• Release of the 2025 UCR Library Scotty Sticker & Zine

  In Spring 2025, UCR Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA) hosted the inaugural "Scotty Sticker Competition." We asked students to draw inspiration from different iterations of our mascot (Scotty the Bear) found in the archives to create their own original design-- updated, adapted, or altered to represent their own unique experiences as UCR students in 2025! UCR Library employees were invited to vote for their favorite design. 

  The winning design has been printed as a limited-run sticker, to be released at this year’s Archives Fair. Although only the winning design will be produced as a sticker, all Scotty designs meeting our guidelines and requirements will be commemorated in a special edition zine published by SCUA and also released at the Archives Fair. Grab your free sticker and zine at the SCUA table, while supplies last!

• Pathways to Academic Librarianship, Archives, and Preservation Careers (Zoom Workshop)

  This year we are fortunate to partner with UCR Library’s Conservator, Christina Bean, to host a “Preservation Week x American Archives Month” affiliated workshop entitled “Pathways to Academic Librarianship, Archives, and Preservation Careers.”

  This workshop brings together library professionals from a diverse spectrum of backgrounds and expertise to showcase the many different pathways one can take into a library career. Designed for UCR undergraduates or anyone with a curiosity to learn more about these careers, this workshop will provide a realistic introduction to the following types of careers available in academic libraries:

  • Conservation & Preservation
  • Digitization
  • Archiving
  • Instruction & Outreach
• Now & Then: Archiving Queer Histories (Zine-Making Workshop)

  We are collaborating with the IE Zine and Print Fest and the UCR LGBT Resource Center to host a zine-making workshop called Now & Then: Archiving Queer Histories in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month!

  • 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. — Optional Pop-Up Exhibit on LGBTQ+ Literature from Special Collections 
  • 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. — Zine-making workshop with Frankie of the IE Print & Zine Fest

  Additional details and registration link coming soon!

• Labor of Love: Our Power is Our People (Pop-Up Exhibit)

  The Labor of Love pop-up exhibit will showcase a portion of the Inland Empire Labor Council, AFL-CIO's ongoing Labor of Love project, meant to document the history of labor resistance in our region. Organized labor's presence in our region dates back to at least 1887, with the founding of the San Bernardino County Central Labor Council, only a year after both the Haymarket Affair and the creation of the American Federation of Labor. That being said, the history of labor resistance is long in the Inland Empire, both inside and outside of unions.

  As the region's Central Labor Council, the Inland Empire Labor Council has a unique perspective by being affiliated with state and national labor federations, while having local unions coordinate with each other and those federations through the Labor Council. This coordination and collaboration lead to a wealth of initiatives, events, shared ups, and shared downs — with much of those being documented. The Labor of Love project started as an idea to highlight our region's history. After moving offices and rediscovering thousands of archival documents, there was a renewed push to make the first phase of the project a reality. This initial phase consisted of sorting through (some!) of the hundreds of boxes that were discovered and interviews with a few of the amazing labor leaders in our region, culminating in a documentary, mini-interviews, and the exhibit you will see soon enough that features local labor leaders.

  To learn more, visit:

  • https://ielabor.org/laboroflove/
  • https://vimeo.com/1002179930?fl=pl&fe=sh
  • https://ielabor.org/ 

Photos from Archives Fair 2024