This summer, UCR Library installed StackMap, an indoor mapping application to help students, faculty and staff locate library resources with greater ease and speed.

The library also now includes row numbers on range guides, which correspond to those shown on the maps created by StackMap.

Additional benefits of StackMap include reduced paper waste, increased privacy, improved self-service, and an end-to-end search experience available to library users 24/7, 365 days a year.

To try StackMap, first type the name of the book, media item, or topic you wish to locate into the search bar on the Library’s website. (For example, if you searched for “ducks”, you would see these results.)

When the search results appear, click on the blue “Map It” button next to the title you wish to find.

On the map screen, a red pin indicates where to find your item in the library. You can zoom in or out on the map to pinpoint the item’s precise location.  There are also written instructions to the right of the map, to direct you to the correct floor and row number.

Most item locations in Orbach and Rivera are mapped, including the newly added Media Collection. 

In some cases, an item’s map may direct you to a service desk if the items are not in an openly accessible part of the library. For example, all Special Collections items in Rivera Library map to the Special Collections desk. Rivera and Orbach Reserves will map to the Circulation desks. Certain smaller locations in the Orbach Map Library will map to their service desk.

Items that do not have a “Map It” button include resources in the Music Library as well as items with the location ‘online’ or at an off-site location.

We hope the addition of StackMap makes for a more user-friendly experience so that you can spend more time studying and less time searching.