek lore, we would call it using the transporter. our lexicon is forever changed with words like phaser, or tribble. and who among us hasn t heard phrases like: beam me up , or he s dead, jim, or live long and prosper. star trek, for me, was a way to believe that there would be a future when i grew up. we would survive the cold war of the 60 s. we would move beyond hate and rejoice in our differences. we could be different and be accepted! we would survive the adolescence of the human race and move toward a more utopian future. as i got older, it also became a satisfying way to enjoy stories that resonate. what s your favorite voyage of the starship enterprise? has star trek inspired you in some way? many youngsters of the 60 s grew up to become scientists because of spock, or doctors because of mccoy, or even entered into the military, like kirk. the first prototype shuttle that NASA would develop was named enterprise. what other tv show can boast of that measure of influence? inspiring a positive future, telling well crafted stories about the human condition and taking risks for the greater good are all hallmarks of star trek. and alongside the very serious aspects of life aboard a starship, let s face it, star trek can be fun! so, let s play! here s a quick quiz to see what you know about star trek: 1. one of the cases has three push buttons can you find the buttons and play the recordings? who is speaking on each of the pieces of the display? 2. how many different ships do you see in the four cases? even pictures count! can you name them all? can you guess the function of each representation? bonus point: what item is not a ship but is a vital part of one series? name the series! 3. count all the tribbles in the tall display, but, you might never be able to count them all -- because they are always multiplying! 4. a very famous other collectible is also featured in one of the cases can you name her? 5. how many star trek characters represented here can you name? 6. how many phasers, communicators, and tricorders can you find? can you name the series they came from? do they have another real life function, beyond their being a toy or collectible? Julia D. Ree See the Press-Enterprise article on Julia Ree s Star Trek collection. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=767 Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=765 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=766 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=764 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=760 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=761 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=759 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=755 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=757 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=751 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=746 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Film Index International Film Index International is the publicly-accessible version of the British Film Institute s Summary of Film and Television database. Film Index International gives you access to detailed indexing of over 125,000 films, from the earliest silent movies to the most recently produced films. Film Index International also provides thorough biographical information of over 800,000 directors, actors, and other film personalities. Film Index International also includes complete lists of international film awards and prizes and allows the user to search both cast and crew lists and plot summaries. A typical Film Index International search for an individual film gives the following results: Director s name. Film s year, including production year and release date. Production companies. Country in which the film was made. A three-to-four line synopsis of the film s plot. Complete cast list. Complete crew list, including the film s studio. Film s running time. The film s color code and the color system in which the film was shot. The film s sound code. An extensive list of article and book references, both popular and academic. Film Index International is available from off-campus--click on Connect from Home for step by step instructions. For more information, contact Kuei Chu, Film Studies Specialist, at kuei.chu@ucr.edu or at 951.827.3705. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=750 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 TOM S RIVERA 22nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009 Read more about the conference http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=749 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 20,000 Springer electronic books now available! The University of California Libraries have purchased nearly every Springer ebook published in English and German from 2005 to 2009, including Landolt-Bornstein. The collection includes approximately 20,000 ebooks in the sciences and social sciences. This purchase builds on our existing access to Springer book series - such as Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Lecture Notes in Physics, and Topics in Current Chemistry - to greatly expand our ebook collections. Each book chapter is available as a PDF file without digital rights management DRM . These files can be downloaded, printed, and even transferred to a PDA or Kindle. Currently the ebooks can be found in Melvyl, Google Scholar and via UC-eLinks. Eventually they will be available in Scotty. You can also search or browse them directly at http: www.springerlink.com . Books are available in the following categories: Architecture and Design Behavioral Science Biomedical and Life Sciences Business and Economics Chemistry and Materials Science Computer Science Earth and Environmental Science Engineering Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Mathematics and Statistics Medicine Physics and Astronomy Professional and Applied Computing A few Springer ebooks are excluded from this purchase because they have been jointly published with another publisher. The Springer Protocols are not included in this collection. This purchase will help the libraries to study the viability of ebooks, including such factors as preferences, behaviors, and usage. We will be soliciting feedback from our users regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the electronic format for their specific disciplines and formats. If you have questions or feedback, please contact your librarian me . http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=748 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=745 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000 To honor the writer B. Traven, who died 40 years ago on March 26, 1969, UCR Libraries Special Collections amp; Archives announces its new website: The B. Traven Collections. This gateway to the finding aids for UCR s three large archival collections on B. Traven represents 574 pages of research, 495 of which were compiled on site in Special Collections amp; Archives by Heidi Hutchinson. B. Traven researchers in Germany and the U.S. who have already had a sneak peek at this website are thrilled to finally be able to get a glimpse of the enormous B. Traven holdings of the UCR Libraries. Of course, in addition, all of those books at UCR by and about B. Traven around 550 titles can be found in Scotty. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=737 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=741 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The second in the cycle of exhibits UCR Librarians As Collectors is COOKBOOKS IN MY KITCHEN: A WORKING COLLECTION, designed by Ann Frenkel; the exhibit can be viewed in the lobby of Rivera Library. Ann Frenkel is the Assistant University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services, and an enthusiastic cook. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=736 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 SCIENCE LIBRARY CLOSED, FEB. 21 This is to alert you that the Science Library will be closed on Saturday, February 21, 2009 to accommodate our 5th celebration in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen and Airwomen. As a component of the campus observation of Black History Month, the celebration will be held in the rotunda of the Science Library to further showcase the UCR Libraries as one of the campus and the community s most treasured facilities and services. All other campus libraries will remain open on February 21st for their normal Saturday schedules. Signs will be posted on the doors of the Science Library about the closure and at the entrance of the Rivera and branch libraries as a notification reminder to our users. The Science Library will resume its normal hours and services on Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:00 P.M. - 12 midnight . The University Community is cordially invited to attend this historic event. You may call Ext. 2-1244 to RSVP by February 19, 2009 or visit our website at http: library.ucr.edu tuskegee for more information or to register for the event. Thanks so much. Ruth M. Jackson, University Librarian http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=733 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 The UCR Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 19th, 2009 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=734 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Don t have time to brave the crowds at the Commons? Come watch the 2009 historic Presidential Inauguration at the UCR Libraries. Or relax at your desk and watch online. Locations: Rivera Library Lobby or Science Library, Room 122 Tuesday, January 20: Starting at 8:30am PST Oath of Office and Inaugural Address: 9:00am PST see the complete Inauguration Day schedule We will be screening a CNN broadcast. Computers will be available in the Science Library Room 122 for your blogging and twittering needs. Explore further... 2008-2009 Presidential Transition Resources USA.gov s Inauguration Day FAQ History of Inauguration Day Events from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies I Do Solemnly Swear: Online Exhibit of Inaugural Materials from the Library of Congress Live Coverage: NPR audio, video from NewsHour With Jim Lehre http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=704 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000 UCR Rivera Library Special Collections in collaboration with the North American Jules Verne Society announces The 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference: EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES - JULES VERNE AND BEYOND May 1 - 3, 2009 STUDENT SHORT STORY CONTEST SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2009; links: conference webpage call for papers student short story contes http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=732 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Ever find yourself writing papers during the wee hours of the morning? Starting January 20th, librarians will be available to help you during those late-night sessions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The UCR Libraries will join a network of librarians to offer online reference help whenever you need it. Access the service through the chat box on the left side of your screen when UC librarians are available to assist you. If that box is not on a library page, simply click the Ask a Librarian logo to bring up the transaction page. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=731 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=729 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Manuel Urrizola s display: MANUEL S MAPS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST can be viewed in the lobby of Rivera Library through the month of January 2009. Manuel, the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at the UCR Libraries is an avid yet discriminate collector of old maps and atlases. Manuel s display is the first in the cycle of exhibits, UCR Librarians as Collectors, where librarians and library staff will present books and artifacts from their personal collections. http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=728 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 All UCR Libraries will be closed from December 24, 2008 through January 1, 2009 as part of the campus-wide Winter Holiday Closure. All libraries will reopen January 2. Hours The Library Hours have been updated to reflect hours for campus libraries both before and after the holiday closure. Online Resources The following online resources will be available during the closure. Students, staff and faculty must access restricted resources through the Client or Web VPN. Some resources may be down for maintenance at times during the holiday-- thank you for your understanding. SCOTTY, the UCR Libraries catalog, will be available for remote access throughout the closure period. Melvyl and the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot, the UC Libraries catalogs, will be accessible throughout the closure, however requests for items from other campuses may not be processed until January 2. Databases by: Subject A-Z Electronic Journals Online Reference Shelf Renewing Items including ILL items Eligible UCR Library materials items may be renewed immediately using MySCOTTY. Eligible ILL materials may be renewed using My ILL Requests. However renewals requested during the closure will not be processed until after January 1. Note that ILL renewals must be requested at least 7 days prior to the item s due date, must be granted by the lending institution, and are not guaranteed. Some tools may be down for maintenance at times during the holiday-- thank you for your understanding. Reference Services Reference assistance including the online Ask-a-UC-Librarian service will be unavailable during the holiday closure. UCR students, faculty and staff who send email inquiries or leave telephone messages during the closure period will receive replies starting on January 2. Course Reserves Electronic reserves materials remain accessible via Course Reserves. Faculty and instructors may submit Winter Quarter 2009 course reserve lists between December 24 and January 1 via the online form. Requests will be processed in the order received starting on January 2. To ensure reserve materials are available when needed, faculty instructors are encouraged to submit requests as early as possible. Some tools may be down for maintenance at times during the holiday-- thank you for your understanding. Interlibrary Loan Requests Requests may be submitted via Melvyl Requests and the UC-eLinks Citation Linker, but will be processed beginning January 2. We appreciate your patience for any delays. Due dates have been changed so that no items will be due during the closure period. Some tools may be down for maintenance at times during the holiday-- thank you for your understanding. We wish you a pleasant and restful holiday! http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=726 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=727 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 There are fewer than 29 reading days left to enjoy complete, unlimited and unfettered access to the entire SpringerLink electronic book library while on campus or using one of our Connect from home services. Covering disciplines from Anthropology to Zoology, there is something for everyone or nearly so . This access has been generously provided to all of the UC campuses in order to give us a chance to evaluate interest in the publisher s many collections. Access to the expanded collection will end on December 31st, but we will continue to have access to the limited set of Springer ebooks that we have already purchased. The collections contain tens of thousands of books in: Architecture and Design Behavioral Science Biomedical and Life Sciences Business and Economics Chemistry and Materials Science Computer Science Earth and Environmental Science Engineering Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Mathematics and Statistics Medicine Physics and Astronomy Professional and Applied Computing Feel free to browse your favorite discipline and see what you come up with. We will be using the access statistics to determine interest in each of the areas, but feel free to visit our feedback site. Happy Holidays and Happy Reading! http://library.ucr.edu/?l=news&article=725 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 PRINT A BROADSIDE: Book Arts Class at Special Collections starts January 2nd, 2009 CRWT 186A: Beginning Book Arts: 4 credits Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 6 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite s : upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to the elements of press operation. Using traditional letterpresses, students learn hands-on typesetting, design, material and text selection, editing, printing, and binding skills, as well as the history of the book and book design. Class meets W 10-11AM, F 9-12PM. For more information and to enroll contact Gwido Zlatkes at x24660 Visit Printing Classes at Special Collections